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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 34 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I want the population to exercise more civic engagement and vote to their interests, not their social identity. But the Zeitgeist is a force of nature that cannot be bargained with.

Hence an absolute monarchist is the President Elect and the death of a rich CEO is lauded.

[–] bigpapasmurf12@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That time has been and gone! There are no free and fair elections in USA. It's another blinder from Putin's playbook. Those freedoms will never be restored.

[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They'll never be given back.

They could be taken back.

[–] bigpapasmurf12@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

There in lies the challenge! Mobilizing internet addicted societies to take action.

[–] rational_lib@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

And of course Trump is a million times worse than the dead CEO in every respect. But the vice-signalling of a successful murder makes it cooler to kill the CEO than to vote against Trump.