So, you really have nothing to retort…

Tell me: Is it better or worse, that the US is not longer doing imperialism as hard in their homes?

Who is absolving Trump of anything?

Fixed that for you.

Did you, though, or just try to lie?

I mean, were Palestinians being genocided in Israel for… most of Biden’s presidency? And didn’t Harris say she fully supported Biden’s policies?

Indigenous people? They are laughing at us right now, because us white people are freaking out about stuff that’s been happening to them since white people showed up here.

Union workers? Come on, it’s not illegal for rail workers to strike in the US, thanks to Biden, who Harris, once again, said, she fully supported his policies.

Good for homeless people, as in creating more homeless people every year? Houselessness was spiking under Biden, and still is…

If Kamala Harris had won, literally all the groups you just mentioned would be far better off than under a literal fascist dictatorship which Trump’s lackeys want to establish.

How so, specifically?

Honestly? I’m starting to believe lemmy is, like reddit, filled with a bunch of clueless college kids who haven’t set foot in other parts of the world and have no idea what it’s like to live under a dictatorship, and thus take the rights and freedoms they have completely for granted.

I’m starting to think you believe the rest of the world is ok with how we treat our citizens, and do the same…

Worse for non cis people

How so, specifically, that wasn’t happening prior?

worse for women

Same. How so, specifically?

worse for education

Public education, to put in the words of Lupe Fiasco:

“Your child’s future was the first to go with budget cuts If you think that hurts, then wait, here comes the uppercut The school was garbage in the first place, that’s on the up and up”

Brown people in the US have always gotten the shit end of the stick, with public education.

worse for immigrants

What if I told you that Biden was deporting people at a faster rate than Trump is?

worse for people in countries being directly and indirectly threatened by your fascist president

Like, which countries? Palestine was being genocided before Trump was elected. And we’ve been raping under developed nations for a long time. Frankly, a lot of those nations are getting a break now, with Trump’s focus on turning the imperialism inwards.

It seems like it’s mostly getting worse for white, cishet people. Queer people were already under attack, and being lynched. We’ve been hammering on immigrants for like… 30 or so years now. etc etc.

My what? Are you a child?

Your beloved liberal republic here, the one that loves to genocide people, loves to be racist, loves to put dollars over humans, and loves to start wars to topple democratic societies abroad.

The reason it’s not worse for my neighbors, is because they were already under attack by your beloved liberal republic, and have been for centuries.

If you don’t get published, you don’t get cited. If you don’t get cited, it appears your work isn’t important.

That said, every researcher I’ve emailed requesting a copy of a paper gladly supplied it, and many put them up on their uni sites.

Worse for whom?

Things haven’t changed a bit for my indigenous neighbors. They are being fucked over just as hard now, as before…

My black neighbors have noticed just as much now as before, cops still abusing their community and their still being ignored economically.

So, worse for white people? Sure.

Every single one of those elections, the Dems chanting “us or fascism!!”

It’s kinda like the gun safety debate: we can not discuss it within 72 hrs of a mass shooting.

After 72 hrs, nobody wants to talk about it, or we have another one.

When will the Dems actually oppose fascism, instead of saying they want to?

Additionally, who is that “boring liberal republic” better for? Certainly not Palestinians. Certainly not for union workers on our rail lines. Not for people becoming houseless. Not for queer people. Not for indigenous peeps, either…

So, just for white, straight people, so we need to keep supporting it?

I was l33t, and signed up with Prodigy!

It did not, and it had the nickname AOLosers for people using the service.

I mean, fwiw, I i don’t suggest buying them first… I prefer upcycling 2L soda bottles :)

They are more portable, easier to handle, and not a huge loss when they break.

Do people generally not have space to keep 7 days of groceries on hand?

I mean, I get some folks are houseless which obvs, they can’t do this…

But I am hard pressed to figure how someone can’t buy an extra canned good on a shopping trip? That’s literally 0.79. 2l bottles of soda aren’t things people.buy from time to time? Can’t harvest them from recycle buns?

I think a lot of this is looking at the end result, and seeing it to be impossible, because they are trying to eat the elephant in one bit, rather than just one bite at a time…

Instead of beer or wine, stock a few bottles of liquor. Vodka, preferably. Whisky works, but not as well. Because you can use it to barter, and as an antiseptic.

These shouldn’t be “extra” really. It should be food you eat already, so it’s basically “Keep your pantry stocked” level of “preparing”.

And I get it, money is tight. 3 minutes without air 3 hours without shelter 3 days without water 3 weeks without food

Start with water. You can upcycle 2L soda bottles (Rinse them, and don’t think about using upcycled milk jugs). And honestly, most Americans are storing 5 days+ of calories right on their bodies.

After water, buy 1 or two extra canned goods each shopping trip. Or a bag of rice. Or a box of Ramen.

And, if you leave it closed, it’s good for 2 days. If you have ice, you can prolong that. If in the NE, you’re biggest concern is power outages during winter, in which case, you can put it outside, between October and May.

Good info to have, is all.

Just did the math… a 64oz jar of peanut butter is enough survival calories for 6.75 people for a day. Or, one person, for 6.75 days.

Well, there’s a few, creative ways to do that.

ie, instead of a bed frame, stack canned goods under your box spring.

For water, get Water Bricks, and use them instead of milk crates to build shelving.

Just some ideas.

That said, 72 hrs is like a week of groceries per person, and 14 gallons per person. 14 gallons of water per person sounds like a lot, but you can get creative there with the water carboys stored in “shelving” that supports your TV, for example. Or, Water Bricks like I suggested before.

A PD placing… anywhere is evidence.

Another fairy tale is thinking that Vooting Bloo No Matter Hoo can defeat fascism.