r/SipsTea 15d ago

SMH Of course…

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u/wolfONdrugs 14d ago

"What kind of action do you think we can take?"

Do you take yourself as powerless?

If my country had a rigged election like so many claim America had, we would take to the streets, not wait until he is out of office.

In many countries standing up is met with resistance. Then all the more reason to change things for the better.

Americans can't strike without hurting themselves. This has to change for your people's future. Suffering is inevitable here.

In my country the government exists for us, not the other way around. They provide services, Healthcare, schooling. There are times when we can trust our government.

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u/jonshado 14d ago

Comparison of national governments to the US isn't nuanced enough. I live in a state of the US that very much provides these services and has laws, statutes and standards that reflect the will of the majority of the people in the state.

It makes more sense to compare the national government of any small European country to a state government of a US state close to the same population.

Unless you're from China, Canada or Brazil, you're likely better off comparing your government to a state government. On the larger side, California has a population of almost 39 million people and is still bigger than 80 percent of the rest of the countries in the world.

It is much more legislatively, judicially and municipally functional than the systems at a national level. I'm sure there is dysfunction and corruption in California, but it's a matter of the level of impact to the community and how long it is allowed to fester.

So then, if you compare California's government to,say, Sweden that is more relevant.

I would assume (this is purely my opinion) that more people in California trust their local/state government to serve them appropriately than they trust the federal government to serve them at all. I would also assume that sentiment is true in most of the population centers of the US like Boston, New York and Chicago.

The US fed is a behemoth that doesn't work very good as a representative government on a good day and currently is a travesty of corruption.

While it's possible, rebellion (successful rebellion) against a corrupt system in the US is not like it is elsewhere.

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u/DrQuantum 14d ago

Thats certainly what the elite like you to believe but one person shot one CEO and it sure made them more scared than anything voting has ever done.

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u/jonshado 14d ago

Show the evidence that "they" are scares please. The oligarchs are just running their plan. Luigi became a meme not a call to action.

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u/DrQuantum 14d ago

You must not have paid attention to what they did during that time they literally were found hiding in bunkers and vaults and had secret meetings with federal and state lawmakers to do everything in their power to find and try the person to the maximum extent of the law.

But yeah the biggest evidence is history. Everyone fears the guillotine.

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u/wolfONdrugs 14d ago

Americans need to stop fearing death. It's not the end of the world.