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[–] [email protected] 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Not every war crime is a genocide

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

VP: I fully share your loathing of European free-loading. It’s PATHETIC.

These idiots actually believe their own propaganda. We're truly fucked

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

Yes, the US is huge, but the population is concentrated to a huge part at the coasts and you have some of the biggest metropolitan areas on the planet. Your urbanisation rate (82%) is actually higher than ours (77%).

Obama's inauguration was attended by up to 1.8 mio people. Sports events are attended by a lot of people, too, hell, your college football arenas are bigger than most of our stadiums for international soccer matches. So it's very much possible to get that many people to the same place in the US.

I know your public transit is shit, but it's not that shitty in big cities. In Chicago and New York it's pretty much comparable to European cities. I don't expect huge protests in Bumfuck, Ohio, we don't have any in Arschderheide either. I'd expect them in big cities, where there are more than enough people living in, and in close proximity to the city.

My point is, you have far stronger arguments than geography. Arrests are a lot less common at aforementioned events. You guys work a lot more than us (35% more according to UECD, which is absolutely fucking insane, I'd expect a revolution here for that alone) and therefore have less time to spend on protests and also a weaker safety net if you lose your job. And we don't need to talk about media coverage, that is a huge issue. But "it's hard to get to the protest, I won't find parking" just seems whiny.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Take a look at these numbers, Americans.

Not American, still looked. 21 500 in Paris, 34 000 at the Sanders/AOC rally. What's your point exactly? There are some recent protests, where you could make this argument, this one in France is not one of them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I'm so tired of this shitty argument. In France, most protesters in Paris are from Paris, they mostly don't come from other cities. You're telling me, New York City is too small for a major protest? LA is too small for a major protest? Chicago? You have some of the biggest cities in the western world in your country, more than enough people concentrated there to have millions on the street.

Edit: to be honest, 91 000 in all of France are actually also not that many compared to other recent protests and 34 000 at the Sanders/AOC rally are more than there were in Paris, so OP can suck it. Your counter argument is still weak, though.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Party in the USA

Let's get this Party started

Party Animal

Birthday Party

The Party Party

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You are really that gullible, huh?

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

Kudos to you for doing your part. It's just so disappointing to see how you guys are the minority fighting an uphill battle and how so little support comes from the Democrats or any other powerful organization

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (4 children)

So, millions of people are protesting?

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

In terms of range, Tesla was the benchmark for a long time

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (7 children)

At the moment, you definitely do. Most of you, and not just Trump voters. Why are you guys so fucking passive? Where are the millions of people protesting on the streets? Where's the civil disobedience? The strikes? With the attitude the Americans show currently, there will be no elections in 4 years, hell, there might not even be mid-term elections in 2

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago

"In the last 100 years"... European borders were not peaceful for that long

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