• Sergio@slrpnk.netEnglish
    1001·
    1 month ago

    Yeah only 2 generations ago, LGBT people were considered mentally ill. 4 generations ago women were considered unfit to vote. 8 generations ago about half the US though it was OK to own slaves. It takes a while for ideas to die out. That’s why US elections turn out the way they do.

      • Comment105@lemm.eeEnglish
        18·
        1 month ago

        Wonder how long it’ll take before we get to step forward again. As far as I’m seeing, we’re in for a long ride back. Not just for 4 years.

        • VoterFrog@lemmy.worldEnglish
          141·
          1 month ago

          The American people are pretty fickle. It won’t take long for them to become unhappy with the Republican party. Of course once that happens and you and I are celebrating “Yay! We got rid of the fascists!” they’ll be going “Hmm… These other guys are pretty uninspiring. Maybe we should try fascism again.”

          * There’s a big asterisk here that this is all predicted on elections continuing unabated. Which is not a given.

        • Sergio@slrpnk.netEnglish
          9·
          1 month ago

          This has happened before. Even after Abu Ghraib Bush Jr won re-election. Even after Iran-Contra the Republicans won re-election.

          But the fact is that they do not have the answers. They can only take things for themselves, and hope that people give up.