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Originally Posted by ResAlien
Eh let’s not get all nationalistic about American politics on a Canadian hockey forum. If you’re that concerned about Canadians having an opinion you’re in the wrong place.
As far as this election goes I got a secret for you: it doesn’t matter. Oh everyone has been convinced it matters, they may even truly think it matters, but big picture it does not matter. To the vulnerable population in the US? Oh it matters for sure. But for most of us? Straight white males with a decent income? lol your life will not change in any meaningful way at all regardless of who’s elected. I understand the moral outrage at one side and heck I participate in it often but to think the fabric of reality will be unwoven because on bought and paid for politician wins instead of the other? Get outta here. Businesses will function, stockholders will get paid, economies will continue to roll, and that’s not going to change.
An interesting side effect of the increased polarization of American politics is the binary choice demands by each team. I can prefer one pile of crap to a separate pile of crap but demanding I love one of those steaming piles unconditionally over the other is a dumb ask. It’s reasonable to have the stance that I would rather not have to jam my hands into any piles of poo whether it’s from a donkey or an elephant.
There’s nothing more undemocratic than demanding party fealty in all matters because the other party is scary. Asking for more from a politician than “don’t be the other guy” shouldn’t be something that is derided it should be celebrated.
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Nothing posted in the entire history of CP is more false than the bolded sentence above.
If Trump had totalitarian power with zero checks & balances on what he could do, he would be at least as ruthless and barbaric as Hitler. If you disagree, it means you've been living under a rock for the past 9 years.
A Trump win in November means that there will be no more legitimate elections in America. He will ensure that he stays president for life (just like Putin in Russia), and republican presidents have all future elections rigged in their favor.
You might think you'll be just fine in a world where the US is a rabid right-wing fascist country. But you might want to think again. What would the world be like today if Hitler in WW2 had the strongest military in the world and thousands of nukes at his disposal? The most likely answer is the entire world would be under Nazi rule to this day.
Letting Trump return to the White House is not just playing with fire... it's playing with a thousands tons of TNT, an olympic sized swimming pool of gasoline, and a flamethrower. Think this is all some kind of big joke? Give it 10 years... you'll be clamouring hard for the "unimaginably horrible 2024". You'll be clamouring and scraping so hard your fingertips will erode all the way to the bone.
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Straight white males with a decent income? lol your life will not change in any meaningful way at all regardless of who’s elected.
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Reading your post again a 2nd time... sheesh, it's even worse than the first time I read it. The above statement is a horrible thing to say. With that mindset, it's almost like saying no one other than Jews should have any issue with what Hitler did.
And hey, no problem if the guy in the WH is a climate change denier. The environment doesn't exist, neither does climate change. Who cares what type of planet we're leaving for future generations.