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Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2024 10:50 am
78, I think.linguistcat wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2024 10:45 am Also consider that Trump is 70 and not actually in the best health. Don't you at least want to outlive him?
78, I think.linguistcat wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2024 10:45 am Also consider that Trump is 70 and not actually in the best health. Don't you at least want to outlive him?
I mean at this point I try to keep as little track of the guy as I'm able but this is just better for my point. Just to clarify, I'm not wishing death on him, especially since any death that comes from his own hubris will cause bigger problems for tons of other people. But when he dies I will not mourn him, and I plan to be here to see it.Raphael wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2024 10:50 am78, I think.linguistcat wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2024 10:45 am Also consider that Trump is 70 and not actually in the best health. Don't you at least want to outlive him?
A common misconception is that all your enemies form a coalition against you - which is usually not the case. See, for instance, Bush jr.'s "Axis of Evil", which consisted of three countries (admittedly, all three being nasty rogue states) that really had no common business at all - and none of them had any common business with Al Qa'ida.keenir wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2024 9:57 pmeven the greatest of enemies can work together when they're forced to.
sooner or later, China (under Xi or under someone else) will not just be threatening places that the US has promised to defend {Japan}, but also places that the US owns...and as we've seen, Trump is many things - territorial being one of them.
Sure but Trump could also succeed in shifting politics far to the right like Reagan did, resulting in America becoming permanently far more conservative. We might never regain ground on LGBT or women's rights the way we have never regained ground on economic issues after the Reagan years. Unlike last time, I don't see many signs that liberals are willing to resist the new Trump administration. They seem resigned and defeated more than anything.Travis B. wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2024 10:54 amTrump won't be around forever, and the MAGA personality cult will evaporate without him. No one really is in a position (even Vance) to secede him at the head of MAGA. And MAGA will probably be trounced when mid-terms come when people realize that they have had no real improvements (prices are no lower, and likely are higher with tariffs) over the last two years.
It's been three days since the election -- just because they seem resigned and defeated now doesn't mean that the Democrats won't bounce back in the long term. Remember, the party in power almost always gets taken down a notch in the midterms no matter what party they are, and once people get over the "let's stick it to the current administration" they'll realize how disappointing the new Trump administration really is, which will only add to that.malloc wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2024 2:44 pmSure but Trump could also succeed in shifting politics far to the right like Reagan did, resulting in America becoming permanently far more conservative. We might never regain ground on LGBT or women's rights the way we have never regained ground on economic issues after the Reagan years. Unlike last time, I don't see many signs that liberals are willing to resist the new Trump administration. They seem resigned and defeated more than anything.Travis B. wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2024 10:54 amTrump won't be around forever, and the MAGA personality cult will evaporate without him. No one really is in a position (even Vance) to secede him at the head of MAGA. And MAGA will probably be trounced when mid-terms come when people realize that they have had no real improvements (prices are no lower, and likely are higher with tariffs) over the last two years.
you mean won't, yes?Travis B. wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2024 4:13 pmIt's been three days since the election -- just because they seem resigned and defeated now doesn't mean that the Democrats will bounce back in the long term.malloc wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2024 2:44 pmSure but Trump could also succeed in shifting politics far to the right like Reagan did, resulting in America becoming permanently far more conservative. We might never regain ground on LGBT or women's rights the way we have never regained ground on economic issues after the Reagan years. Unlike last time, I don't see many signs that liberals are willing to resist the new Trump administration. They seem resigned and defeated more than anything.Travis B. wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2024 10:54 amTrump won't be around forever, and the MAGA personality cult will evaporate without him. No one really is in a position (even Vance) to secede him at the head of MAGA. And MAGA will probably be trounced when mid-terms come when people realize that they have had no real improvements (prices are no lower, and likely are higher with tariffs) over the last two years.
*nods*Remember, the party in power almost always gets taken down a notch in the midterms no matter what party they are, and once people get over the "let's stick it to the current administration" they'll realize how disappointing the new Trump administration really is, which will only add to that.
Yes, that's what I meant. I have since corrected my post.keenir wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2024 11:37 pmyou mean won't, yes?Travis B. wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2024 4:13 pmIt's been three days since the election -- just because they seem resigned and defeated now doesn't mean that the Democrats will bounce back in the long term.malloc wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2024 2:44 pm
Sure but Trump could also succeed in shifting politics far to the right like Reagan did, resulting in America becoming permanently far more conservative. We might never regain ground on LGBT or women's rights the way we have never regained ground on economic issues after the Reagan years. Unlike last time, I don't see many signs that liberals are willing to resist the new Trump administration. They seem resigned and defeated more than anything.
The side of the internet I'm on has been talking about it since earlier in the year at least. From everything I've read including translations from people in the movement, it's just women's separation movement, Korean flavor. No matter what some say about being trans inclusive, it can't even handle that both trans women and trans men deal with misogyny and transphobia in their own ways, let alone that some people are in both classes of man and woman simultaneously.
The four nos: no sex, no marriage, no having children, no dating
In the Advocate, Marcie Bianco called it "a hetero version of lesbian separatism minus the lesbianning".
Well, it's off to a good start by being incredibly TERFy.Ahzoh wrote:Though, it probably will end up just being reactionary just like MGTOW is.
The enemy of my enemy is not always my friend.