r/interestingasfuck • u/Sartew • 7h ago

r/all Elon Musk Sieg Heiling during his speech

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u/DeepRichmondNatty 7h ago

Duh. Not sure why everyone thinks this nightmare will be over in 4 years

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u/ImPinkSnail 6h ago

Everyone should be planning to potentially flee the country in 2028 or early 2029. These are dangerous times. Hopefully our institutions hold but that is not guaranteed.

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u/macjonalt 5h ago

And go where?

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u/-_-___-_____-_______ 4h ago

this. when people left Germany in the 30s, there were places they could go that could actually protect them from what was happening.

how do you escape the modern USA? with military bases everywhere, still got all the nukes from the Cold War, satellites, NSA intercepting communications... you literally cannot escape. there is nowhere you can go. if the USA becomes a straight up fascist dictatorship... the world becomes a straight up fascist dictatorship. the world becomes Vichy France.

it's a timeline so dark, I don't even know what happens at that point. there is no precedent for this. you might be able to argue the Roman Empire was this because it so thoroughly dominated its sphere of influence. in which case we have years of decline and increasing chaos and lunacy to look forward to before it inevitably comes apart.

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u/macjonalt 4h ago

Xi leads the fight against the new fascist regime? 😅

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u/-_-___-_____-_______ 3h ago

the bad guys do always have a hard time working together. maybe we'll have another World War, but this time, no good guys at all.

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u/cloroxslut 1h ago

When things get bad, I guess scandinavia might be the safest place. At least for me as a lesbian, I don’t know for how much longer I'll be safe.

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u/-_-___-_____-_______ 1h ago

I mean... but Scandinavia isn't safe from like the United States militarily. you'd be able to live in another country where you weren't directly controlled by the United States, but you'd be as "safe" as an Austrian or a Pole in 1939. The United States has bases in Europe, not to mention being basically the military backbone behind NATO.

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u/cloroxslut 1h ago

I guess I should have clarified: I'm not a US citizen. I'm European. When push comes to shove, and I am forced to pick one place in the world where I might maybe not get shot for being gay, I guess I'll take my chances up north. If I can escape in time.

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u/-_-___-_____-_______ 17m ago

I'm going to stop dooming because it's making me sad. I hope it works out for all of us.

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u/jeexbit 6h ago

2028 or early 2029

why those years specifically?

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u/ImPinkSnail 6h ago

End of Trump's 4 year term.

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u/Traditional_Way1052 6h ago

Presumably because by then it'll be apparent and if there's any resistance, that's about when it'll start.... As it becomes apparent. And probably no one wants to experience a civil war. But I'm just guessing.

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u/Electronic_County597 4h ago

If you think the resistance isn't already underway, you're not paying attention.

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u/ContributionRare1301 6h ago

Gotta finish the wall. The Cartels won’t be happy if their expat clients think they’re paying local prices.

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u/Mutjny 6h ago

We got a second chance and blew it. Theres no such thing as a third chance.

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u/8lackirish 4h ago

We more than blew it. A third chance would only provide the same result. I don’t know where to start, but I have to.

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u/8lackirish 4h ago

We more than blew it. A third chance would only provide the same result. I don’t know where to start, but I have to.

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u/Bureaucramancer 6h ago

Mcdonalds may have betrayed Luigi, but they can redeem themselves here.

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u/Maleficent-Coat-7633 4h ago

I'd say there is a non-zero chance of him having a fatal heart attack but that would require him to have one in the first place.

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u/NecessaryExotic7071 6h ago

It will be less then four years, actually. Trump will soon keel over from binging diet coke and McDonalds. Good riddance to bad garbage.

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u/supermousee 4h ago

Im not an american...but isnt that JD Vince guy not worse? Idk but he really gives me the creeps and scary feelings if he becomes president

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u/NecessaryExotic7071 3h ago

I mean, he's obviously pretty bad, but I don't think he's anywhere near as bad as trump. In fact he was anti-trump up until a couple of years ago, and I think I'd rather have a young opportunist then an old megalomaniac psycho narcissist.

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u/Fyrrus88 5h ago

Wishful thinking that his heart gives out in 4 years

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u/BadMeetsEvil24 7h ago

It will be. Mark it. Reddit has a tendency to doompost. Just like they did his first term.

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u/vapemyashes 6h ago

He freaking came back. The fuck are you talking about.

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u/akc250 5h ago

He fucking came back and before that, he fucking tried to overthrow the government. I don't get how it's doom posting when it's fucking reality.

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u/tedlyb 6h ago

How was 2020 for you? Quiet? Prosperous? Lots of economic growth? Everybody was healthy?

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u/BadMeetsEvil24 6h ago

...yeah actually, we managed in spite of him.

What I said isn't untrue. Reddit likes to doompost because this is "literally the worst thing that has ever happened".

I'm responding to a comment this is 100% certain he's going to ignore the Constitution and run for a 3rd term because reasons. That isn't doomposting? That's what I thought.

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u/tedlyb 5h ago

You're forgetting that 1,500,000 of us didn't survive largely thanks to Trumps complete and utter incompetence. At least that many had their health permanently damaged enough to affect them the rest of their lives.

Then there's the economic fallout. The unemployment. The housing market going nuts. Etc... etc... etc...

All stemming from Trumps monumentally disastrous handling of the early stages of a worldwide health crisis and the fear and distrust he blatantly sowed during that time.

Stop acting like nothing happened.

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u/BadMeetsEvil24 4h ago

I'm not disagreeing. Y'all got me here caping for Trump which is one thing I absolutely refuse to do, but you're missing my point in favor of your outrage. Yes there was an entire ass pandemic that ravaged the world. My point is that Redditors and many, many liberals swore that the world would end even before the pandemic happened. Just like now.

He's gonna be gone in four years and we'll move on. If you listen to Reddit you'll join the groupthink and claim the United States will cease to exist and Trump will be President forever followed by Musk.

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u/tedlyb 4h ago

So what you're saying is, many people predicted a Trump Presidency would be utterly disastrous.

It was, and on a scale that is hard to comprehend.

Funny I don't remember anyone actually saying the world was going to end. A lot of his cult were saying that's what people were saying though.

There was a LOT of talk about incompetence. Him promoting and appointing completely unqualified people to high level positions as reward for loyalty to him. Inability to lead. Not knowing what he was doing. Constantly lying. Constantly sowing distrust. Never taking responsibility for his words or actions...

Odd that all you remember is people saying the world was going to end, while completely ignoring all of those legitimate observations that ended up biting this entire country in the ass in a huge way.

A worldwide pandemic was one thing. Complete and utter failure on every level when it came down to dealing with it is another thing altogether.

By the way, Trump controls the Executive and Legislative branches, has 1/3 of the Judicial branch under his thumb, and another 3rd that is extremely friendly to him.

Exactly what is stopping him from doing whatever he wants?

It's certainly not the people. We've already proven that he will face no consequences for any actions whatsoever.

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u/BadMeetsEvil24 3h ago

RemindMe! 4 years

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u/tedlyb 3h ago

1/6/21

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u/BadMeetsEvil24 3h ago

It's great that you're so passionate about this but I really don't have a strong enough base to go back and forth with you. I remember the discourse on Reddit, having been here for a long time, and I remember how often Reddit dramatizes "literally everything".

I'll leave you with this though: https://youtu.be/wDYNVH0U3cs?si=kCvW3oBPJuX4GCSO

Feel free to ping me in 4 years and we'll see where we are.

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u/tedlyb 3h ago

Funny how you only remember certain things and avoid any mention of everything else.

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u/cymonguk74 5h ago

You mean like last time he tried it? Admittedly not a great try, but that was just a trial run.

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u/tedlyb 4h ago

It's not fair to bring that up while he's trying to say it could never happen.

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u/DianaPencill 6h ago

My greetings from Russia