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[–] [email protected] 177 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Donald Trump is not only running for president again, he might actually win.

[–] [email protected] 71 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If 2016 taught me anything it’s to not trust polls. Doesn’t matter how hard ahead Kamala is polling until your ballot is actually cast.

It also doesn’t help that you have the “Lemmy.ml” crowd calling you a fascist if you vote for Kamala, because in their twisted world having trump win is better eomehow

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

To your second point, it's because most of them hate the US and/or capitalism, and want to see it implode.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

...Without realizing that the only things that are going to fill that power vacuum are worse.

Are there better countries than the US? Damn skippy there are. Do any of them have enough power to do anything if the US implodes? Absolutely not.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

That would be terrible for worldwide peace and stability. US has too much power and influence for an implosion to not cause worldwide chaos. Trump would mean US siding with other dictatorships, like Russia, China, Iran. Russia would likely succeed in Eastern Europe. Taiwan would likely be occupied by China. NATO vs an alliance made of US, Russia and China would be very uncomfortable.

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