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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago

The billionaires

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not the people fighting for what's right. America is spread too far out to properly gather any sort of a large enough force to do real fighting, unless you're the government with an already existing force spread across the entire country. And like with any civil war, both sides simultaneously lose and win since both sides are..ya know..technically the same. Infighting resulting in massive casualties only benefits other countries looking to take over that ego stroking title of "worlds strongest"

All that to say...nobody will win, we all lose.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Theres a simple thing people can do... just dont show up for work for weeks. The fat cats in wallstreet would be crying to appease the peasants.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh that’s so simple! Why didn’t we think of that!

o_o

You underestimate the desperation in this country and the lack of social support networks and the amount that that would devastate so many working class people within a week.

Let alone how difficult it is to organize that without interference or sabotage

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Perfect. Even easier to convince people to fuck the grind and raid the groceries stores.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I really hope so.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

More than half of US households are living paycheck to paycheck.

Not going to work = no money = no food, no home.

Not going to work = that's not gonna happen. People will continue to keep their heads down. "First they came for..."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Honestly, I'd love to see how our government would handle that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

More than half of US households are living paycheck to paycheck.

Not going to work = no money = no food, no home.

Not going to work = that's not gonna happen. People will continue to keep their heads down. "First they came for..."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I remember when I still lived at my parent's house.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

none - Russia will profit from it though

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

in terms of geopolitical influence. The U.S. would be too busy tearing itself apart to engage in NATO, support Ukraine, or keep sanctions tight. That gives Russia more space to mess around in Eastern Europe, flex in the Middle East or Africa, and push the whole “see, democracy and capitalism is a mess” idea. Most of NATO is currently struggling to become independent from the USA, but they aren't yet.

Total chaos in the USA = strategic win for Russia

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Eh, Ukraine has pretty much ripped the mask off of Russia and shown the world just how weak it is, militarily. China I'd say is who will fill the vacuum left by the decline of the US hegemony

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Post about US domestic politics caused by an elected president

Russia

???

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

This isn't lemmy.ml. Actual discussion happens here.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Nothing has calmed me more this weekend than the knowledge of the coming climate death of the planet.

Entropy will win eventually

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Are you trying to inflame the situation more? What's the point of this post?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

The point of this post is to hear more opinions about what is going to happen next.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Not happening