You Aren't Overreacting. It Really Is That Bad.
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- Опубликовано: 18 окт 2024
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Let’s not forget that they’re making it increasingly hard to have a home while making it illegal to be homeless.
Bingo
A for profit prison industry will always want more criminals.
Even if it has to make them.
Ooof, that's poignant.
welp, the entire economic model we operate on was established at a time when labor value was essentially free (slavery).
but then we went and made slavery illegal (mostly). except we never changed our economic model to one that doesn't depend on stealing labor/production value to function.
so you know, we gotta get that labor value from somewhere. and the one except to slavery being illegal is if you're a convicted criminal. so....
it's not a flaw. the system is functioning as intended
Now i realised thst... The pipeline from having a magatard landlord to prison had been built.
I was homeless for 11 years. If that law had been in place, I would've been a felon at 10.
No child should be homeless. Especially in a country that claims, and often brags about being the richest in the world.
Thank a democrat. Probably the ones you keep voting for.
@TheMilhouseExperience why thank Democrats for that?
On average homelessness is higher in Republican dominated states, it's Republican run states that are banning Homelessness, that are making it illegal to distribute meals to the homeless.
@@raylouis7013 Oregon is not a Republican state. That is where the suit originated.
@@TheMilhouseExperience So, democrats are the ones who passed the law in Nashville making it a class E felony to camp on public land? Democrats are the ones on the supreme court who upheld that law?
You have no idea what you're talking about.
This idea that presidents should be above the law is ridiculous. If they were individuals we could trust to lead a country, why should they need such immunity from prosecution or accountability? Holding presidents to the same legal standards as any other citizen is what defines the integrity of the democratic system! I can’t anymore…
I feel you, it's like they said "Nixon did nothing wrong" and for people who hold themselves that they are smart and educated.......HOLY FRICK FRACK NO.
We fought a war about this (and other things) in the late 1700s…
And police being above the law too
@@rodicow3491exactly… I thought this bullshit was litigated and put to bed when Nixon said "Well, when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal" and he got impeached. Also, him being pardoned and accepting a pardon was acknowledgement of guilt from a legal perspective.
ANY of our top-level officials needs accountability for wrongdoing, and not from the others on their level. Congress holds the power to remove Justices or the President or themselves, so we need, NEED, to get as many people voting out the traitor party as possible.
This country needs to skip its birthday party and instead sit in the corner and think about what it’s done.
Ok, I appreciate this. I needed the laugh. 100% true, but funny nonetheless. Thank you for this 💜
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@@jenniferdrayton8392 preach Jennifer
😂😂😂
Best comment. Even though I find it difficult to find any humor in this situation, this comment is both humorous and dead accurate. And we cannot afford to just fall into despair and helplessness. Well done! May I use your words in a post on my fb page? I would prefer not to use your name, unless you ask me to.
Remember... One person absolutely can make a difference. All evil needs to win is the silence of good people.
That and the electoral college.
Evil won enough things that they made it so that they can ignore most of the loud good people.
It's not enough for a few people to not be silent.
Evil can no longer be defeated unless all good people are mobilized together.
It's not that we need one person to make a difference, it's that we need every last individual, every one.
A P A T H Y
_Thats all evil needs._
@@Missunderstood103 Exactly! 👍 Pessimism feeds evil heartily too.
The problem is that you've now got a situation where the ordinary person is in a position rather like that of a chess player who has two or three possible moves, all of which will lead to the other player being able to capture his king. Your best move is to vote blue everywhere you can and persuade others to do the same - but there are even plans in place to try to counter that (in the form of very minor election officials refusing to certify election results that go against the Republicans).
You also have the difficulty that you've been carefully trained in a system that might be described as "every coyote for himself". So if I'm earning just enough to get by, I'm not going to care about you. The idea of getting together with "less successful" people and working with them to get a better system for everyone is not something you are trained to do.
Short of a massive general strike in which absolutely everyone except some essential medical staff and those whose jobs are to look after others in residential settings or electricity production I don't see how the good people can make a difference. I don't see such a general strike happening, at least not for some years.
This was the American version of the Enabling Act. The path to fascism is very rapid from here. I don't think enough people understand how serious this is.
We are literally watching the brainwashing pre-WW2 in real time. Like this is literally what they did. And I’m amazed that Maga is not seeing that despite claiming to be patriotic and hating Germany for what it did yet allow it to repeat. Even worse the media won’t draw those parallels or stop giving him a platform when them making fun or his is the whole reason he got that big of a following. We haven’t learned anything clearly. Worse yet is many more liberal or center leaning people think “it’s not that bad” and refuse to acknowledge or inform themselves of his and his colleges telling on themselves to the media for all to see. It is staring everyone in the face and instead of doing something about it and calling it out the majority deny deny deny.
The supporters of the “Leopards eating faces” party sadly never want to believe the leopard can ever eat their own faces. Heck, some of them don’t even care if their faces are eaten so long as the leopard ate the faces of those they hate first.
The path to fascism? No, we're already there. It's merely hidden beneath illusions and lies that grow thinner by the day.
we are already at fascism. fascism isn't just concentration camps. we've been in fascist america since 2016, if i'm being generous (there is good political theory which condemns all states as we know them as fascistic inherently, which i happen to think is correct)
@@GrayYeonWannabecould you elaborate on that theory? I mean is there a name for it or is there something I can find online about it? And by state do you mean the 50 states; or a condition or state of fascism? I don't mean to sound so confused here so sorry about that.
Thanks for making this. It's even worse if you consider we're about the celebrate our day of independence from a tyrannical king who ruled us without any representation in government.
💯 I've been thinking the same thing. I'm on a four-month van trip at the moment, over in Ontario now, and was trying to decide where to cross so I could watch some fireworks and celebrate. Now I think I'll just stay over here.
Yeah but we rebelled in the form of organized militias.
@@Bad_Moon_Risingso, like, y’know… maybe, idk… second amendment is for your protection from government, right? So, like…
I have a legal theory I think we American WOMEN should apply with full force: We don't have equal representation for the TAXATION WE AS FEMALES PAY FOR THINGS--especially if you consider the ADDED PINK TAXES ON CONSUMER GOODS BY US RIP OFF COMPANIES ALSO PAYING US LESS...
If we could immediately switch out 52% to equally replace all local county city State Federal officials in ALL GOVT AREAS to actually demonstrate real fair representation for our population...we'd be somewhere better than this crooked shyte show
@@Liberal.Linda.we will be joining you. I’m sure you Canadians will be seeing quite the exodus of Americans fleeing fascism.
Don't vote for a candidate, vote for not letting democracy literally die.
"WE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE" STILL HAVE THE POWER TO BE TRUMP PEERS OF JUROR'S BY VOTING TRUMP GUILTY COME NOV-2024 VOTE BLUE DOWN THE LINE;
...TRUMP WILL HAVE FACE ALL HIS CRIMES:
Too late. Even if Trump doesn't win this election, it will not reverse what the Supreme Court has done.
Jack Posobiec at CPAC: “Welcome to the end of democracy. We are here to overthrow it completely. We didn’t get all the way there on Jan. 6, but we will endeavor to get rid of it.”
Never existed
Ok but like how are we supposed to do that
Either way we're fucked 🤡
💯💯💯 Agreed! It says in the constitution of the United States that YOU CAN'T ARREST PEOPLE FOR BEING PEOPLE. Banning Homelessness is ABSOLUTELY Unconstitutional because people have been homeless since Adam & Eve times! Heck, even ADAM & EVE were homeless 😭😭😭
It was mostly to give leeway to arrest the protesters mainly… especially where I’m at… 😢 places like people who are against SCC and the Colombian students protesting for Palestine… it’s getting shitter out here
Except now, according to SCOTUS, it IS legal to arrest people for being people, people who need people, people who need people to act like the faith they loudly proclaim to possess means more to them than just "Look at me! I'm all holy and s*t!".
@vivasurvivor - Yeah, they got kicked out of their Eden home when they disobeyed. Arresting people for being homeless makes just about as much sense as fining people who couldn't afford the mandatory health care to begin with.
@@jengsci8268 this does remind me, I don't recall the adam&eve story ever stating that there was a building or any kind of specific shelter for them. The garden must have always had perfect weather, but even then it remains a garden and therefore they were technically homeless 🤔 I think... if one believes the story.
@@undefinederror40404 "Houseless." But they are using the term homeless for people who don't have a structured (taxable) roof over their head. Technically home is defined as the place where one lives permanently, *especially* as a member of a family or household. Since before they disobeyed,, Adam & Eve had no need for the structure. All their needs were met. At least that's what I understand from the story. That book is incomplete at best, and has been rewritten, edited for content, and translated so many times, I now see the title of it as an acronym - Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth.
You hit all the big ones except the new decision that says money paid to a government official after a favor is not a bribe.
Wait...what? 😮
@@chrissiewb721 Yep, as long as they don't pay in advance, and possibly don't leave a really really obvious paper trail that this is explicitly for the favour, then they can 'reward' them afterwards (even though the wording of the law says no rewards either)
Or that concrete evidence of innocence in a trial can just be brushed aside by judges if they want.
Actually sighed after reading that. Corruption opening the door for more corruption. Absolutely screwed up.
Yup, according to the SUPREME BEING ALITO, it is a gratuity and all of us poor people can just p*ss off
I’m 53 years old, became aware of elections during my early years with Carter versus Reagan. Been through a lot of elections and political scandals and big reasons to vote. I have never seen the US this close to dictatorship in my whole life. I vote Dem because there isn’t anything left of that and I’ll say I don’t want Dems to have the ability to dictate with immunity, much less MAGA cult members. I’ll vote. My family will vote. You vote. Get other people to vote. Have them understand the truth. Not the spin or lies.
59. I remember Reagan turning on the money faucet in our government. That was the beginning of the end. Funny, I _don't_ remember the people getting a vote on that policy. They just threw away Democracy. Threw away the American people for personal greed. 2 weeks ago at a round table we were discussing how Americans were basically unaware that we rank as the poorest example of a Democracy out there amongst the rest. Today, we no longer even make the list.Still voting blue. Because of all things, there has to be hope.
@@Missunderstood103we’re not a democracy. We’re a democratic REPUBLIC
@@katiefrolichmanwhich practices.. representative democracy. 😂
@@katiefrolichman Pedantry in the service of lying about our country would be offensive if it wasn't an easy way to tell you're about as educated as an infant.
@@katiefrolichman: These days I think you'll find that a number of political commentators describe the US as an anocracy. Other people describe the US as a plutocracy or an oligarchy. The days of it being a democracy are gone, I am hoping that will change.
this is a scarily perfect encapsulation of the current state of the US
You know things are in a bad way when channels that aren't usually explicitly political start posting explicitly political videos.
But is it political or morality issues?
@@fylith6378 I believe it's a morality issue. We have to keep the evil out so that good has a fighting chance.
@@fylith6378Unfortunately morality issues are politicized
@@catpoke9557this! Morality issues should never be in politics because this and the two party system is the direct result of that polarizing of voters.
There are people more interested in protecting their gun than their daughters and wives. I think that’s just about as backwards as it gets
Or their kids.
I saw a tweet from a man who said that Trump could SA his (the man's) wife in front of him and he would still support Trump. I hope it was just rage bait but unfortunately, I'm sure there are people who actually feel that way.
@@kellyp136people are such fans of his that they’d probably feel honor to get their turn next. If you catch my drift. 🤢
I am a daughter, protecting myself with a gun. Legally.
@@MountainsoftheHeart Yet you couldn’t have missed the point any harder if you tried. Hope you can aim better with your gun than you can with your words. 🙄
I'm not American. But if there was a party that was trying to restrict, or complicate, people's right to vote, then I don't get why any people would vote for that party. Isn't that obvious that such a party is against democracy?
Yes, unless you've been convinced that certain demographics shouldn't vote and that you're right and only protecting your country from the evil people who want to destroy what you know to make it more inclusive and diverse (viewed as anti-white, anti-Christian). People don't think as much when they're scared, they just look to the people who say they're going to save them.
Edit: added a bit of detail
There is no democracy in a 2 party state which is what America is. The ballot is basically take it or leave it. Dumb and dumber. Canada isn't much better. We pretend to have more choices but in all fairness it's Liberal or PC which is just Dems and GOP with different names.
Many of the people that vote for that party are quite keen on the idea of a dictator or King, as long as it's _their_ dictator or King.
It's ok as long as you're restricting the rights of the people you don't like who vote for things you don't want.
Because the party that wants to restrict or complicate the vote wants to restrict or complicate the vote for specific groups of people. Their supporters don't often fall under those specific groups. Some do, and I'm completely baffled by that, but for the most part, their supporters agree with what they're doing and who is going to be most affected - at first - even if they don't want to admit it out loud.
I'm Canadian, and I'm scared, man. I can't handle another four years of this stress. When America sneezes, the world catches a cold... and Canada and Mexico, in particular.
I didn't think we'd end up back here with the possibility of another four years of the worst president in modern history, if not the entire history of the USA. If he gets in again, you know he's going to abuse his power to retaliate against anyone he has perceived to have wronged him, and the administration will plumb new depths of corruption.
Be prepared for evacuees. Things will get ugly if Trump gets back in. I have family I need prep, and I ain't the only one.
Fellow Canadian. I’m scared, too. It’s scary to think that just down south, everything’s falling apart for one of the world’s most powerful nations. Feel so bad for my friends living there :(
@@princekyle4132You said you are Canadian, so you didn't have to say you are afraid. That is the average Canadian default setting: fear.
Probably not the entire history of the U.S., because John Adams did a thing, but definitely the worst president since John Adams
@@ickster23 what? You Republicans want to control a Canadian's feelings too?
My boyfriend and I watched our electoral debate (UK), then your presidential debate (USA) back to back. By the end of it, we were like "wow. We are so screwed...... But at least we aren't American".
I'm sorry, but it really is that bad
Brexit still shocks me over here in the US. We are terrible but so far only Florida has really tried to ruin their economy further over xenophobia.
frankly i disagree, the US is doing horribly but i'd rather live here than the horror show that is the UK. just seems like you guys have all of our problems but in a smaller, more condensed country lol.
I feel like this is less about what country has it worse and more about what flavors of bullshit we've grown accustomed to.
@@juvenilia_in_hell Except out-of-control gun violence
@@Sluppie
Exactly. As an American it feels like another Tuesday when another book ban or Presidential candidate promises to really drive home his fascist reign. But whenever I hear about UK politics it sounds just as bad. I remember when people in the UK had to debate running heat in the middle of winter when heating prices were so damn high. Different flavors, but one that's familiar.
As someone from Asia, Americans really need to go UP AND HIGHER, Don't regress yourselves back to the old days, Its sad seeing so many videos from Americans talking about how much worse their country is becoming.
We're not even "regressing to old days". We're going into a whole new direction that's worse.
@@Pratt11 It drives me crazy when people say that. I don’t think people really think about what going back to the way things were really means. It’s more than just racism too. For example we could go back to the sixties where businesses didn’t have to worry about environmental regulations. Granted our rivers were literally catching fire back then. But hey, at least someone got to make a buck right?
@@DabbaDayThat is precisely what Trump wants. Project 2025 calls for the abolishment of the EPA, NOAA, the Department of Education, so many programs meant to protect like lives of ALL Americans, and the Supreme Court is doing its best to revert America back 70 years. It's going to take literally GENERATIONS to undo all the damage, because even if we do a massive reset of SCOTUS, the problem is all the people who have spent 8+ years being brainwashed, and others who have harbored this hatred their whole lives, but it was covered up with the thick perfume of being "politically correct."
Re-educate the population, make history, Logic, and critical thinking mandatory classes again. Yet even if we start on that now, a child getting that education will be inundated with hate once they go home.
We need an American version of denazification.
Disclaimer and Trigger warning: This video contains copious amounts of truth and common sense. These values have been found to break what ever MAGA cultists use to think with!
And to offend them deeply.
@donaldwert7137 Freaking snowflakes
It contains copious amounts of something...
Truth ain't exactly it I'm afraid.
@@Things_I_wish_I_knewits clear you don't think for yourself puppet, go back to your maga cult. Regardless of belief, the reality is that everything he said has actually, completely literally, happened.
@@Things_I_wish_I_knewYour country is fucked. They’re taking your democracy. How do you not see that?
Im so frightened - for my safety and my species.
For the first time in my life, i don't think i have a future.
@@ignatiusequality9239 it’s one of the main reasons my wife and I don’t want to have children. We have zero confidence that they will have a better life than we had.
heres your options, vote and convince others to vote and have hope. or don't vote and be complicit in facism.
@@Picardspassword i will absolutely vote and ask others to do the same- its not just about me. I want all of us to survive this 💙
@@ignatiusequality9239 you are doing amazing, buddy, keep it up
@@ignatiusequality9239 Definitely vote but be prepared for what we may need to do to survive in the new era if it doesn’t work. Remember, Hilary won the popular vote, and this time ol’Orange and his party has put people in place to nullify checks and balances at every turn. The Republicans have played the long game for the past 50+ years and now that awful plan is coming to fruition.
My kid and I are big into history and have been getting nervous for quite a while. We will vote, but we are also seriously making escape plans. The way the Heritage Foundation leader and some GOP members are speaking, feels like they have big plans no matter what and the election wont make a difference. I've seen two elections not end the way the people voted and it shocked me both times. After the last several Supreme Court rulings, i realize we should all be terrified, even the world. I don't want to get caught off guard and be in denial until its too late. I can't even believe I'm having to acknowledge these things...so hard to get a grip on reality lately.
It's been more than a little scary lately. Not looking forward to what comes next.
What NEEDS to come next is the election, and voting.
That, and helping others VOTE.
It's not a such as we want, but FOR NOW it's what we got.
Until AFTER the voting, and the following through (or lack of) by those with power...
After that - is what we perhaps prepare for now, but pray to not be pushed to follow through with our own selves...
I'll put most of my efforts into the election though, first, for now...🫤🤞🤞🤞
You know what comes next. This has happened several times before in history. Like in Germany in the 1930s
One concerning historical pattern I read about some yrs ago: it's been found that across all of recorded history, most large govts last an average of 200 yrs before corruption becomes so blatant that some kind of mass revolution breaks out to overthrow & dismantle the system & ultimately start over. Obviously some last longer or shorter than others, but the US is right in that time-frame. With the way we're doing economically, politically, socially? It's not looking good.
@@justacoginthefkery Yup. I remember my papa telling me about this as a little one. I've always been a bit disheartened from it.
Had I the opportunity to redo those past years, and IF I had access to resources I didn't then, I'd gave been preparing more for tumult and recovery. As it is, that's just part of the pattern - deny progressively larger sections of populations basic security so they're too occupied with survival to think or plan much else. By the time things "pop", there's not been a plan or resources to make changes eith minimal loss. Instead, it's "nothing left to lose" desperation and despair, with the resultant hell on earth...
I'm still working and hoping for a better path though. It's becoming more and more of a DESPERATE hope, but it is still there...
We'll see what follows come November.
remember it's a "re-education center", it's not a concentration camp.
You are 100% on point. My heart breaks a little more each day just watching what is happening to our county and knowing how many people are okay with it.
In Britain many moons ago, yes it was illegal not to have a home... It was called vagrancy and you got thrown in gaol.... Or the work house was your option... Welcome to a world that looks less like 2024 and more like 1724 or 1824.. Boy we should be sooo proud of ourselves. 21st Century and humans still not evolved.... I give up!
"Vagrancy". I was waiting for someone to use the term. I have a vague memory of learning about that in grade school as an example of a stupid law that doesn't belong in a free society.
Progressively stringing together the faulty logic to expose how inconsistent and flawed it is, is why you are the real speech Prof. Those of us sufficiently sound of logic, value your expertise. Thank you, sir. Respect.
Your video needs to go viral. This is amazing and such a poke in the ribs to all that is wrong and everyone who wants to control people. WOW. Love it, LOVE IT! There is no talking around this or trying to dismantle this at all. Why are news organizations not doing and saying this or people that are in political positions or others that are political experts. The Lincoln Project needs to take this and do an ad.
I thought you were gonna say "Guns don't kill people... Books kill people!"
Vote for the candidate who doesn’t NEED immunity.
Vote for the candidate who can form a complete sentence without looking like an escaped dementia patient
@@kimmeeb if he does get elected and he does get worse he just gets replaced by someone who should be president so why wouldnt you vote for biden
@@kimmeebBiden is old. Good analysis. You know who else is old? Trump. He rambles and loses his himself in tangents all the time. I’d rather the bumbling old fool than the criminal. One at least isn’t threatening the to be a dictator.
@kimmeeb so neither
We'll see what the Hague says about that.
This is why voting is so important. FYI even a small to medium wave of non-voters deciding to vote will flip a good amount of these gerrymandered districts. But that is what it takes. Those who don't or usually don't vote will have to vote. In solidarity.
Still sad voting for the independent redistricting commission didn't do all that much in Utah I'm mostly right leaning but I want to win fair and square in Congress not with garbage tactics.
If these districts are gerrymandered, there’s a good chance they’re corrupt to begin with. If they’re corrupt to begin with, what’s to stop them from manipulating the results?
I’m Canadian
While we aren’t perfect, I’m terrified for my southern friends ❤
When the United States sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold.
What happens when the U.S. has a heart attack?
I hate that it's this way, but it is. 😢
Too bad I can't emigrate there bc your countru won't let a cripple like me move there without putting me down.
My mother was Canadian but became a US citizen. Who do I talk to about returning to Canada?
@@genuineimpulse9134 If your mother was Canadian when you were born, then I think that makes you a Canadian citizen by default? IIRC. I may be wrong though - take that with a grain of salt.
That being said, I am Canadian as well, live in Canada, and I'm already offering to marry one of my friends to get them spousal sponsorship here in case of the worst.
I'm Canadian and I am terrified. The reprocussions of stupid diminishes western clout. The sun set on British prestige as a global power the moment of Brexit happened and America GOP wtf and the immunity ruling makes no sense. I am looking at Germany for an ounce of common sense and global leadership.
The sad thing is that they don't even realise how crazy these arguments are. Every vote matters.
@@annarichter484 every vote does matter, but why is the best we have an 83 year old dude who’s been in politics since the signing of the declaration and a fascist authoritarian who has a narcissistic disorder, preys on women, betrays our country, encourages violence and makes decisions based on what he sees on TV? I’d even vote for the GOP at this point if they could come up with a reasonable candidate.
Sorry to go off on your comment. That’s been building for a while.
@@DabbaDayGOP's plan is to become nazi germany.
Except that's the problem...
*NO vote matters.*
It's all an illusion, just barely veiled enough to keep the majority from seeing it. Both sides serve the same evil.
I don't care how hopeless it is, I'll keep trying to spread the truth.
This is the most powerful message you've ever spread. Thank you.
it's always the same 6 corrupted judges.
strange...
Vote, stand up, speak, protest, dissent, VOTE, run for a local office, volunteer, join in, read, listen, VOTE VOTE VOTE.
The only downside to this video is there are people who are going to think you're serious.
I wasn't expecting to live through the final season of "America," but here we are.
Showrunners really botched things this season. Really wondering if season finale will deliver or if many people are going to be looking for a new show to watch next year.
idk, every election i can recall (I'm 36) had been heralded by somebody as "the end of America" or "the worst election in history" or something to that effect.
but, i also don't disagree with you. it really just is getting worse every single time. and it will be worse the next time, and the time after that..
1776 - 2024. Hey, democracy had a good run.
Democratic-republic had a good run one of if not the longest standing modern government. The country might be young but compared to most our constitution is ancient.
Don’t give up!
God i hate our country.
God:I hate this country
Fixed it
@@LeonNitingaleno, you displayed your inability to grasp that language isnt static and has formal and informal usage😂
@@RoseRedRoseWhite LOL, he changed it from OP hating the country to God hating our country with his edit.
@@maggie6152...I mean, assuming any god exists...would it even be wrong? If I were a deity I'd hate this dumpster fire of a country. And, doubly so if I were a god(dess) of fertility or nature or something.
@smol-one Because half the poêle in it are basically decent spuds and cannot be held accountable for the other half
We the people . . . are screwed.
You really, truly are. If Trump wins, and honestly I expect him to, think of the damage the supreme Court has done *during Biden's term*. Now image what more they can do with Trump in power. They should be his check and balance, but they're obviously his lackeys... And he could even add *more* to ensure the court stays as it is for the foreseeable future.
I really do hate how perfectly spot on this is. Happy Independence Day, everyone. Please don't give up the fight, but don't act suprised if it's our last one for a while.
I'm sure it won't be
@@mr.dudbud4551I'm sure a hecking lot of people hkpe that you are right, including us overseas folks, but frankly, your confidence can also be dangerously naive.
DON'T be sure and let that lack of confidence get you moving and advocating for democracy all around you.
@@KxNOxUTA don't worry it is not that kind of being sure I know it will be a hard journey and failure is unacceptable I'm just believing as long as we don't accept subjugation and fight for our rights and democracy we will win fascists got defeated a lot through history and they will be defeated once again
'Murica! "The land of the free", #1 in military spending and nothing else.
spending in 2023, in billions of US dollars:
1 United States: $916
2 China: $296
3 Russia: $109
4 India: $83.6
5 Saudi Arabia: $75.8
6 United Kingdom: $74.9
7 Germany: $66.8
8 Ukraine: $64.8
9 France: $61.3
10 Japan: $50.2
This defense spending globally
Project 2025 wants to throw more money into defense spending - Trump backs this
If we cut back defense spending by 25% we’d be down to 687 billion. Still 2 times as much as China….
Surely we could use that for:
Education
Health care
Etc
How about the republicans favorite only when there is a democrat in the White House - paying down the debt…
I'm so many things right now: infuriated, gobsmacked, disappointed, and terrified. Voting blue in November, and staunchly behind AOC when she brings forth articles of impeachment against Alito on Monday. I only hope she includes Thomas, Barrett, Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, and Roberts, too. Absolute trash.
I'm not even American & this gave me chills.
Still, it's election day here tomorrow.
And in my other homeland next week.
Um.... would you hold my hair back for me real quick? I 🤢
Sure, love. Let me pat your back, too. This mess is really the most appropriate time ever for such a gut response.
Not celebrating this 4th of July. Let corporations and local government know with your wallet, what this means for the country.
TBF, this might be your last 4th of July to celebrate before the country ends.
@@LittleHobbit13 Truth, but I'm not celebrating a sinking ship.
Thank you for using your voice. I work for a university in Wisconsin. I keep saying to anyone who will listen: Republicans are systematically, intentionally decreasing funding for education. The more educated you are, the more likely you are to be a Democrat. (I said "MORE LIKELY.") It's about getting and keeping power - and we're seeing the consequences this SC term. It's devastating.
Their groups that are working hard to defund public schooling and education related organisations are sadly extremely well organized and funded. If Trump wins and gives them more legal space to wriggle, they... I actually cannot fhatom what they will accomplish, but with their book banning, school staff harassment and pro-home schooling rethoric I'm very worried.
As someone outside of the USA, I have to agree. And I don’t read the word Democrat as a political party affiliation here, but as a person, who believes in democracy and actively supports it. There have already been studies on that subject and they also say that people with better education (not necessarily higher, but higher quality) are less likely to support fascist ideology and more likely to support democratic ideas and political parties.
The more you are in certain fields the more you are likely to be a democrat as well. Because some university courses function as plain indoctrination centers.
Meanwhile the more *intelligent* you are the more likely you are to realize the meaninglessness of those labels and the fact that both "parties" serve the same evil
I'm genuinely tearing up... putting all of this together & putting it into perspective really hits hard. A real gut punch😢 Thanks for being a beautiful person! Plus, LOVE the nail color on you!❤
Ever wonder what you would do as a German citizen in the 1930s? Your choice in November will reveal the answer.
Yep. I wish more people understood their history, because we're looking right at it about to happen again. Hope for the best, but I've got a bad feeling about this one. Vote blue. It might be the last vote we get.
That's not a fair comparison, the Nazis didn't win a majority of votes but rather they were handed power by a centre-right party and then used emergency powers to seize total control. The US is about to deliberately vote fascists into power while knowing full well what they plan to do and what they stand for.
Hitler had the SS. Biden has the FBI doing his dirty work. Meanwhile, Hunter is getting money from "sources" and funneling to the "big man"
@@Things_I_wish_I_knewThat's almost exactly what happened in 1932. They had to pull Hindenburg out of retirement to run against Hitler. He was in his 80s, but he was known to be a good politician, similar to Biden. The problem was, in Germany the loser of an election becomes Chancellor, and if the President dies, the Chancellor takes over. America used to do something similar, with the loser becoming Vice President. Thank God we don't do that anymore!
@@elijahford3696That’s what I’ve been saying! My psych classes briefly talked about it as did history classes! This is legit how that happens! It’s blatantly repeating and for some reason we haven’t called it out. (More accurately the media refuses to and give it a platform to reach people)
jokes aside, this is terrifying. genuinely a VERY bad situation. I will never lose hope in changing the world, and that includes my very messed up, very against my existence, home country. we are not beyond help and saving, but it will absolutely take ALL of us coming together to try and make it happen. the only thing I can give conservatives is that they're LOUD, and unified.
get out there, vote blue, vote vote vote!! thanks for bringing this to attention, as you do many other important things.
Dear Goddess!! To see all the wrongs the GOP have done lately all laid out in a row like that is devastating. It’s hard to keep your spirits up in America these days.😞💔🐝
The Supreme Court isn’t the GOP. At least read the opinions for yourself and draw your own conclusions if you’re that upset about it
@@kimmeeb Distinction without a difference. 6 of them aren’t the GOP in its official party roster sort of way.. but they sure seem to be pretty ideologically aligned with them. Those 6 are 100% voting for trump and 3 of them owe their seats to him, and at least 2 of them are invested in extrajudicial means to protect him. Tell me, how quick are they to assert that trump should enjoy the new immunity but Biden shouldn’t be with all these people prying into his life?
Blessed be.
@@kimmeebthe GOP has a firm hold on the Supreme Court now. They do as their told.
@@annmarieknappBlessed be!!🤗❤️🐝
As an attorney I endorse your views here
At this point, anyone who doesn't see it, doesn't want to see it. Something about all that's happening works for them.
"Ignorance is bliss, until it catches up with you"
Unfortunately by then, the ignorant ppl will be living miserable lives and some of them will face crippling guilt moving forward for ruining a lot of lives.
Someone recently told the story of the old soldiers of Nazi Germany and all the folks who were enthusiastic supporters. And how many of them had miserable lives as more and more of the horrors were uncovered.
Even as a child immigrated to Germany at very very young age, I've learned history to a visceral degree through documentaries. Even I can feel the collective shame and guilt.
And I stand up, as more ignorant fools come crawling up and somehow thinking that any of those old ways were in any way good ideas. 🤦🏻♀️
It takes quite a low degree of education and emotional intelligence to think any of this is supposedly a good long-term strategy that won't come back to bite ppl. All, while pointing fingers at the parts of the world that are in shambles for EXACTLY THE SAME BEHAVIOURS and pretending the outcome will be better if they handle it.
We don’t have much power as a voter when there aren’t any good candidates on the ballot.
The current goal is "stay out of a dictatorship" and then we can move on to making it easier to have more viable candidates than just two (which is going to take a whole shift in how voting works, but it's all one step at a time).
in a republican state with only eight electoral votes, i FEEL my vote "doesn't count". i will STILL have two forms of I.D. ready as i stand in line to cast my inconsequential little vote...
Been a third party voter for years literally about as useless a vote you can cast but I believe in making myself heard.
@@jarethpalmer8672 Make an exception this year -- Vote Democrat. If there is an election in 2028 you can go back to third party.
@@calamityjean1525 I'll atleast consider it, but right now I'm just glad I've lost 35 pounds since Russia invaded Ukraine figured a draft was coming soon just didn't expect the home front to be in such bad shape so quickly.
@@jarethpalmer8672 If you are in the USA you aren't going to be drafted to fight in Ukraine. US is just sending equipment, not troops. If you are in Russia, yeah, you are in danger of being drafted. Good luck to you, maybe you could desert to Ukraine.
@@calamityjean1525 I'm in the US and yah while at first it was unknown whether a draft would happen because of Russia it's unlikely now. however it highlighted just how fast a conflict could break out among modern first world countries so I'm going to stay prepared.
The unfortunate thing is that I actually do support gun rights, as well as abortion rights, and I'm strongly against book banning. To simplify, I'm left wing on literally every issue except gun rights. I think gun rights are essential to achieving the goals of the left, that being strong workers rights and personal freedoms (particularly in terms of gender expression, which the right is constantly attacking peoples right to do). A workers strike is always more alarming to the company when those workers are armed, and could intimidate strike breakers or scabs into staying away. I still vote left, because the majority of their policies are aligned with my beliefs, but I cringe every time they blame guns for a tragedy that was clearly caused by socioeconomic circumstances.
TLDR I wish there was a left wing candidate who supported gun ownership.
To my knowledge, no one on the left is saying we should take away all guns. The majority of us want strong, sensible gun control laws: restrictions on what can be owned; requirements for training, registration, and licensure; that sort of thing.
I agree.
As someone who knows a good amount about firearms (at least, I'd say I know a good amount) I facepalm every time I hear the left wing politicians say things like "double barreled magazine clip" or "changing the stock turns this weapon fully automatic."
Guns don't kill people. People do. If you let guns get into the hands of people who use them to commit crimes, that's where things go wrong.
Which is why I also agree with @ButMadNNW625 . Strong and sensible gun control laws are better than banning this or banning that.
First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me
I can't believe random comments like these under videos with 20 likes are going to be part of the history of the last years of the United States.
Very much this. We all need to speak up while we’re all still here to do so. While we still can.
This time they come for the trans and the queer first. Mostly because the communists are mostly gone already.
This court is slick too. They said guns CAN be banned from “sensitive areas” including . . . COURT HOUSES.
It's too bad the rightwing Christian Taliban co-opted the upside down flag.
Please don't compare Christian extremism with Muslim extremism. For one, most of Islam is unanimous that the Taliban is not practicing or promoting Islam. They have standards while Christianity does not (these white supremacist fascism addicts are officially Nicene Creed adherents, so anyone trying to bring that up can stop spreading nonsense). Second, you reinforce Islamophobia when the important point is to speak to how corrupt and evil this form of Christianity really is.
Reclaim it. Steal their power. As military family, you would do it a service. It's only now approaching the proper time for it. My great grandfather said the day would come for the U.S. I didn't think it'd be in my lifetime, but it's happening. Hope y'all prepared as much as the nuts have, cause they're just waiting on a call to arms. It's the 1930's, and there's a future High Chancellor to stop.
I mean, their existence is an assault on the constitution, so it’s an apt symbol.
Crushingly on-point. Outstanding.
it's bad when my nieces and nephews keep telling me they don't think we'll be around long enough for them to even think about college. the eldest is 16.
I don't have any faith in the future anymore. The only faith i have is that nothing lasts forever.
.... Yeah. It can get worse.
Get out there and vote... our government only works for those who show up for it.
Every vote matters. Even just to say there's one more person who lives here and stands against the oppression of any individuals based on immutable qualities or their subjection to poverty and the choices inflicted on them to survive.
Get out there and vote. Ignore the fact that if you are voting blue in a blue state, it does absolutely nothing to help this situation. Ignore the fact that the "fly over" states that the DNC doesn't care about or are too red to influence are the ones who will be voting for Trump. It's not those who watch and care about politics who are the problem. How do you reach those in the middle that only follow tic-toc length content. Who only understand bumper sticker slogan complexity. Who think Trump is cool and not a real politician so that he cares about working people, while Don the Con steals from each of us to sell nations secrets to who ever will pay and promoting Jared Kushner from slum lord trust funder to national security advisor.
When poverty is a crime punishable by a huge fee, you have a dystopia.
I have no idea why anyone would look up to the USA.
Nobody does - that's strictly propaganda pedaled by US bureaucracy. We are the laughing stock of the free world, and too far up our own asses to acknowledge it. "We" being the rich and powerful, and politicians pedalling said propaganda, and the easily indoctrinated masses that believe them. Not all Americans, but enough.
We need to teach empathy.
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Best RUclips realitycheck video commentary I’ve seen this week.
The world is watching with hope, vote blue. Take back your rights and your freedom.
Cant republicans see thatby allowing a wanna be dictator to rule their rights will also be targeted? Do they think their king will always allow them to arm themselves? Its so baffling and bleak
It's easier to understand when you realise that they 'know' the power hierachy goes both ways; not only do the rich and powerful _deserve_ their positions (because reasons), the weak and powerless (including themselves) also deserve theirs.
'Tread harder on me, daddy!'
Yes they do and he will. The people who want this used to be on the top of society by default, and they want to go back.
It's an unfortunate manipulation of people's natural gravitation toward in-group/out-group mentality. They've been promised and assured that for now they're the "in-group", which means they'll be protected. They cannot conceptualize how they might eventually become the out-group once those in power need a new target.
It's because of Project 2025. They think the risk of ever being on the receiving end will disappear after the next election because they intend to restructure the government to ensure Republican rule until the sun burns out.
@@LittleHobbit13this. Human psyche is so susceptible this type of manipulation by sociopaths because it is so out of the realm of normal and because of evolutionary imperatives around group dynamics and survival.
Happy celebration of "Freedom" day, am I right? *cries in a corner*
If voting didn't matter, they wouldn't put this much energy into making it harder for people to do! Raise your voice & VOTE !
Well, that was depressing. Sigh. You summed it up perfectly, though. Well done.
When someone asks me why I’m not standing for the national anthem tomorrow I’m going to show them this video.
At the exact perfect moment, as speech prof declared "America" a ridiculously loud explosion went off across the street from my place via holiday fireworks. It could not have been timed more perfectly.
This is why we shouldn't identify with a party.
Not voting just makes more unpopular candidates be more elegible
They don't care about logical consistency
Contraception is next
Gosh, my brother told me that the president of the US is now immune from prosecution and I laughed for a solid minute. I’m so sorry y’all. Your situation is f*kd. It’s so unfunny that I literally can’t help but laugh. I just hope this mentality doesn’t gain even more traction over the border. I also hope this doesn’t go even more horribly wrong for y’all. I wish better times for you.❤
Vote blue in the next election like your life depends on it. Because I know for sure as a disabled person mine does.
There are 2 justices getting up there in years enough they might leave during the next presidency. You're voting for who will decide who replaces them.
I love that you're reading this correctly.
This was powerful dude. Im a veteran... The eay you cut and focused while you said america in the end hit.. good luck to us all.
The Constitution gave us the right to buy and own two things: guns and people.
We already decided one of those was incorrect.
Thank you for making this. I've had the blues about the upcoming holiday since it will probably be our last.. what a horrible situation. The American Empire is falling...
I don't have enough money to get out of this fucking country
Out of curiosity where would you want to go?
@@jarethpalmer8672as a trans woman myself, with a trans woman friend in Denmark, she's said it's pretty good there.
@@katyamcadams solid choice especially if you want to avoid fighting as it's buried in the EU and not really a strategic target. Except the channel but any fighting in the EU at this point will be air and land based at this point. Despite having probably the least far right government in the EU right now it does have a strict immigration policy so it's hard to immigrate there so best of luck if you decide to go for it.
@@jarethpalmer8672 Any place that is less on the path towards dictatorship than the US. Canada has many issues, but it's a better alternative than the US right now. Puerto Rico would be fine too I guess.
@@GMMesmerize Puerto Rico *makes sad American noises* but fair enough.
Thank you for putting into words what was exploding in my head.
well done. thank you.
I honestly don't know how we fix this without getting money out of politics, our vote pretty much doesn't mean anything money runs it all.
" ... our vote pretty much doesn't mean anything .... "
Bullshit. If our votes don't mean anything, why are the powers that be in Republican-dominated areas working so hard to prevent people from voting? This is especially true THIS YEAR, when a lot of people are mad about the overturn of Roe v. Wade.
it is dystopian, and frightening.
It should never have got like this for the people.
This is why communism is getting popular again, and I'm here for it.
Where? There are like 3 true Communist countries left and their all garbage even China isn't really Communist anymore since they abandoned the socialist part of their economic system because it's such a garbage system. It's literally the most failed system known to man. Honestly wish China was more communist since they'd be weaker.
I know. Make it make sense. Make THIS a TV Commercial ❤️
"Just vote! Your vote matters! But only if you live in a swing state. But every vote matters! But if your state has a small population your vote matters more."
How tf havent we abolished the electoral college?!
Keep in mind that almost all of these are 6-3 decisions. Which happens to be the ideological split of the Supreme Court right now.
going into my last year of highschool, this year and next year, not even going to get a diploma due to mental / physical issues for years, and i feel like i have no future at all :( everything feels hopeless
wishing i wasnt alive rn :(
To those who say "I need gun to defend me from bad guys", the bad guys also can obtain guns, some timed illegally sure, but less guns equals less opportunity to get guns in general
You literally just admitted bad guys can get guns when they want so the best option like always is to become stronger instead of encouraging everyone to be weaker because weak people can't hurt you. Weak people also can't defend themselves from anyone and if you want to be safer by being weaker you will never be safe as bad guys by putting in the minimum of effort will always be stronger than you so you need to put i. The effort and get the tools to be able to defend yourself.
Drugs are illegal and yet people have no trouble getting them. The bad guys will obtain a gun regardless, legal or not the bad guys will have a gun. most of the time the guns that the bad guys have ARE illegal. I don't know about you but as a little woman In a world of crazy men I should be able to protect myself. I usually like these videos , but I do not agree with getting rid of guns completely.
You have a great point. How are we going to keep criminals from getting guns when we're constantly putting more guns into circulation, and sometimes even making it easier to get a gun after a mass shooting happens. It's just insanity.
The people here don't realize having less of something makes it harder to get that thing legal or not.
It was REALLY easy to get alcohol during prohibition cause it was everywhere.
It takes time to lower the amount of things that exist and thats why restrictions are needed
Also guns DO NOT protect you from people with guns. Guns make the aggressor have all of the power, an attacker with a knife can be beat with underhanded maneuvers sometimes although difficult, an unarmed attacker is even more even.
An attacker with a gun can pull the trigger before you grab yours, and doesn't have to get close enough to put them in danger of counterattack.
@jarethpalmer8672 That's not that simple. They in fact cannot get guns "whenever they want to". I wonder why the USA leads the school shooting statistics by a long shot? Makes you think doesn't it?
Thank you for using your voice to bring this to light. 💚
Thank you for this! 💜
Chillingly accurate
AMERICA 🇺🇸🏈🔫💪
what a great country, functioning democracy, and good political system!!
👀 i can't tell if you're serious or sarcastic 🤔...
😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
@@lilithjesus7718it's gotta be sarcastic
I'm sorry...someone please remind me how many presidents managed to do their job without SCOTUS granting them complete immunity?🤔
It's insane and depressing when you lay it all out like that. My grwat grandparents fled Austria to come here and though it's expensive I apparently can do a process to reclaim Austrian citizenship.... starting to sound like a good idea. Just ironic if I flee to Austria now
I am now officially an Xpat... time to split this banana republic
Home is where the heart is .... I think that might be a loophole. Can it be illegal to choose not to own a house? Not to own a car? Not to buy whatever it is they tell you to spend your hard earned money to own?
Man, this world keeps getting weirder!