The educational system in the US is terrible compared to most (all?) other industrialized and wealthy nations. Because so many people are uninformed and haven’t had the opportunity to learn critical thinking skills, they revert to ideological rules of thumb, religious faith, and reliance on authority figures to…

Hey there, I’m American. Honestly it’s because a bunch of us are assholes. The whole middle* of the country has never seen a muslim before but finds them general terrifying and really thinks that the mexicans are coming to steel their jobs and rape their women. Trump repeated the racist drivel they heard on Fox News…

Also as “punishment” by rednecks and hillbillies for subjecting them to the misery of a brilliant black man as president.

3 million more American’s voted for the other candidate. its the way our electoral system works.

I live in USA but I am not a citizen so I can not vote but I can say people voted for him because of fear, fear of the jobs they are losing, fear of immigrants, fear of non christian religions, fear of changing and because, not all of course, think that you have to work in order to earn basic stuff, like health and if…

Pam Bondi was literally an unconstitutional elector. As a government official, she was forbidden to serve.

My concern is that we’re the proverbial frog in the pot. We should have put a stop to this shit after day one, but the people with the power to do anything about it either adore the chaos or don’t want to do anything to put their careers at risk.

In fact, that the current copy on the Executive Branch page mentions Barack Obama, but not Trump...

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Stop thinking about it as an “administration” and start thinking about it as a “regime”. Then stop thinking about how it is going to end, because it isn’t. Ever.

But he’s taking the stability and democracy and the entire government down with him. I fear we will never recover.

I have no idea how this administration even starts, let alone how it ends. This is INSANE. Like, how much longer can he go on? He’s already coming in irrepairably damaged. At some point, he simply can not lead.

I don’t know what the end game and result is going to be here.

What’s terrifying to me is that I don’t know what the end game and result is going to be here. I don’t think it’s nuclear war because that isn’t in the interests of the oligarchs here or in Russia but I would not be surprised by a complete roll back of all civil liberties and looting and rioting. That I can see.

And the overwhelming majority of American citizens don’t know or care about any of this. That’s the worst part.

I’ve had that same feeling and I’ve had trouble articulating it. This is literally the worst outcome imaginable. Not just him winning the election but every single decision he’s made since then. It’s fucking terrifying. And the news coming out every day is just getting worse and worse.

Seriously, with each new thing I read I keep asking myself “What the fucking fuck is going on?” and THERE ARE NO ANSWERS. Words fail me.

i’m trying to buy a house right now.

Seriously at this point how the fuck is this real life. It’s too much to absorb. Like my new reality has shifted too quickly and I can’t fucking handle it. If I had the money I seriously would just go and herd cows at this point. The world has gone fucking mad.

There are deplorable liberals, yes. Some well intentioned idiots. Others frothing at the mouth jerks just as bad as the worst alt-right neo-nazi.