Now that I can’t afford hamburger meat or gasoline and America is stuck in another war in the Middle East, I’m starting to think putting some of the worst people in politics in charge was a mistake.
So the Cheeto threatening everyone in the world didn’t do it?
The Cheeto alienating all US allies didn’t do it?
How about people disappearing from the streets with due process?
Didn’t do it either?
How about “grab em by the pussy”?
Neither?
The support for and outright cocksucking of dictators like putin?
Trump stealing tip secret government documents to sell them for his own gains?
All the fraud?
The support for the Gaza genocide?
All the extrajudicial executions of innocent fishermen?
All the people that have died due to Trump’s actions?
Nothing?
The fascism?
Nada?
Okay, okay, I got it…
EPSTEIN, PEDOPHILE, RAPING UNDERAGED GIRLS! THAT WILL DO IT, RIGHT?
Wut?
Still nothing?
My hamburger got expensive, and NOW I AM PISSED!
so this is literally the epitome of USA culture and values. Most Americans don’t give a shit about anything or anyone, Americans don’t care about the environment, they don’t care about poverty or suffering
Americans care about me, myself, and I
THAT is America in a nutshell.
If you feel personally attacked on this, as an American, then I’m so sorry, not sorry, this behavior is what I see all day, every day from Americans. When they finally start caring, it’s because finally they were affected themselves.
Most people in the middle deciding this stuff don’t follow the news at all so random headlines or sound bites are the entirety of what they get, so chances that directly affect them or are big enough to be noticed like Iran bombing.
Most Americans don’t give a shit about anything or anyone, Americans don’t care about the environment, they don’t care about poverty or suffering
well, nothing new here, that great american. philosopher, Lou Reed, wrote about this back in the '90s.
Well, Americans don’t care for much of anything
Land and water the least
And animal life is low on the totem pole
With human life not worth more than infected yeast
Americans don’t care too much for beauty
They’ll shit in a river, dump battery acid in a stream
They’ll watch dead rats wash up on the beach
Complain if they can’t swim
I think statistically it’s something like 60-75 percent of the whole country hate trump. of that only like 1/3 are chronically following things enough to always BE upset and have pretty much the daily collection of all the things he’s done. Then of that group, maybe half actually protest about it while the rest kind of just do this, chat online and look around at people that agree with them to blow off steam. It sucks but yeah.
Numbers will change as gen alpha and gent z get brought up in an internet that distracts them and brainwashes them to the right but yeah. That’s kind of the picture. A small group of activists are out there doing stuff trying to put out the house fire and the rest of us are online complaining that it’s getting hot.
It’s never been about what’s right or even what’s popular. It’s always been about what the people in power think they can get away with. Right now the people in power are increasingly seeing that they can get away with anything and they seem to have learned from recent history how to make sure they always will.
I mean, I’m here for the anger at Americans who support Trump, but did the article need a “/s”? It’s pretty obvious this article is a sarcastic take completely aligned with what you’re saying already, but you seem to be taking it at face value?
It’s just the gas prices. Conservatives generally lack the ability to appreciate anything that isn’t obviously and directly affecting them.
It’s why they are up their ass about taxes and get upset about social programs. They can’t see the results of the social programs directly effecting them but they can see the taxes come off their pay checks.
Anyway they are upset because filing an f150 just doubled in price and they feel it at the pump.
Still, if Trump can get gas prices down by the election I’m sure they will vote Republican again.
But we had to elect him: he’s good for business. He said so many times on that stupid “reality” show he funded about himself. Never mind the long history of bankruptcies, tax evasion, and contract breaking
I completely agree with what you’re saying here as someone in the US. To add onto it, a large majority of the problem is due to the complete lack of quality public education, and the option for private schooling / home schooling mostly revolving around Christo-Fascist propaganda and not actual facts. As someone who experienced the public school system, I had no idea MLK JR was a socialist. We were only told about the amazing effects of peaceful protests. The media we consume reenforces individualism, and not community. I’ve been trying to make an effort in my own life to try and be more involved with the community around me, and to participate in local politics, volunteer work, and helping your neighbors. I’m hoping there are others like me who are doing the same, and with any luck, the culture you’re describing will see a slow, painful death as people start realizing the harmfulness of this way of living.
You’ve rightly pointed out how ridiculous it all is, but don’t underestimate the effects of tangible consequences. Hearing about the orange man’s foolish actions is much more abstract than not being able to afford your next meal. You can ignore the former, but even the most extreme ignoramus has a hard time ignoring the latter…
Don’t apologize, Americans as a whole are uncaring and arrogant in their relations to others. They expect us to fix their problems, like a toddler or a noble who has shat their pants.
brutal take. I’m guessing you felt that way about…Russia’s fall to fascism, Hong Kong’s protest failures, Iran’s protesters a few years ago, NK in general, Chinese espionage and destruction of their native minority populations, The Hungarians not saving their democracy etc etc. All those citizens are babies too right? asking for help from the global community in some cases, and being ignored. woah. such toddlers. Not being able to resist the systems of power in their nation states and fixing their problems. All they had to do was rise up! such babies.
I guess my point is…unless your French. stfu.
If you are French, you rock I’m sorry to be a dick.
It has been a truism throughout history that most people just want live their lives in peace. Equally true is that there is always a small group of assholes that can’t be happy for one stupid reason or another and find a way to make it everyone else’s problem.
So the Cheeto threatening everyone in the world didn’t do it?
The Cheeto alienating all US allies didn’t do it?
How about people disappearing from the streets with due process?
Didn’t do it either?
How about “grab em by the pussy”?
Neither?
The support for and outright cocksucking of dictators like putin?
Trump stealing tip secret government documents to sell them for his own gains?
All the fraud?
The support for the Gaza genocide?
All the extrajudicial executions of innocent fishermen?
All the people that have died due to Trump’s actions?
Nothing?
The fascism?
Nada?
Okay, okay, I got it…
EPSTEIN, PEDOPHILE, RAPING UNDERAGED GIRLS! THAT WILL DO IT, RIGHT?
Wut?
Still nothing?
so this is literally the epitome of USA culture and values. Most Americans don’t give a shit about anything or anyone, Americans don’t care about the environment, they don’t care about poverty or suffering
Americans care about me, myself, and I
THAT is America in a nutshell.
If you feel personally attacked on this, as an American, then I’m so sorry, not sorry, this behavior is what I see all day, every day from Americans. When they finally start caring, it’s because finally they were affected themselves.
Most people in the middle deciding this stuff don’t follow the news at all so random headlines or sound bites are the entirety of what they get, so chances that directly affect them or are big enough to be noticed like Iran bombing.
… it’s… satirical. The headline is sarcastic, along with the hamburger meat.
well, nothing new here, that great american. philosopher, Lou Reed, wrote about this back in the '90s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhN09w0XKYg
I think statistically it’s something like 60-75 percent of the whole country hate trump. of that only like 1/3 are chronically following things enough to always BE upset and have pretty much the daily collection of all the things he’s done. Then of that group, maybe half actually protest about it while the rest kind of just do this, chat online and look around at people that agree with them to blow off steam. It sucks but yeah.
Numbers will change as gen alpha and gent z get brought up in an internet that distracts them and brainwashes them to the right but yeah. That’s kind of the picture. A small group of activists are out there doing stuff trying to put out the house fire and the rest of us are online complaining that it’s getting hot.
It’s never been about what’s right or even what’s popular. It’s always been about what the people in power think they can get away with. Right now the people in power are increasingly seeing that they can get away with anything and they seem to have learned from recent history how to make sure they always will.
I mean, I’m here for the anger at Americans who support Trump, but did the article need a “/s”? It’s pretty obvious this article is a sarcastic take completely aligned with what you’re saying already, but you seem to be taking it at face value?
Still, I get the sentiment, because for the first time it feels like his support is slipping among the core supporters too.
It’s just the gas prices. Conservatives generally lack the ability to appreciate anything that isn’t obviously and directly affecting them.
It’s why they are up their ass about taxes and get upset about social programs. They can’t see the results of the social programs directly effecting them but they can see the taxes come off their pay checks.
Anyway they are upset because filing an f150 just doubled in price and they feel it at the pump.
Still, if Trump can get gas prices down by the election I’m sure they will vote Republican again.
But we had to elect him: he’s good for business. He said so many times on that stupid “reality” show he funded about himself. Never mind the long history of bankruptcies, tax evasion, and contract breaking
I completely agree with what you’re saying here as someone in the US. To add onto it, a large majority of the problem is due to the complete lack of quality public education, and the option for private schooling / home schooling mostly revolving around Christo-Fascist propaganda and not actual facts. As someone who experienced the public school system, I had no idea MLK JR was a socialist. We were only told about the amazing effects of peaceful protests. The media we consume reenforces individualism, and not community. I’ve been trying to make an effort in my own life to try and be more involved with the community around me, and to participate in local politics, volunteer work, and helping your neighbors. I’m hoping there are others like me who are doing the same, and with any luck, the culture you’re describing will see a slow, painful death as people start realizing the harmfulness of this way of living.
You’ve rightly pointed out how ridiculous it all is, but don’t underestimate the effects of tangible consequences. Hearing about the orange man’s foolish actions is much more abstract than not being able to afford your next meal. You can ignore the former, but even the most extreme ignoramus has a hard time ignoring the latter…
Don’t apologize, Americans as a whole are uncaring and arrogant in their relations to others. They expect us to fix their problems, like a toddler or a noble who has shat their pants.
brutal take. I’m guessing you felt that way about…Russia’s fall to fascism, Hong Kong’s protest failures, Iran’s protesters a few years ago, NK in general, Chinese espionage and destruction of their native minority populations, The Hungarians not saving their democracy etc etc. All those citizens are babies too right? asking for help from the global community in some cases, and being ignored. woah. such toddlers. Not being able to resist the systems of power in their nation states and fixing their problems. All they had to do was rise up! such babies.
I guess my point is…unless your French. stfu.
If you are French, you rock I’m sorry to be a dick.
A deserved take. As for the rest of what you said, I’m not interested in the past, I’m interested in the present.
It has been a truism throughout history that most people just want live their lives in peace. Equally true is that there is always a small group of assholes that can’t be happy for one stupid reason or another and find a way to make it everyone else’s problem.
Then the peace-loving majority must take action to stop the assholes, this is also a truism of history.
As a USian, 100% this right here.