Mastodawn

Individual Americans: When Europeans are gleefully telling you to accept that you are shit and have always been shit and that Trump is the manifestation of how shitty you are: Just simply ignore them.

Demoralization is how people like Trump and Putin and the tech lords were able to exploit us this way. They told us over and over that we are shit, we are evil, that the horrors of the world were too much, and to not believe things can get better.

But of course they can. Because you aren't shit.

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SmutMagDotArt Mar 14

There are people every single fucking day reporting the news, running for office, fighting the people who would end democracy. They are Americans, too. There are many horrors, but you don't read about the horrors thwarted. This is a hard time, not the end time. See a better future and enact it because you ARE powerful, you ARE good, and freedom and democracy can and WILL prevail. Living in the failures of your ancestors isn't righteous. Fighting for justice and freedom for all is.

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Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱Mar 14

@smutmag

Indeed. I met some wonderful lovely people over there 30-some years ago, some of whom I'm still in touch with today. Those individuals are well aware how their beautiful country is viewed across the world, and hate it. Are there enough people like that to change it? Time and history will tell.

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Klaus Frank Mar 14

@smutmag

Also don't forget that for the most part we're watching us-news like a bad sitcom. So hope that helps to explain how "seriously" (and how little personal) such things are ment...