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"you didn't vote for him but you are responsible because of the coordinates you were born at". Go fuck yourself loser lol.
Yeah, fuck that guy. It's not fault my a third if the country fell for the propaganda, and a third of the country didn't care enough to even vote. I will not be held personally responsible for convincing all of the American voting populous to get their heads out of their asses.
It's hard to blame the people who stayed home when disenfranchisement is an intended feature of your electoral system. The vast majority of people know for a fact that their vote mathematically does not matter and a huge number cannot get time off on the weekday it is scheduled for.
If a full third of people stayed home, that's a systemic problem, not an individual responsibility problem. Your electoral system is completely captured by capital and you are stuck blaming the electorate.
Folks please: US corruption is not a cultural or personal issue, it is systemic. Power corrupts, not just people, but systems. The US has been at the head of the global hegemon for most of the last century, they have most of the billionaires, of course they are corrupt. That's where capitalists focus their efforts to get the most returns. It's not an accident that the guy doing DOGE just happened to be the richest man on the planet.
Maybe focus your energy there instead of on the people who have literally no power.
Look, I get it. You are mad too, that trump is bringing you all down. However, this isn't just a trump thing. This isn't just a now thing. This is something that has been going on for decades, maybe even longer than most of us have been alive. The US is known for being arrogant, ignorant, prideful, and idiotic. Most non-americans have talked to americans online over the years and likely tried to explain what is wrong with their country, healthcare, pay, racism, nationalism etc. Most likely have been met with 'hate us causee they aint us', 'better dead than red'. 'USA USA USA', or some other prideful bullshit.
For decades you lot have all looked down on the rest of world, assuming you are doing the best, because you are born in the best country in the universe, raised the best way possible, pledging you allegiance to your flags, drinking up the nationalistic propaganda. For decades. And now, this trump shit has made the rest of the world say, nah fam we don't like this. And you all have the gall to say. Its not us, dont blame us, we didn't do it.
Like shit. You guys made the bed, and have been making the bed for decades. Just because it's been shat in now doesn't mean you didn't make it.
Grow up, accept that, deal with it. Get your shit in order, fix it.
Maybe then. In a few decades when the world can see you've fixed all systemic problems they might accept you again. Maybe.