Honestly I don’t know what’s going on in the USA. You’re so proud of your “democracy and freedom” yet one of your 2 political parties is able to effectively dismantle the entire thing in less than a decade. You’re now one election away from being a christofascist state.

…and yet you’re all just going to work tomorrow. You’re all doing pretty much nothing except “make sure you vote in 2024.” So I guess every 4 years you’re going to be one election away from a literal Nazi takeover?

I don’t know. Riot or something. I have no idea how you’re all coping so hard.

  • Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works
    5·
    1 year ago

    I have shared my thoughts here already, but ok. I’ll play along. I did consider it and it wouldn’t work due to a major split in the populace’s opinion, foreign powers that would get heavily involved, the sheer size of the country, and the inability for the revolutionary force to choose the correct moment to stop violent action.

    • pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      25·
      1 year ago

      Okay, that’s a good start. Now, do you realize the continental government faced similar problems and yet still managed to forge a new nation into being, and that it can be done again? Yes or no

      • Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works
        5·
        1 year ago

        I understand they faced similar problems, but disagree that it can be done again. The problems are vastly larger in scale, and physical barriers that would mitigate problems like foreign influence are easily ignored with advanced technology. E.G. Russian hackers messing with water treatment plants because our current government can’t implement a secure enough system.

        • pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafeEnglish
          14·
          1 year ago

          Water treatment plants are run at the state and local level and would be far easier for a new government to be secure than a national system like you seem to think we have. You know how water treatment plants work, don’t you? That’s scraping the bottom of the barrel when it comes to dismissing something as vitally important to human freedom as revolution.

          Come on. You can do better than that.

          • Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works
            6·
            1 year ago

            Yes, I gave a simple example for ease of following my point. A simple example of thousands of potential targets that would all need to be secured by a new government faster than any one of the hostile powers that would want to capitalize on a revolution.

            Also, you ask me to do better. I’ll try “harder” after you refute the other things I said. You get to put in that work first.

            • pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafeEnglish
              25·
              1 year ago

              Then you can sit there and pout while the rest of us move on without you. 🤷 Not my problem you don’t care about your own people or the future of your own country and it’s not going to be my problem.

              • Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works
                6·
                1 year ago

                What a terrible takeaway from the things I commented. Enjoy your future trolling, or on the off chance that was your attempt at good faith, try to take in what the other person is saying in the future. You’ll come off as more understanding and might be able to change minds.