And yo WANTED to be like you are. It’s your fault. Your decision. ALL OF YOU.

rather than shitting on your allies in the usa

we don’t have allies in the US. Some outdated politicians like the one we have still thinks like in the '80s, but for the yonger population, is very clear that US is NOT an “ally”. And many are even asking if US were ever allies.

But you should be able to read german or non-english news , to understand the feeling.

so you can educate me

there is no people who educates you. Is you learning or not. But you can’t even stand a simple statement, like Bavaria is not politically nazi. Because for your dumb brain, there is you, and not you, which means, nazi.

You can’t understand a system with 5,6 parties, cause your brain can only understand 2, and you can’t understand being conservative with no fascism, because this is how it works in america.

Sorry, yyou are Trump. Inherently. Inside you. 100% colonized by Trump. You may take down Trump, democrats can change the wording, and US will still be Trump. Trump is you. Trump is the way you think.

Trump is all of you, and you are all trump. President or not, Trump is America.

ps: i used to be friends (i moved) with a former bundeswehr guy from munich who moved to the usa after they tried to restation him in east germany after reunification. he said "fuck no"

he had many unkind things to say about east germany

i readily admit my impression of east germany is shaped through the lens of a biased bavarian dude. i recognize my impression can be wrong. i said i can be wrong. so you can educate me

or, you know, shit all over me because it makes your ego feel good

We’re all tired and sad and angry and exhausted and frustrated… so, after all, we _can_ only improve our situation now, because there’s much more room to go up than down.

And I wouldn’t necessarily call it optimism, but rather a will to survive, because I’m human, and experience has shown that humans simply can’t help but seek out and find new paths when obstacles block the entrance to the cave.

that's why i said i could be wrong

so you can educate me

rather than shitting on your allies in the usa

and russia. and israel. and china. etc. ignore those still trying to fight the good fight

which is tactical failure when it comes to the challenge ahead of us

after the election sunday, why don't i just condemn all of germany? because i'm not tactically inept

but perhaps you don't want to fix our problem

perhaps you want to sit there and tweak your ego about how superior you are

well i can be a total jerk and poo poo your sense of hope

however, i share that sense of hope with you, so i won't, and instead embrace your optimism

we've faced worse. the only real failure would be for us to sit and cry and not roll up our sleeves and get to work fixing this shit

that is what the real left needs to do

the fake left can sit and whine and wallow in cynicism

I hate this superficial, stupid, two-sides-only representation of politics you american have. And then, the arrogance to explain to people living in a place what they see, just because you have a TV at home.

that is quite remarkable. if even the usual violent bigoted bleacher creatures are like "yeah, that's not us"

i wouldn't describe accurately identifying the problem as boring

i would describe the usual reaction to identifying the problem as boring:

garden variety cynicism and perfectionism, yes you are right about that

if our car gets a flat tire, that's not boring. if our reaction is to throw up our hands and whine instead of fixing it, yes that's boring

to me, any sort of big economic downturn (such as the upcoming AI bubble burst or the much bigger much worse climate collapse) is just fertile mountains of anger to fuel more fascism

the problem is simple

when faced with suffering, even suffering *created* by fascists, people are angry and stupid and can be shaped by all the usual easy lies

the most potent feature of #fascism is anger and frustration is never married with intelligence

so this all over again:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression_in_Germany

Sometimes It seems to see some hair salon where some bunch of gossips says “fake boobs, fake boobs” or “surgery” or “botox” to any other woman they see.

Sorry, it’s boring, and losing. Since forever. Always.

of course

simple lies for simpletons is easy

but i wouldn't classify the left's "hope for the future with something better" as a worse kind of lie. although the far right does

It's likely that the far-right extremists are the better liars

It's so tragic that those who most need the policies of the left, are persuaded by the far right. I can think of lots of reasons these folks fall for this, but it doesn't reduce the tragedy.

we are intent on relearning the worst things the hardest way

Yes, fucking assholes.