How I feel: We're done. Toast. The coup is almost complete. And so

[Rustynaerduwell]

fuck funding a government that is lost to us. I'd rather have an economic disaster than a fascist takeover.

And I'm convinced nothing, now, except an economic disaster will disrupt his plans and finally bring him down.

[Emit]

1. I think an economic disaster is part of the fascist takeover. n/t

[Irish_Dem]

7. I agree. Poor economy means people focused on survival.

No time or energy to fight the system.

And thankful they have a roof over their head and food on the table.
Will do whatever the fascist leaders and billionaires tell them to do.

[Bengus81]

13. It worked for Hitler as the Great Depression took over Germany too.

[FelineOverlord]

2. We will NEVER bow down

NEVER.

[Bengus81]

3. I'm fighting harder than a week ago,a month ago.....

[Luz]

4. Everything trump touches turns to shit, that includes the US

[Crunchy Frog]

5. We're going to end up with both,

pretty much no matter what we do.

Economic hardship tends to push people further towards populism and authoritarianism.

[misanthrope]

10. Yep and as the years roll by and climate change

wreaks more havoc, that will only grow.

[Grumps]

6. Yup yup yup

This is how I've felt ever since project 2025 made it apparent how planful they've been. We lost. It's that simple. The job now is to save what can be saved. Fascists do not cede power without blood. It's an open question whether people will resist enough for the fascists to worry.

[misanthrope]

12. Fascists and authoritarians only recognize

or heed force. It is endemic to the type.

[Oeditpus Rex]

8. Doomsayers and defeatists

make me sick.

[H2O Man]

9. The sky is falling!

[Fiendish Thingy]

11. The economic consequences of Trump 2.0 could be the most powerful factor in his undoing

Assuming Dems don’t throw him a lifeline and agree to extend the ACA subsidies for a meager 6-12 months, just past the midterms.

Remember:

Trump is not omnipotent, and the states and the people are not powerless.

[Grim Chieftain]

14. I fear a civil war is coming

Trump and his evil minions are attacking everything this democracy has stood for, and unfortunately, they are getting away with most of it. Every day is a new horror, a new unimaginable crime against all this country has valued since its inception.

We have "No Kings" protests and they have little to no effect. Our elected representatives speak out - some more than others - and there is little effect. Trump is dangerous, a cancer on the USA. As a baby boomer, I have lived through some horrible challenges to this country, but nothing like this.

[roamer65]

15. Start voting with your dollars, folks.

Cut your budgets to as bare as you can get them.

I have and I continue to find places to hack more off.

Be brutal.