• asteriskeverything@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I think if we could agree on those issues our country and democracy wouldn’t be at risk of a fascist takeover and civil war. I doubt we would get that far in any living lifetime. Perhaps whatever this current gen being born might get there if we make enough leadway

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      9 months ago

      I know it’s hard to believe but every election of the last 30 years has been the “most important election of our lifetime”.

      Chronically online people have moved the goalposts of language so everything is now an existential threat.

      What happens when you put up too many signs at work? Suddenly none of them are important.

      You should vote, but if you want to use language like “civil war” you’re gonna get the future you imagine.