#Liberia was created in #Africa by the #USA in the 1800s
Many Liberians are descendants of freed American slaves
Liberia's Declaration of Independence in 1847 charged the USA with #racism, violence, and #inequality; that it forced them to leave and create a new nation
Anyway, here's the ignorant orange turd #Trump meeting Joseph #Boakai, the President of Liberia, not knowing that English is the official language of Liberia (not knowing any history, the complete moron)
I wonder if ⅔ of Americans realise yet they have made USA one of the most despised, laughed at and loathed nations on the planet bc they're either the ⅓ who voted for Trump or the ⅓ that didn't vote at all ??
nonvoters seem to fall into 4 categories, as i see it:
1. egotistical toxic idealism: "i don't get perfect so i can't be bothered"
2. moronic mindless cynicism: "BoTh SiDeS tHe SaMe"
3. ignorant alienated entitlement: "it doesn't affect me"
4. spineless learned helplessness: "yes they fight like crazy over my vote, but somehow i've convinced myself my vote doesn't matter"
those are the big 4 cowardly stupidities i think
@Huntn00 @benroyce I mean, blame voters as much as you like, but managing be so incompetent, so unlikable, so without credibility, and dragged down by so much baggage that people took one look at you and thought I might as well risk it on the Big Orange Vulgar Evil? That's weakass weaksauce and the lesser evil should have been ashamed by how garbage tier its performance was.
aka
there's an intersection of blame here where the opposition meets the voter equally in terms of blame.
and what excuse do the 30% have? considering the stakes
@benroyce @Huntn00 They're bad people or people who don't care one way the other. I can't diagnose their mental illness.
I will disagree though. Democrats *are* a worthless center-right vile party of terrible people. But that's because many Americans are also worthless center-right terrible people (and that's not counting the far right lunatic fringe).
It makes sense they would try to appeal to their base.
the way forward is to make over the democratic party
not voting doesn't work
third party in our stupid FPTP system just divides the left
(or the right, go Elon! 🤣)
so we have to show the fuck up in the primaries
get 50 AOCs
then show the fuck up in the general
"democrats bad" doesn't mean anything
it's not a monolithic omnipotent force of aliens
it's just politicians hewing to whoever shows the fuck up
so make them over in our image
when we vote, they are us
@benroyce @PatrickoftheG @Huntn00 this part touches on the piece I think many miss
What is the "Democratic party"?
It's a ship of Theseus that sails in whatever direction is set by its current captain and crew.
We could be those people. It would take a few cycles. But it's very possible.
@sspopovich @mrcompletely @PatrickoftheG @Huntn00
you fight
always
whether you're being led to a concentration camp, or speaking in a free and fair election, or any situation in between
any rationale that argues against fighting, no matter how realistic, or conjectural, only helps malice win
you have to fight
always
there is no other option in this world
pessimism, cynicism, resignation: these are nothing but acceptance of malice
never prematurely capitulate
@benroyce @sspopovich @mrcompletely @PatrickoftheG @Huntn00
"There's some research on the emotions of protest, and in it there is a kind of understanding that the emotions that mobilize people are anger and hope, those two together, not just anger, and not just hope, but anger and hope are what make people ready to engage in collective action. Emotions that demobilize people are fear, and a sense of powerlessness or resignation, a sense of lack of agency, those emotions demobilize people. And so, this is why I started with this idea that most tyrants want to make people feel afraid and resigned, and if people are afraid and resigned they don't mobilize, and that's what allows them the opportunity to grab power. ... we can do together what we can't do alone, what we do is very important, and what we do next is very important, and despite what Trump and Musk want you to feel, fear and a lack of agency, you're not alone, and you don't need to do anything alone."
Erica #Chenoweth
37:06
https://www.youtube.com/live/_xMpZmLwdHw
Ben Royce 🇺🇦
Godfrey642
Ruth
Huntn00
Patrick
Mr. Completely
Steve Popovich
Dr. Professor Fred Rococo