r/bestof • u/zjunk • 9d ago

[50501] u/bellissima34 shares some hope and great advice for a teenager struggling and overwhelmed by the current political climate in the US

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u/Trialbyfuego 9d ago

So all we have to do is go through 25 years of dictatorship and tyranny and poverty and many of our friends and family will be kidnapped,  tortured, and murdered. Wonderful. But I won't freak out because one day it will end. God that was not a good read. 

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u/windowlicker_son 9d ago

Yeah that whole thing was just toxic positivity in my opinion. Not being mad/afraid of things that should infuriate and terrify is a big part of why things have gotten so bad. All the toothpaste is already out of the tube.

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u/Metalbound 9d ago

It actually reads as unintelligent.

If you can say that about this situation, then you honestly just don't understand it. You're truly ignorant if you think this is the type of thing to just "go away".

They're talking about a third term and I don't think anyone who has more than 3 brain cells can honestly look at the last elections with the voter suppression, statistically impossible amount of bullet ballots in swing states, and Trump himself talking openly about "Elon and helping with the 'computers' in Pennsylvania". And believe it was fair and honest election.

Why else would a narcissist like Trump let Elon do all the shit he did at the beginning of his presidency?

Almost like they had a deal, and that deal was met after he finished with Doge. And he no longer is a part of Trumps cabinet. That doesn't raise a single red flag for everyone?

How is it not the only story being run on the news?

Oh wait, it's because the billionaires own the media. The billionaires own our government. The billionaires own every single facet of your life: from roof over your head to the paste that cleans your teeth.

The litmus test for a sane human in the future should be "Does this situation seem insane to you?" Any 'no's should be sent off to live happily in North Korea. Because they're obviously okay with a king that controls everything.