• Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    1 hour ago

    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.

    • NekoKoneko@lemmy.world
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      25 minutes ago

      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?

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      51 minutes ago

      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.

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      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

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      39 minutes ago

      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.