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The Republicans are either going to get absolutely shellacked, in which case a lot of this stuff is going to get rolled back, or we're going to end up with an a

The Republicans are either going to get absolutely shellacked, in which case a lot of this stuff is going to get rolled back, or we're going to end up with an autocracy, in which case shit is going to get much worse.

mikeyouse 3mo ago
Even in the first option, it is so much easier to destroy something than to build it. This is causing damage that will take a generation to reverse. Why would any foreign students choose to study here if we’re one election from deporting them and banning them from working here?
ck2 3mo ago
they aren't going to get "shellacked" that would seem logical but it has nothing to do with logic this happened because 50% of latinos (natural born, naturalized) voted for the Orange Infant because THEY DONT CARE about anything else except they thought it would give them an economic edge and pull up the ladder behind them they aren't going to go vote Democratic this election, at best they might stay home because they don't want ICE disappearing them for weeks while they pointlessly argue they are citizens if the Democrats don't get the Senate, country is done, and I don't think they can get the Senate even if gas was $5 elections are now won by 1% or 2% and people staying home is not enough to change things, they'd have to vote Democrat which they are too spiteful to do just imagine the damage by 2029 if the Democrats don't get the Senate remember even with full impeachment, Vance becomes President and that would be a NIGHTMARE even worse than what we have now, they will double-down in spite winning the House is just going to be a puppet-show for two years
- mcphage 3mo ago
  > with full impeachment, Vance becomes President and that would be a NIGHTMARE even worse than what we have now Vance has no popularity or support. Right now Trump is able to destroy the country because congress is doing nothing, and they're doing nothing because they're afraid of Trump. I don't think they'll be afraid of Vance.
bakies 3mo ago
Rolling this stuff back doesn't instantly restart all of the science that was built up for decades. Nor does it get the smartest people back into the country after being kicked out or scared to stay. Damage is done, we'll forever be behind, this isn't the place to go to research anymore.

mikeyouse 3mo ago

Even in the first option, it is so much easier to destroy something than to build it. This is causing damage that will take a generation to reverse. Why would any foreign students choose to study here if we’re one election from deporting them and banning them from working here?

ck2 3mo ago

they aren't going to get "shellacked" that would seem logical but it has nothing to do with logic this happened because 50% of latinos (natural born, naturalized) voted for the Orange Infant because THEY DONT CARE about anything else except they thought it would give them an economic edge and pull up the ladder behind them they aren't going to go vote Democratic this election, at best they might stay home because they don't want ICE disappearing them for weeks while they pointlessly argue they are citizens if the Democrats don't get the Senate, country is done, and I don't think they can get the Senate even if gas was $5 elections are now won by 1% or 2% and people staying home is not enough to change things, they'd have to vote Democrat which they are too spiteful to do just imagine the damage by 2029 if the Democrats don't get the Senate remember even with full impeachment, Vance becomes President and that would be a NIGHTMARE even worse than what we have now, they will double-down in spite winning the House is just going to be a puppet-show for two years

mcphage 3mo ago
> with full impeachment, Vance becomes President and that would be a NIGHTMARE even worse than what we have now Vance has no popularity or support. Right now Trump is able to destroy the country because congress is doing nothing, and they're doing nothing because they're afraid of Trump. I don't think they'll be afraid of Vance.

bakies 3mo ago

Rolling this stuff back doesn't instantly restart all of the science that was built up for decades. Nor does it get the smartest people back into the country after being kicked out or scared to stay. Damage is done, we'll forever be behind, this isn't the place to go to research anymore.