Careful, we do that in Canada and it makes it very hard to have a conversation when your “centrist”(very conservative) party does a bunch of truly awful shit and half the country pulls “but it’s better than Trump!” put of their ass instead of actually doing anything meaningful.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 18 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

Your governments are looking at the US and taking notes.

[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 22 hours ago

Only right-wingers. For all what's worth, Pedro Sánchez wasn't the one who closed the schengen area

[–] SippyCup@lemmy.world 6 points 22 hours ago

Ah, just like the 1930's.

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Always have been

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 6 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Yup, we're the far-right testing ground. We were settled by religious extremists whose shit views got them chased out of town.

The persecution was everyone being sick of their shit.

[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 hours ago

Don't let the right wing claim the past and the future. "We" are also the people that fought like hell to kick those other peoples asses and add another verse in the song of freedom. "Our" values are also the ones that say we deserve equality by default. That liberty is an inherent right. Etc etc.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 11 points 1 day ago

That's where a large part of John Oliver's viewership comes from.

[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

The only reason to follow US politics

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

It's a shame this is even considered political