• A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
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    20 hours ago

    Every time I hear the news from the USA I think: it’s not like things were peachy before Trump 2.0 or even 1.0. How much worse can it get?

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      19 hours ago

      As my college RA who suffered from an extreme fear of zombies once told us during one of his multiple zombie preparedness meetings:

      Never try lighting zombies on fire, especially if you’re in the same building as them. You know what’s the only thing worse than a bunch of zombies shambling up the stairs towards you? A bunch of zombies on fire shambling up the stairs towards you.

      You underestimate our ability to analyze every problem and solution, and then light both of them on fire.

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        Except if destruction of the brain kills zombies, their heads would explode from the heat, probably within 5-10 minutes.

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        He was forgetting the most important step: you have to nail their feet to the floor before you light them up.

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          Yeah, if you ever wonder how we got to this situation, the number of people who seriously prepare for zombie apocalypse and studying zombie movies for tips is non-zero. It’s a depressingly non-zero number.

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      Despite everything, this remains a state created by Enlightenment liberals, extremely decentralized, with a powerful independent judiciary and literally the strongest speech protections in the world.

      Obviously the direction of travel is wrong, but let’s keep some perspective.

      PS: disappointing to see such a display of irrational groupthink in this community, I had hoped for better. Perhaps the instance was a clue.

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        14 hours ago

        Despite everything, this remains a state created by Enlightenment liberals, extremely decentralized, with a powerful independent judiciary and literally the strongest speech protections in the world.

        My goodness, you really drank the koolaid. You sound like a car salesperson. Or is this some form of satire?

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            Powerful independent judiciary

            Have you read the news recently?

            Enlightened liberals

            Have you seen the current administration, or half the politicians?

            literally the strongest speech protections in the world.

            Like getting deported or denied at the border because you criticized the dear leader online?