Americans; If Trump wins in November, what are your plans?
I’ve been stockpiling currencies and practicing another language, while looking into citizenship through my heritage. Also been reading a lot of info over on resisters.info I’ve never really been one to worry about stuff like politics to this degree, but the world as a whole is just getting so crazy and I just want to be able to live a peaceful life, so I want to prepare incase.
Nothing like 2016.
Lemmy, Trump live in your mind rent free.
You’re right, it’s even more apparent it’ll be a disaster for the planet.
He’s literally a presidential candidate for the upcoming election in the US this year.
He has paid billions to live in our minds.
Biden is a presidential candidate for the upcoming election in the US this year (for now). But you see more Trump posts in this community.
My state will be largely unaffected, we’ll still have decision makers of the opposite extreme.
Resist as much as possible without getting killed. BTW, I’m an Old-White-Guy Boomer. Not all people in my generation are lining up to kiss Trump’s ass…
It’s important for the left to recognise that boomers as a whole also represent a group of people who face significant systemic challenges, and that the real enemy is capitalism and the power structures that maintain it as the status quo.
Shouldn’t the generation that “got theirs” pay the piper though?
Not all boomers are wealthy
We need a class war; not a culture war.
“Significant systemic challenges” such as…?
They’ve had it better than us at every stage of life and have trashed everything for those coming after them. If they are facing challenges now, they’re lucky.
As they do now, capitalists are to blame for what previous generations have had, not the generation themselves. While the boomer generation may have profited by the direct disenfranchisement of others, the same is inherently true of almost anyone who participates in capitalism.
Hating boomers for being born when they were is prejudice plain and simple, while we may face our own modern issues they had their own when they were younger. More recently there’s lovely stuff like elder abuse that’s rampant in aged care.
The leftist cooks did a great video on the topic that I’d recommend watching rather than listening to me, I’m no expert on the topic, I just think social cohesion is important and we need to keep in mind who really causes our problems.
They have made changes to the system they profited from so that others cannot do the same. It has nothing to do with ageism
Have to upvote the Leftist Cools and their 2 hour videos.
I don’t dislike boomers because of when they were born. I dislike boomers because the right wing ones are assholes and idiots. They blame the younger generations for the problems they caused and they’re actively trying to burn down our country because they believe the bullshit they’re fed by fox “news” and wannabe dictator tRump.
That’s exactly my point.
Hate shit people, don’t hate people who belong to a demographic. There are lots of awesome boomers.
Thank you for your comments. I was getting caught up in the hate rhetoric for “boomers” in general, forgetting who perpetuated these issues we face today.
Thinking back, I know I said some shitty things to older friends and family, who were just trying to get along in life like everyone else.
And neither are some of the younger ones who they might have counted on in the past… I just hope it’s enough.
Seppuku
But for real idk. My wife is an obgyn and I’m Hispanic soooo I feel like we might be in danger.
Mentally prepare for a civil war that could easily explode into WW3.
Take advantage of poste election ammo prices falling because conservatives are emotionally driven idiots and stock up.
Don’t worry, the liberals will wise up and start arming themselves to fight fascism!
Right?
Liberals, no.
I’m a trans woman and I honestly think that I very well may end up having to hide myself in my parents attic or something.
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I’m curious, what do you get out of saying this?
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You’re a long way behind on your biology reading.
You were most likely born without hair, doesn’t make you bald.
Your definition of sex is stuck in the 90’s. Time to update it before you lose your grip on reality.
And if you can’t handle modern time, there is always the Amish.
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So what?? Why do chromosomes matter at all? Gender ≠ sex. Anyone is allowed to identify however they want, and it literally hurts nobody.
However, trans people do actually have brain structures that mismatch their assigned sex at birth. Also, most differences of sex are just caused by hormones, so HRT really does meaningfully change someone’s sex.
You should also know that human biology is not so clean cut. Intersex people exist, and for example there are people born female with a Y chromosome.deleted by creator
would strongly recommend my transfolk friends move out of FL and TX, and really any red state. I know it’s hard, but these places… they’re not run by people in their right minds.
Might as well go live in an actual developed country while you are at it.
i want to add for any trans folks thinking about moving to canada: make sure you check provincial laws. we have trans rights protected in the charter of rights (possible misinfo), but some of our provinces are interested in just ignoring it using the notwithstanding clause. obviously do your own research but i would say british columbia is probably your best bet (coastal bc especially, the interior is a little… traditionalist)
Is there one for the U.S. ?
It is spreading, not many states will be safe very soon. Not to mention most people don’t have the ability to move. It’s a nice thought, tho
Hunker down, pre budget anticipating more layoffs. I’m “lucky” in that I’m cis, white, male, married, too old for draft. So will also spend my time looking after folks in my community that don’t have those keywords. I am already a friend to all, but will think double about their needs/concerns. (Obviously respecting their privacy). Try to volunteer more than normal.
Same. If it comes to it, I’ll be a stop on another Underground Railroad. I hope it doesn’t come to it.
get better job after all the good people leave the country
if you are a loser brain drain can be a real boost for morale and promotions!
As a Canadian, my next step is to worry about whether we, stupidly, elect the Russian asset known as PeePee up here during a Trump administration across the border.
This scenario would pretty much just turn all of N America into a facist continent. Corruption and corporate rule would create social chaos and upheaval.
Both our countries are on their last breaths as it is.
Conservatives are 100% winning the next election. The only thing we don’t know is if it’s going to be a majority or minority.
I happen to also have an EU citizenship. Move to the EU.
Will you marry me?
I like you well enough from what I have seen. I look into it.
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Try and see if my international employer has any semi-permanent positions overseas.
But more likely than not, return to introvert and hope my family doesn’t continue to devolve…
This too shell pass.
Honestly, he is so incompetent, and he is so focused on himself that other than theatrics, I do not expect him to be any different than average republican president in terms of policies.
Unfortunately if the U.S. gets really bad, everywhere will get really bad. If Trump does putin’s bidding, then it will creat power vacuums around the world and will lead to wars. Leaving might be less safe than staying.
Or it won’t be as bad as predicted and it will just be very bad. Then I’m not sure.
