Former Trump administration official and wife of top Trump aide Stephen Miller, Katie Miller, posted Saturday on X (formerly Twitter) an image of Greenland covered in the U.S. flag with the text “SOON”.

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        This isn’t the American people. It’s the will of thousands of the world’s most powerful multinational oligarchs — billionaires and old money millionaire elites (plus all their class-traitor lapdogs and puppets) — who are actively corrupting ALL politics and public discourse; waging class warfare, globally.

        Murdoch is one of the most well-known examples, but I’m sure there are hundreds (if not thousands) of fossil fuel and military contractor investors or board members — you’ve never heard of — who are criminally corrupt psychopaths that deserve to be in the dirt.

        These people’s only allegiance is to the almighty dollar. They have no real virtue, morals, or ethics.

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              Remember 4.7 million voters were purged from the rolls in 2024.

              Yes too many didn’t care enough to vote but enough were prevented from voting to swing the election. Republicans are an anti democracy party

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                Always were. You know that bullshit they always spewed about “small government”? What they meant was NO government, because then the power is wielded by money and physical strength, i e fascism, just like they want it.

                They don’t believe in democracy because they believe they must and shall rule regardless of whatever anybody else wants.

                Just like a religion, just like a cult. Now look at them!

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              And the other 1/3 didn’t mind trump enough to vote. So yes, it is the majority of American people.

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                Because of the electoral college, getting out to vote when you otherwise wouldn’t have is almost entirely useless in most states as the party most states will side with is basically a forgone conclusion.

                On top of that, the Republican party has spent decades making it deliberately difficult to vote by limiting the number of polling places, as well as limiting mail in voting.

                The Democratic party on the other hand refuses to attempt radical economic upheaval that poorer US citizens desperately need because Democrats are still the “moderate” party that is in the pocket of billionaires.

                The Republicans routinely promise radical actions that they say will make things better for everyone. They’re lying of course, but it’s hard to be exceptionally poor, have no access to health care and vote for the party that is not advocating radical actions on your behalf.

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                  It’s 1 day every 4 years (2 including midterms). Even if the nearest polling place is 1 hour drive away. Even if your vote won’t be the deciding vote. In my country it takes less than 10 minutes to vote, but lets say it is 2 hours in the USA. That is a total of 4 hours.

                  If 1/3 of US-Americans are not willing to “lose” 4 hours every 4 years. And 1/3 of USAmericans directly vote for fascism. Then a majority of USAmericans are ok with fascism.

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                    Every election is held on a Tuesday. Most of those people cannot afford to take a day off of work because capitalism has fucked them over so badly.

                    Republicans have also stymied any attempts to turn election day into a national holiday specifically for this reason.

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              so where are the 70%? Why are they not on the streets? Why are they not protesting?

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                If they live in an area where their representatives do not vote for these policies, what are they supposed to do? Are they supposed to burn down local government buildings, when everyone in that local government opposes Trump as well? They’ve also already tried peaceful protests. Trump doesn’t care about that.

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              I also think the voting machines were rigged. enough proof of discrepancies out theremto show doubt in authenticity.

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                If you’re one of the 1/3 of the dipshits who did not vote you bare full responsibility for this mess! You are part of the problem, you had a choice and you chose to support this idiocracy.

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                We know exactly what they are doing already. Watching the trains go by to Dachau saying “better them than me”. Watching their sons and daughters go to war saying “well I’m not really political”.

                Feckless cowards. They bear full responsibility for the current situation yet you can’t count on them to do anything they aren’t made to do.

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          Yes but also us Americans, so proud of our second amendment, are refusing to use it for its intended purpose.

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            Because the 2A nutjobs were always just that - nutjobs, looking for an excuse to kill people they don’t like.

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            Sure, but a lot of people also don’t want to get vaporized by a dot in the sky. Pretty much impossible to shoot a reaper drone down with small arms.

            The only way out is through a general strike (unlikely to happen because the billionaire class has intentionally made everyone too poor, so citizens cannot last very long without pay) or through other countries dumping US bonds.

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          Is it not the people who allowed this to happen by turning a blind eye? Americans always want to be the face of freedom and democracy but when it counts they do nothing.

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          The government represents the people, and in the US, the government is a very good reflection of the US as a whole.

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      Money hungry. It’s all for the resources. They’ll do it relatively bloodless if you let 'em, but they aren’t going to stop till they are made to.