• PKMKII [none/use name]
    hexbear
    136
    8 months ago

    “Americans memory hole shit” is literally their campaign strategy

      • PKMKII [none/use name]
        hexbear
        84
        8 months ago

        It’s the ultimate American paradox, a country that gets itself so bent out of shape about worshipping and venerating its history, supremely concerned about what the Founding Fathers and marquee leaders of its past would think about what they’re doing, while also retaining zero ability to retain and process any actual history.

        • Azarova [they/them]
          hexbear
          71
          edit-2
          8 months ago

          That's because the "history" they venerate is just a disguised national myth.

        • LaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]
          hexbear
          27
          8 months ago

          Isn't this just a mirror of American Christianity? They don't call all the flag-fucking a civil religion for nothing!

        • Magician [he/him, they/them]
          hexbear
          25
          8 months ago

          Like forgetting the original purpose of the confederate statues they defend. But I think it's more they know what they're doing and feigning ignorance so you're the one not being civil when you call them out.

      • CantaloupeAss [comrade/them]
        hexbear
        18
        8 months ago

        Now that Joe restarted student loans it's literally being siphoned from me. feast only ever gave me money!

          • christian [he/him]
            hexbear
            10
            8 months ago

            I've seen this emoji a bunch but don't know the origin.

            • MaxOS [he/him, any]
              hexbear
              10
              8 months ago

              I believe it was from when Trump met with Shinzo Abe in Japan and while they were feeding fish, trump just dumps the whole box of fish food into the pond.

              • barrbaric [he/him]
                hexbear
                7
                8 months ago

                Gotta get those koi nice and fat so they can get turned into filet-o-fish.

  • Catradora_Stalinism [she/her, comrade/them]
    hexbear
    90
    8 months ago

    yes just like how the americans forgot a small terrorist incident in 2001 that only killed a minuscule fraction of the people dying in gaza right now

    just like that

    • Futterbinger [he/him, they/them]
      hexbear
      74
      8 months ago

      Americans only remember nine eleven because of the damage to private property. We didn't give a fuck about the pentagon on 9/11, we dont even talk of the people on that plane who died. We don't give a shit about all the hundreds of kids murdered in mass shootings, or simply run over by gigantic passenger vehicles. We didn't give a fuck when like five hundred people were shot in Vegas. We didn't give a shit about a 9/11 worth of people that died every single day for a while there during covid. But oh boy those two big shining towers of private property fall down and we're ready two start two wars and kill like three million people.

    • TheLepidopterists [he/him]
      hexbear
      68
      8 months ago

      According to Israel's stupid "9/11s as a fraction of total population" we're at 363 9/11s inflicted on Gaza at this point.

    • Rod_Blagojevic [none/use name]
      hexbear
      3
      8 months ago

      If we had Zelensky give a speech at a Monday night football game saying 9-11 didn't happen and then followed that up with 2 weeks of tv commercials we would all agree that it actually didn't happen.

  • Magician [he/him, they/them]
    hexbear
    58
    edit-2
    8 months ago

    That's okay. I won't remember to vote so it balances out.

    Any lesser-evil libs want to tell me how it's more my fault than the DNC?

  • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
    hexbear
    48
    8 months ago

    You see, Arab voters lack what we call "object permanence". If they can't see something happening, they think that it never happened and will never happen ag- I've just been informed by my my aides that I am in fact thinking about babies.

  • sloth [none/use name]
    hexbear
    44
    8 months ago

    To be fair, there is another "October Surprise" between now and then.

  • Feinsteins_Ghost [he/him]
    hexbear
    40
    8 months ago

    I mean, generally, most Americans are morons.

    Long on anger, and very quick to forget why they were even pissed to begin with. As someoen else said, its a good bet. Just remind them They need to vote and all will be forgotten.

    • RyanGosling [none/use name]
      hexbear
      33
      edit-2
      8 months ago

      Liberals and conservatives gave pointless symbolic support to black and Asian Americans, so it makes sense why they would continue voting for the parties even if it's reluctantly. But both liberals and conservatives routinely team up to call for the genocide of Muslims and Arabs for like 20 years now. I don't know what it looks like statistically, but anecdotally the Muslims I know are like 18-23 and all of them hate the US lol

  • Adkml [he/him]
    hexbear
    30
    8 months ago

    Liberal electoral brilliance.

    Piss off anybody who is against genociding brown people while running against Republicans. Now your base is people who don't mind genociding brown people who aren't already voting for the "genocide brown people" party.

    Hard to think of a better way to cut yourself off at the knees.

    Liberals hoping to beat Republicans without anybody who cares about genocide, labor rights, the environment, young people or lgbtq rights.

    • BurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]
      hexbear
      15
      8 months ago

      Liberals hoping to beat Republicans without anybody who cares about genocide, labor rights, the environment, young people or lgbtq rights.

      That is the DNC's dream. To never have to ptetend to care about any of that anymore. I don't think they care about winning too much. Maybe just the presidency and nothing else, wouod feel ideal for them

      • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
        hexbear
        12
        8 months ago

        I think they only really want to do insider trading. Their dream would be something like Irish politics where both major parties are exactly the same but corruptly work for different companies and do pork barrel politics to gain votes. This is frustrated by the fact that many republicans actually believe in things (terrible and wrong things) but actual political goals nonetheless

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
    hexbear
    28
    8 months ago

    The liberal assumption is that what works for lmayo Burgerlanders works for pretty much everyone else: the next promised treat or suggested threat to the treats will make previous concerns disappear.

    • BurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]
      hexbear
      5
      edit-2
      8 months ago

      Exactly. They can't imagine why Muslims may care more about this than they do, and won't just let it go. Libs fundamentally care about nothing, outside their personal comfort

  • FLAMING_AUBURN_LOCKS [she/her]
    hexbear
    26
    8 months ago

    it’s so obvious from the outside that the Biden campaign is a sinking ship, but instead of grabbing a bucket and helping bail the water they take on, everyone around him either believes the water will go away, or that it doesn’t matter because Trump’s ship is sinking faster.

    you’d think top Dems would have to be comatose to not recognise that they’re making mistake after mistake. and yet, this is completely in character for them. anyone in the party who learned something from the past 8 years has been actively suppressed.

    2024 is going to be a shitshow.

    • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
      hexbear
      26
      8 months ago

      head in the sand management. Biden has reminded Trump voters why they liked Trump in the first place and democrat voters why they're dissatisfied

      • @timicin@lemmygrad.ml
        hexbear
        9
        edit-2
        8 months ago

        My own anecdotal experience confirms this; I have a large family that is nearly 50/50 legal & paperless USians and those who were allowed to vote supported Clinton over Trump at a rate somewhere around 75/25% while now it's closer to 50/50% between Biden and Trump.

        I didn't get it until very recently when my own situation improved dramatically due to Trump's dumbass actions while he was in office and it came at a time in my life when it was crystal clear that my life's trajectory was going to take a similar doomed path that my silent, boomer, and genx relatives experienced under the status quo.

        I don't doubt Biden will win the 2024 election but trump is demonstratably gaining ground. I think it's because the status quo guarantees that others who share my family's demographics will continue to suffer more than most and I suspect that trump may have a viable chance if he can stay alive to 2028; remain politically relevant; and be able keep the felony charges at bay until after 2024.

        • oregoncom [he/him]
          hexbear
          1
          8 months ago

          sacrificing half your family for a guy who might accidentally improve your situation. You sound like a true liberal to me.