So we’re ok with demanding bosses in our capitalist paradise, right up until Prime Minister. We wouldn’t want the leader of the entire country to run a tight ship now, would we?

In case it’s not obvious to conservatives, whatever a liberal is, it’s the incorrect thing. How do you not see it? If Carney was known to be a laid back boss, we would see the exact same people complaining about that instead.

More predictable than the sun rising.

Yeah, no. Fuck no.

It’s offensive this is even being said. Makes me think they’re already envisioning Canada as an integrated US state.

They’re going to try. If things continue the way they’re going, mark my words.

That was a really good take on the whole thing. The Oatmeal is my people.

You sort of answered your own question in your last sentence.

I don’t have all the answers. But what I do know, is you are literally living in a country where 70% of political experts polled say the United States is no longer a democracy. You are clearly not just seeing backsliding but full on marching towards absolute fascism.

So if you want the real answer, it’s that people are going to have to die and people are going to have to get very uncomfortable in order to turn this around. That, or (and the country is currently doing this) just accept fascism and hope it never comes for you.

If I was an American citizen, I would have been stockpiling food since January. I’d be spending as little money as I possibly can, squirreling away some savings. Most people can, despite what they say, if push really comes to shove. I’d be talking to like minded people and discussing what skills may be able to be traded for in a general strike or emergency.

I’ve laughed at for all of this multiple times, so I don’t really expect it will happen much. But the boots will be on your necks first, even if they eventually come for mine. I’m already planning my life on the assumption it’s coming for me. And I’m not even there.

Why? Really?

Because as a nation you’ve already decided to roll over and accept fascism. No not all of you want this, but collectively, you are a failed nation and we are about to see the final act.

People are clinging to hope, even if unjustified, because the only two options are the law and the system prevail (currently all evidence says no) or people are going to get very uncomfortable and more people are going to die. Either by their choice now, or courtesy of MAGA later.

The truth doesn’t matter anymore, proceed accordingly

Good God get outside and touch grass

They got really, really fat, drunk and horny off the American exceptionalism post-WW2, and they never came down from the high.

This is that, catching up with them. They’re not taking it well. Most of them still refuse to believe it.

General strikes should have happened months ago. You’re actively letting Maga normalize miltary troops quelling protests.

There is nothing to be done if your head is stuck in the old world, which is where 98% of Americans still live.

All I’ve seen on social media are two distinct camps: someone help us, please we don’t want this, and are you fucking crazy I have a family and a job I cannot do anything.

Enjoy the fascism, you’ve earned it. You’ll just have to learn your lesson the hard way, a la climate change. This is only a sneak preview of what happens when you ignore the obvious for too long.

Some people just like to watch the mallow burn…

RIP to one of the greats. Glad she doesn’t have to watch the collapse of the planet she loved so much.

Which is exactly what I and many, many other people have been screaming for months and months. Every day you wait, it’s a harder fight. So your choices are act now and suffer, or act later and suffer worse. Sucks, but that is your reality.

If the Democrats cave on that, then fuck them too.

But as far as I’m concerned Trump just delivered an easy win for the Democrats - this is an easy out for Democrats to not cooperate with Republicans (obviously morally abhorrent demand) and shift the blame for the shutdown to the right.

Well, I commented last week that if I was an invited general and Hegseth wasn’t going to be there physically, I wouldn’t go.

And I swear I read something yesterday about Pete “speaking remotely”.

And now Trump is attending in person.

Now I don’t 100% think it will be what it looks like, but if I was Russia and I was on the verge of going to war with NATO, I can’t think of a better way to cripple the US chain of command.

Tin foil hat on - maybe this will be the false flag they need. Crazy leftist antifa trans democratic drag queen blows up 200 generals and the president.

“Oooo what flavor are these Oreos?”

“Rainbow…”

“Ooohhhh yum gimme”

“…trout.”

Hey I got a used MedBed, $5K and it’s yours

So I’ve just decided that if the president of the United States can literally scam the dumbest people in the world out of money, it’s carte blanche for me to do it as well. I’ll return to morality if sanity ever returns to the world.

Are these midterms in the room with us right now?

This is a good one

Ok, I want the files released as much as the next guy but you all realize they are going to be doctored, right? Like there is a ZERO percent chance anything incriminating Trump is going to be released. Ever.

He had 1,000 or whatever FBI agents going through all the documents flagging his name? What the fuck dors everyone think for?

One day, when they’re ready, the files will be released. They will “exonerate” Trump. And an “angry” Trump will take his revenge against everyone who insisted he was in them.

Come on people, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see you’re all walking into a trap with the “release the files” stuff. Mark my words. You’re better off preparing to fight and/or live through tough times.