As winter turns to spring in 2026, American politics is experiencing a bit of economic-messaging déjà vu from the Trump administration.

Much like last year at this time, the president has leapt headlong into a major new undertaking that threatens to rock an already-wobbly economy. And much like last year, the administration is asking Americans to accept some “short-term pain” for promised long-term gain.

In 2025, it was tariffs. In 2026, it’s the war with Iran.

  • digitalFatteh@lemmy.ca
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    Unfortunately would never happen. They’re to cowardly and the majority still support all of them in power.

    If they weren’t so indoctrinated they would be a nation with free healthcare care for all, actual social security nets and offerings, and persecuting those bars in the Epstein lists.

    But no they cower begging for scraps whilst other nations get ready to send US children to die on some sand dune.

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      You’ve been downvoted but I agree.

      The streets should be being protested by the second amendment groups if no one else, yet it’s just minor protests with a few bigger ones thrown in every 6 months or so.

      I keep on saying that a dementia riddled, orange child rapist, shitty reality TV star, 6 timed bankruptcy champion, and confirmed rapist, pants shitter is overtaking their whole country and putting his Own Brand™ version of the Gestapo on the streets to murder their fellow country people and there’s hardly any real major protests about it.

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      Let’s pretend you live in Spain. What’s the logistical likelihood of you and your mates going to Ukraine and ousting someone?

      The US is fucking huge. Imagine mobilizing a crowd from the midwest to Washington, forget the west coast. Chicago to DC is 696 miles (1120 km for the civilized). Illinois, where Chicago is, has a population of 12 million. That’s a lot of organizing we don’t already have in place. We’re working on it.

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      Less about bravery and more about acting as a group without being paid to do so. We have plenty of lone wolves but that’s not what’s needed.