I’m going to die a very scary, traumatic death and so are a lot of the people who are closest to my heart—we’re all homeless, and we’re all drug addicts, and I have the special bonus of being (sort of) trans as well. I’m already seeing the ratcheting up of hatred for homeless drug users—I’ll be shot in the head and kicked into a pit, and my only hope is that I’ll be one of the very first so I won’t have to live with the pain of worrying about anyone I care about.

So yeah, while I agree that America’s collapse would be a W for humankind overall, it’s hard to fucking see that silver lining when things are that bleak.

I just want the rest of what’s likely to be a very short life to be chill. I just want things to be normal.

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    5 months ago

    I feel you. This shit is horrifying and no amount of detached irony changes that. It might be good for humanity in a big picture way but it's horrific for people living right now.

    meow-hug

    • bennypr0fane@discuss.tchncs.de
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      5 months ago

      I totally feel to see his anything good is supposed to come of a US collapse, even in a very big picture. You mean like CO2 emission would go down or sth.?

      • Acute_Engles [he/him, any]
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        5 months ago

        Like the end of a globe-spanning empire that sponsors and perpetrates horrible fascist violence and genocide. Like the end of sanctions/blockades on places like Cuba and the DPRK. Honestly just those make it seem pretty good in the very big picture.

        I don't think wishing for it makes anything good happen though. I feel pretty bad about the immediate localized consequences myself

        • MolotovHalfEmpty [he/him]
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          5 months ago

          Hell, it'd be better even for the imperial core and US vassals (who don't deserve the benefit). The likes of Europe and the UK could eliminate US interference in their elections, rebuild some of their specialised manufacturing base, not get dragged into every murderous boondoggle of a war and spend their military budgets on actual defense instead of vanity hardware to line the pockets of US military contractors.

            • MolotovHalfEmpty [he/him]
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              5 months ago

              Maybe I phrased it awkwardly. I mean the Europe doesn't deserve the benefits of American decline. I wasn't expressing sympathy.

              • nohaybanda [he/him]
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                5 months ago

                lol, my bad. We’re in agreement on that point (and complete disagreement that Europe has anything good coming for it anyway)

      • BurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]
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        5 months ago

        amerikkka Amerika is the greatest threat to humanity. The end of its global hegemony would be the best thing for the world

        • Kuori [she/her]
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          5 months ago

          knowing every fucking awful thing it's done

          i'd wager it's unlikely that they do

      • iie [they/them, he/him]
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        5 months ago

        America has crushed more socialist movements worldwide than any other government in history