Its not nothing.

I know its a long shot to hope Republicans gain some sort of semblance of sanity, but if their Republican voting constituency keeps pushing, there’s just a tad bit more than a snowballs chance in hell that some Republicans will cross the aisle. If they don’t…well, they will probably lose their seat to another Republican that at least pretends they are going to listen to their voting constituency.

Again, it is a long shot but its not nothing. And while Republicans are just one big cult, it is important to remember that smaller seats may not be as long-step in motion with the rest of the party, and where we can see ground shift.

Could not agree more. Reddit isn’t the place where you can say what needs to be said, in times like this.

I got banned myself for asking Republicans hard questions on the “AskTrumpSupporters” subreddit. Which is such a fucking sham of a subreddit. Watching those dorks tip toe on eggshells with Trump Supporters while they willfully respond in bad faith.

And I’ll say, BlueSky crushes Twitter. BlueSky actually reminds me of circa 2010 Twitter. You’re not inundated with ads and bots, and the experience feels a lot more personal. Who knows how long that’ll last but in contrast to modern Twitter, its quite nice and I don’t understand why anyone still uses Twitter. Especially all the doofuses that complain about it while they use it.

Yup.

We’re seeing some Republicans waver but not enough. Reality is, the only two ways out of this shit:

1. We miraculously survive til the midterms and somehow still have a Democracy where Republicans are voted out(lol)

2. The economy gets so disastrously bad that Republicans literally cannot avert their eyes to it anymore. Like, they lose their jobs, their retirement evaporates, their underage kids must start working to be another source of income just to sustain, and things like healthcare become a privilege for the wealthy. But I also wouldn’t be surprised if on the way there, Democrats get fed up and do something that we cant come back from. And then the Republicans will blame all the economic issues on that key moment, because that is what’s in a Republicans nature. There is a 0% chance they will ever accept any responsibility for this mess.

Either way, the second Trump won this election, we were all fucked. I had no faith in the 1/3rd of the country that voted for Trump - they were long gone. But those 45% of eligible voters that didn’t vote, and I know you cock suckers are out there, good job - you fucked all of us over.

And as an aside, its funny to see Florida having discourse about revoking child labor laws. I promise you, what is going to happen is things are going to get so expensive that parents are going to want their kids to be able to work. And that’s how we will lose that worker protection. “I don’t have to pay for a nanny if my 12 year old works a 9-5”. And people like Trump are ecstatic about this outcome.