Xeth Nyrrow wrote on Nov 20, 2024, 13:48:

Burrito of Peace wrote on Nov 20, 2024, 13:36:

HoSpanky wrote on Nov 20, 2024, 12:51:
You can say that this isn't Trump's choice, but every single person he's marked for a position has been completely inadequate for the position, and is only getting it because they're loyal to him and do exactly what he says. So this is, in every way, Trump's decision.

In a nihilistically bemused way, I am looking forward to seeing just how fucked up everything becomes under Trump. One, because the people who said "The leopard would never eat my face" are going to find out that the leopard has no fucks to give about whose face it is chewing on. Two, because you can't change something unless you break something. If things become broken enough, people are going to push for protective changes in the future. Sometimes something so terrible has to happen that a sizeable part of the population has to rise up, say "Never again", and enforce that thing never having the opportunity to happen again.

There is a whole lot of pain and misery forthcoming on multiple fronts. That's a given. But maybe that's what we here in the US need to pull our heads out of our asses and stop being a nation of largely stupid, lazy, and ignorant jackasses who blindly follow a convicted rapist felon grifter.

I hate to agree with you but I do. However I don't think it will be uncomfortable enough for most Americans to effect a big change. I think Trump knows this and is great at manipulating the masses to keep a perception of balance. He'll make it seem comfortable enough all while he gives us, "the business". Now if he had 8 continuous years in office then I think things would be different.