Americans; If Trump wins in November, what are your plans?

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Resist as much as possible without getting killed. BTW, I’m an Old-White-Guy Boomer. Not all people in my generation are lining up to kiss Trump’s ass…

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It’s important for the left to recognise that boomers as a whole also represent a group of people who face significant systemic challenges, and that the real enemy is capitalism and the power structures that maintain it as the status quo.

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26 points

We need a class war; not a culture war.

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“Significant systemic challenges” such as…?

They’ve had it better than us at every stage of life and have trashed everything for those coming after them. If they are facing challenges now, they’re lucky.

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As they do now, capitalists are to blame for what previous generations have had, not the generation themselves. While the boomer generation may have profited by the direct disenfranchisement of others, the same is inherently true of almost anyone who participates in capitalism.

Hating boomers for being born when they were is prejudice plain and simple, while we may face our own modern issues they had their own when they were younger. More recently there’s lovely stuff like elder abuse that’s rampant in aged care.

The leftist cooks did a great video on the topic that I’d recommend watching rather than listening to me, I’m no expert on the topic, I just think social cohesion is important and we need to keep in mind who really causes our problems.

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Shouldn’t the generation that “got theirs” pay the piper though?

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14 points

Not all boomers are wealthy

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And neither are some of the younger ones who they might have counted on in the past… I just hope it’s enough.

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66 points

Same thing I did last time. Hunker down in a blue city in a blue state, worry about my friends and relatives in red states, and do what I can to take care of myself and others.

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59 points

God I don’t know. It’d be a god damn miscarriage of justice. I don’t think I could handle 4 more years of it.

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43 points

Careful, miscarriages are considered abortions and that’s against the law.

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5 points

Har har

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4 more years - seems like the start of the Trump forever dynasty if you let him back in.

(From the perspective of a Canadian)

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4 points

And we’re in for our own ride with “Polly Pockets” as my wife calls him (pierre poilievre). Since it increasingly looks like our fellow citizens are going to fuck up… <sigh>

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Hunker down, pre budget anticipating more layoffs. I’m “lucky” in that I’m cis, white, male, married, too old for draft. So will also spend my time looking after folks in my community that don’t have those keywords. I am already a friend to all, but will think double about their needs/concerns. (Obviously respecting their privacy). Try to volunteer more than normal.

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11 points

Same. If it comes to it, I’ll be a stop on another Underground Railroad. I hope it doesn’t come to it.

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35 points

Im a broke woman with chronic health problems in a red state who may be homeless soon and who sure as hell can’t afford to leave and go somewhere better. I guess I’ll just keep trudging along and hope that somehow we’re all being hysterical and things won’t actually get that bad but if they do and if I lose what little social assistance I have I guess I’ll just tap out and call it a life, ya know?

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Easy, just pull yourself up by your bootstraps. Duh. I don’t understand why you haven’t done it already. I kid. But seriously. I hope you get the help you need.

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6 points

Have you considered to sell everything and be homeless hopping freight trains to leave the area? Or how expensive woulf a greyhound to another are be? Not trying to be mean, just have a hard time imagining being in your position.

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I’m really surprised the right isn’t more concerned people in your condition will look at their choices, their right to firearms, and decide if they’re going down, they’re taking legislators with them. That’s a serious concern when people are desperate.

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You’ll buy food before ammo, and they know it.

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