I hear you, friend. Just remember, they don't live here. They haven't experienced the calculated dismantling of our education system. They haven't seen the meteoric rise of Christian nationalism. They don't know how sick and tired the general population is. Social safety nets are more robust in their countries, so they don't have nearly the same number of racist, angry, lead addled boomers managing to gain a chokehold on every aspect of our daily lives.

But we do live here, we have experienced it, and you are not alone.

[–] CarbonBasedNPU@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't think people outside the US realize how hard people have fought to stop this from happening. How this was a slow decent that people have been doing their best to prevent for literal decades and the people in power just kept letting it happen. I am not saying that the democrats are as bad as the republicans but they have been complacent in letting the GOP destroy all the checks and balances that were available to them in the past. They should have blocked the SC picks but did not because it would have been bad form.

[–] PagingDoctorLove@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

I agree with you. Hopefully we get to see the electoral college and two party system abolished in our lifetime, *in favor of direct democracy, ranked choice voting, and a parliamentary party system that actually reflects the needs of the people.

*I can't believe I had to add that.

[–] Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win -2 points 20 hours ago

That statement is practically begging to be monkey-pawed