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[–] Golden@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

I remember watching brexit thinking "damn they really are that stupid?" only to see Trump elected here shortly after. The fascist slide didn't start here and when it takes over the rest of Europe we'll all be sitting here watching yall "handle it" with all that empty bravado

ETA: Americans are showing up in public in the tens of millions knowing our government and our next door neighbors are well-armed lunatics who would love to exercise their power over us at the drop of a hat. I, too, believed that since 99% of the people I talk to aren't fascists that we'd have the numbers and the resolve to do something, but we're still missing a key ingredient in getting everyone on the same page at the same time