r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 1d ago

Soft Paywall Obama Breaks Silence on Trump’s ‘Unimaginable’ Presidency - “Imagine if I had done any of this,” the former two-term president said.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obama-breaks-silence-on-trumps-unimaginable-presidency/
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u/mrtomjones 1d ago

He could be the start of actual protests etc. Would be nice as an outsider

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u/TheMarkHasBeenMade America 1d ago

So what about all of the protests that have been happening time and again across our massive country since all this started? They don’t mean anything? Nothing counts until there’s one million people storming the capital while Trump is golfing in Florida?

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u/mrtomjones 21h ago

There are at least 5 countries that i can think of off the top of my head that have had protests that are bigger in one city than all the US ones combined. Your population is bigger.. You have some of the biggest cities in the world. The excuses or asking for credit are pathetic IMO

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u/TheMarkHasBeenMade America 20h ago

Yeah, and what are the sizes of those countries compared to the size of the entire USA?

And how many of those countries were built specifically for personal commuter traffic where pretty much all accessible infrastructure can only be reached with a personal car instead of mass public transportation and easily accessible and widespread foot paths?

And how many of those countries have citizens’ healthcare tied directly to their employment, in that if someone were to skip work for a day or two or a week or two on short notice they would very likely get fired and have no access to affordable health needs?

And how many of those countries’ governments are chomping at the fucking bit to unleash the largest and most powerful military in the world on mass protesting citizens as a means of declaring martial law that in all likelihood would succeed instantly and plunge their country even further into authoritarian takeover?

Every person spouting on and on about how Americans are lazy and entitled because they aren’t protesting by the millions in single cities is an ignorant asshole who thinks they’re comparing apples to apples but they’re actually comparing apples to fucking watermelons and they don’t care to consider the very real limitations that are unique to our country compared to pretty much anywhere else in the world.