Hardkill

Even Michael Moore, who correctly predicted every presidential election from 2008 to 2020 also predicted the 2024 election wrong:

Actually, the top independent economists said that Biden’s stimulus bill turned out to be the least to blame for inflation. The main reasons for inflation were: Global supply disruptions, the war in Ukraine which caused a major oil price shock, the Federal Reserve being very late with handling inflation, and corporate profiteering.

That's misleading. She only said that she wouldn't have done anything differently than Biden just that one time. She campaigned a lot on a number of things that would've been progressive leaning such as: building affordable housing at a mass scale for lower-income and middle-class folk Expand Medicare to provide home care to help families who are struggling with the costs of long-term care, vision, and hearing Expand Medicare to negotiate even more drugs Raise corporate tax rate from 21% to 28% Universal Pre-K renew and extend the child tax credit Paid Family Leave Continue addressing climate change Pass a nationwide abortion rights bill Voting rights Act for racial minorities, ending gerrymandering, and getting dark money out of politics and more

Hmm, I see... Well, I suppose I have been overreacting. Sorry. This really has been very, very hard for me to process all of this given how much of a major setback this really turned out to be for our society. Trump's regime is also going to be like hell given how insane, unstable, and chaotic it will be. Having to endure another four years of this freakdom is undoubtedly going to suck.

Well, do you think that it's actually possible for centrists and/or liberals to ever regain power even in this defected media landscape?

So, even the dominance of the right-wing propaganda/disinformation machine will come to an end before we all pass away?

So, then that's it. It's game over for humankind.

Wait a minute, you've been saying that what's to come is even worse than any of us can imagine and that Trump's presidency will by far be the most corrupt and worst presidency ever, etc., etc., etc. I now can't see any compelling reason as to why I really shouldn't believe that such dark times are coming. Also, why aren't we having a serious discussion about how American society will ever get out of this absolute godforsaken media environment? If Republicans/conservatives continue to win the messaging war and keep gaining or holding on to too much power then how will there be any more hope for the future?

It seems highly probable that all of this will happen as far as I am concerned if not get even worse than I expect. I really hope that I am wrong.

I am being brutally honest. At this rate, we are headed for another economic depression, untold widespread violence, many more climate change disasters, and nuclear warfare I don't see how there is anything positive to look forward to in this world. I don't even know if I can continue on with my Life Purpose, whatever that means.

Does our country need to hit rock bottom to get out of this Media Pervertry?

Let them all suffer immensely. All of them absolutely deserve it and will pay a price that they can't even begin to comprehend: Many of them have essentially committed suicide and they won't ever know that until they ultimately meet their doom.

No, that's a right-wing conspiracy theory. The mainstream media has always been too non-partisan.

If democracy dies by the end of Trump's second term as president, then could all Jim Crow Laws return, despite the widespread consensus that such laws are still unthinkable in today's society? Racial Segregation in the South and rural areas of the country Voting restrictions that make it impossible for most black and brown people in America to vote, especially in the South and rural areas of the country Black and brown people being subjected to cruel and unusual punishments such as lynching, extreme violence, arrests without cause, extreme fines, etc. especially in the South and rural areas of the country Signs: "Whites Only" and "Colored" signs used to enforce the racial order. especially in the South and rural areas of the country Forbidding interracial marriage, especially in the South and rural areas of the country. How about slavery? Could that return as well? I thought our society's progress since the 1970s, along with today's political and legal landscape, made it impossible for the Right-wing to revive past atrocities. However, I am not so sure about that anymore because of the unprecedented nightmarish political power Trump, MAGA, and the Republican party will all have starting in 2025. Or is all of this crazy talk?

Unbelievable…. People like me don’t deserve this. Like you, I voted for Harris/Walz and blue down ballot and did everything I could to help get out the vote for Harris/Walz and vote blue down ballot. Now, what can I do about it?

You are a complete fool if you really believe that. He is going to make it even more corrupt and more dysfunctional than ever before. Millions of more people will probably die from his mismanagement of the HHS.

Sorry, but I am very angry about all of this and a lot of people including myself are already feeling extremely worried about our safety. You said yourself how horrific this is going to be. Even Michael Moore recently said in his latest substack article: "...what comes next is definitely coming — Attorney General Matt Gaetz, the new Defense Secretary from Fox & Friends Weekend Dude, Road-Kill Bear Connoisseur and Worm-in-Brain Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr., Co-President and Chief Procreator Elon Musk. And as bad as we think it’s going to get, I’m sorry to tell you, it’s going to be much, much worse. There will be a national abortion ban. Preparations for the next pandemic will be non-existent and millions will die. (Thank you, Robert Kennedy Jr.) A Russian-American will be appointed to a top position to keep Putin informed. Media critical of Trump will be forced to shut down or back down. Many of our best thinkers, writers, artists, scientists and inventors will flee the country. Young girls will witness their mother’s struggles and learn to give up before they turn 18. Boys will be under a constant threat of being drafted and sent with guns to “protect” the border or to participate in militarized sweeps in cities across the country to apprehend Brown and Black people for permanent removal. And, of course, they are going to close schools and libraries and social services and anything that stands in the way of authoritarian rule. And you will try to preserve your sanity by telling yourself it won’t get this bad, and when it does on a morning like today when Trump’s new ambassador to Israel is Gov. Mike Huckabee who’s proclaimed, “There’s no such thing as a ‘Palestinian’,” just like the Supreme Court told 172 million women two years ago, There’s no such thing as a uterus that belongs to you, you will think about your brother-in-law, your uncle, your step-dad, your grandfather and the other men your mother no longer wants to invite to Thanksgiving Day dinner. After a while you will understand why and wonder what you should have done or could have done to stop their rage, their hate, their misogyny. You may wonder if perhaps there was a better use for that mashed potato masher utensil sitting there on the kitchen counter at Thanksgiving. But reason will prevail. You will come to your senses. And you will cling to a newfound hope that this was all really just a bad dream and had nothing to do with how many doors you or I didn’t knock on in 2024…"

I hope one day they all suffer profoundly in the end just like all of the Nazis did.

That's not entirely true. Many working-class folks in America used to read their state and local newspapers and more real national news or at least be a part of a strong labor union that would educate them enough on civics and which party/candidates in every race were truly for their interests. Now, with the size and influence of labor unions having decreased to an all-time low, state and local newspapers all are gone, our society becoming more atomized than ever before, and the rise of the internet and social media which has caused most people to no longer believe or even pay attention to real news most low educated folk and low propensity voters in America can be easily manipulated by a charismatic demagogue. More importantly, as long as the right-wing and MAGA keep winning the messaging war, the Democrats will never be able to win back the presidency and Congress ever again, even if the country falls into an economic depression or even if a disastrous war occurs under the watch of the Republicans. What's even worse is that AI will probably be under the complete control of Musk and Trump.

Oh wow! That's crazy! I don't know if I have it in me to do that.

Huh? I don't understand how you can when you may not even have the money or the connections or the charisma to live like Trump.

Most people used to care about basic real facts before the rise of the internet and social media. So, how can Democrats ever win back power at the national level again when Democrats now can no longer win the messaging war for the foreseeable future?

And now his policies will kill millions of more innocent people in America and millions of other innocent Americans could be imprisoned and enslaved under Trump's rule for no reason other than the fact that what the Fuhrer of USA, Trump, now says or does is the law. Health may no longer even be a universal right in this country. It may instead become a privilege reserved for the few in America. Oh, and we thought COVID-era deaths were horrific enough. Now, these looming mass fatalities that are more than likely to happen under Trump may threaten to unleash nationwide dread on a scale rivaling WW2. This could truly be the end of America:

Doing what specifically?