Ya get what ya vote for.
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DC voted 90%+ for Harris. There’s almost no chance he voted for this.
Sorry, it's been ten years of this. I'm kinda done with giving nuance to Americans.
Harsh? Maybe, but when even the Democrats are caving in to Trump's demands for fuck all reason, I'm just done caring about what the thoughts of people down South are.
Literally been told by "left-wing" Americans that my thoughts and opinions on their politics don't matter even with the bullshit going on, and all I can think of is how I as someone over the border wouldn't have to fucking care if they treated this guy like the fucking threat they supposedly see him as rather than do nothing more than tell people to vote as if that's some big fucking accomplishment.
If getting out to vote is supposedly all that people could have done against this and nothing else (their words and actions, not mine), then yeah, ya get what ya vote for.
Now imagine how much worse it is actually being here and being one of the targeted groups.
Maybe taking a break from politics to get your energy levels back up is not a bad idea. This political stage being played by what seem to be litlle children with bad parents can be quite exhausting.
Fighting trough the tiredness and just not bothering to do what you think is right is not a good solution. It might be better to be offline for a bit.
Perhaps I sound like an idiot, but whatever
Around half of Americans don't even vote too, further reducing the chance.
23% of America voted for this.
Yeah, a lot of people don’t vote out of apathy, but IMO straight up voter suppression (especially the less overt kind) is an understated effect on our elections. It would be ridiculous to think having the world’s largest prison population per capita doesn’t also lead to a huge reduction in voting rights for those imprisoned, both currently and previously.
Not voting is a vote for the guy you absolutely would never vote.
DC is in the US however.
Yes, I’m not saying it shouldn’t be boycotted. I’m contesting the idea that the cab driver got what he voted for.
If only that were true, my friend. But it's not, as you must know. Remember 2000? Disenfranchisement? Redistricting? The electoral college? ... But go on, blame the victims. Meh.
How can you hate a whole country full of people many of whom didn't vote for any of this shit. Wild
I can be just as upset at the ones that didn't care enough to vote as I can at the ones who voted for this.
I’m glad I got to visit DC in October. My company had a meetup there and it was genuinely a cool city with lots of neat bars.
Like fuck I’m visiting it or the USA again any time again soon though
Glad you had a good time. I understand. :(
Are you from DC? If so, I hope to get to visit your city again in more stable times. I’m from Ottawa, CAN so we’re capital bros 🤜🤛.
We're not as big of a city but worth visiting imo
I was there two weeks ago. Expected a huge pain in the ass getting in and out.
It was a ghost town.
I'm glad to see this wasn't a fake post to drum up support
no foreigners in mai country yeeha!
Why is tourism down?
From: Fuck all of you!.
To: Brother. Can you spare some eggs?.
With all the news of ICE arresting and abusing tourists in my countries news recently I would also think twice before traveling to the US if I don't have to. Not like there aren't other just as interesting/beautiful, cheaper and by now tbh safer countries to travel to.
Besides all the moral questions wrt the slowish slide into fascism ofc.
UK and Germany made warnings not to go to the US. The US is like North Korea now, lol.
I can tweet at my president to show me his balls.
Can’t do that in North Korea.
You can in North Korea. Once.
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I'm in the UK, my friends are well read but hadn't heard of the detention of tourists. One of them still plans to go on holiday next month... mad
What a surprise that people do not want to visit a country while it is in a speed run to the bottom. You never know when shit hits the fan with full force. You just know you do not want to be there when it happens.
I fucking live here but I’m not a doctor so nobody wants to take me. I’m exploring options from my Eastern European heritage now to try and apply for asylum in the same country that my grandfather fled almost 80 years ago.
If my grandfather were still alive to see me attempting to flee what he fought against as a 17 year old soldier, it would absolutely make him sick to his stomach.
I hope you manage to get out. I might be wrong, maybe the USA get their shit back together, but it sure does not seem likely from outside. I will tell you this, when my fellow countryman give fascism the majority (50% for the AfD in Germany) i will get the fuck out because as far as i am concerned at that point its already the enemies territory.
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Those cases where they put tourists into jail for no reason at all for several weeks were headline news here in Germany and I assume also in other parts of the world. That will harm your tourist industry.
I feel so sorry for US Americans. I honestly do.
Will write code for visa
Same boat man! Will design you a satellite constellation for a visa.
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*Dulles airport is in Virginia, not DC
That's like saying the New York Giants play in NJ
It's about 8 miles from the stadium to midtown.
It's about 26 miles from Dulles to DC.
Toronto's main international airport is in Mississauga, about 17 miles (28km) from downtown Toronto.
It's pretty normal for metropolitan areas to span more than one state, and many municipalities, served by a single international airport that is in the suburbs of that major city.
The point is that if you're flying international in or out of DC, IAD is literally your closest option. And if you're flying there, it's probably because you're visiting DC and not some Civil War battlefield in rural Virginia. Functionally speaking, it's DC's airport.
The zoo in DC is pretty dope, most of it is free as it is part of a park.
Idk though, the central parts of DC where lots of successful people are is suffocating to me. You go out to lunch and everyone has shoes on that cost more than your car and they sound like two LinkedIn chatbots conversing when this is supposedly a break from work?
Ewww
I know there are MANY other facets to DC I haven't seen though!
Who want to go in hell?
I have it on authority of the vatican that's where all the gamblers and prostitutes go, so it sounds fun to me.
i'm terrified of what the government will do when world pride comes to dc in a few months
Likely they will try and make it illegal on as many levels as they can.
Oh so sad.
/s
Guess America should not have elected an orange fascist fuckwhit gameshow host to their highest office.
If the rest of the world thinks their immune to fascism they'll find out quickly they are not. Fascism doesn't come about by votes alone. Fascism is a defense response of capitalism when it is in decline. Those votes are manufactured by media, xenophobia, and a decline to the material conditions of the working class. I'm sure it won't be so as entertaining as American politics is. But it will be just as dangerous nonetheless.
The more working class people leave DC, the happier I will be when the asteroid hits.
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Wonder if this is a nationwide thing or if DC is hit particularly hard since it's the heart of the evil empire.
“I see a bad moon rising”
I find conflicting information when I look this up. How true is this claim?
America, fuck no!
There's plenty of other better motherfucking countries!
Terrorists, your game is through,
America: what's become of you?!
America! Fuck, no!
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