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Jan 7 2026, 11:40 PM
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(Jan 7 2026, 9:41 PM)VerdantHorizon Why are those plaques what's breaking me right now? How is this real? How are so many Americans okay with this? My coworkers voted for Trump. They still support Trump. They see things like this and they're pleased. No matter how (if?) the midterms and 2028 go, how am I supposed to share a country with these people moving forward?
Probably because it's just so fucking pathetic and sad and it's
not a joke. Those plaques belong in a comedy skit, but they're real. Like, it is the physical depiction of the most pathetic state of affairs this country has had yet. The lack of response to it is also what might be "breaking" you. Top this off with America's anti-intellectualism that has always been a strong embarrassing thread, it is getting stronger and thicker, not thinner.
You might be interested in this video, I really do recommend it:
As a Russian-American who has been in the US much longer than this man; his view on propaganda gives the US populace too much grace, I'm not sure he understands how much anti-intellectualism there is
everywhere in this country,
deep in this country. It is because his views on propaganda are from a place where intellectualism has not been villainized. Therefore, it may be of interest to you as his explanation of propaganda and how it wears away at you will be useful to you (as someone who is not stupid enough to fall for the basic-ass crazy shit Trumpers do), so you are not caught off guard by these feelings you are feeling as your country starts to slip into authoritarianism, fascism, and chaos. The USA has a "special" additional case of favoring anti-intellectualism that makes the beginning part of the video that the creator thinks is more-or-less "irrelevant" actually relevant in the US: case in point, your befuddlement with your dumbass coworkers. But that is really "entry level" stuff, I do agree with him about that. In the grand scheme of things, those American idiots will seem quaint. The rest of his video goes into the deeper stuff. Those stupid fucking plaques that are "breaking" you are just more of "the beginning", we are not yet at the worst point in this country, with how things are going.
I do not know what will happen in the country's future, but it will not be anything good. Sorry for being a doomer. I don't want to be, so, try to find people who are also "aware" of this, to keep each other "sane" and supported. Can be online, better if offline. You're not alone. I think grassroots networks are the only thing that will fix this. They need to be built up. Find people who don't support this, keep in touch, and steer clear of those promoting violence of course (well, some leftists may disagree, it's just my preference as a pacifist weenie).
Anyway 🫂 shit's crazy.
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