Trump didn't explain how such a takeover would be possible, given that the U.S. relinquished control of the canal to Panama in 1999 under a treaty signed by President Jimmy Carter in 1977.
If anything, these elections should teach us that we shouldn’t be putting our faith in the political process. This generation is learning from experience why previous generations didn’t care to discuss politics; it’s all crapshoot and we are better off focusing on things we can have substantial impact on.
He’s not even back in office yet and I’m already so. Fucking. Exhausted.
Strap in. This ride down the drain hasn’t even started.
Get off of social media?
If anything, these elections should teach us that we shouldn’t be putting our faith in the political process. This generation is learning from experience why previous generations didn’t care to discuss politics; it’s all crapshoot and we are better off focusing on things we can have substantial impact on.
This should be teaching us to work at the local and state levels to change the political process.
You’re right, to an extent.
The problem is that small-town politics are usually red-dominated; it’ll be a big uphill battle to change their minds.
Take a break from the internet fam
He’s the fucking president elect, not some troll. You can’t ignore him and make him go away.
You definitely can ignore [Trump quote of the day] and the 24h news cycle.
Reading about what’s current once a week and otherwise just picking up stuff from conversations with your peers is enough.
You definitely can, but you’ll have to uninstall Lemmy and all other social media for a while.
This is the one thing that’s better about that other site. It’s so big that you can ignore politics while still enjoying your communities.
You can take a break from being offended too