I’m not too worried about Canada being nuked, most of our major cities are far too close to the US border. The fallout issues would affect huge swathes of the northern US, and I think even Trump could be made to understand that before pushing the button. But an invasion? That’s a real possibility if he gets his panties sufficiently bunched.
Now, nuking Mexico is a possibility, as they have a lot more cities that are much farther south of the US border. I could see some of those southern cities getting a nuke. Hell, Mexico City is far enough south that I don’t think Trump would hesitate to nuke it.
I won’t get into the weeds on your assertion, but a victory by the America-hating fuckstick would lead to the complete fulfillment of any such genocide long before the country collapsed.
There’s a line from Macbeth that resonates here: If it [Macbeth’s apotheosis] were done when 'tis [Duncan’s assassination] done, then 'twere well it were done quickly.
In the accelerationist view (as propounded by you above), I sense there may be a temptation to analogize that quote to an unfavorable outcome of the 2024 election, thus If it [the collapse of America] were done when 'tis [a second election of the America-hating fuckstick] done, then 'twere well it were done quickly.
But it won’t be. The country may stumble into an irredeemable decline that will inevitably lead to collapse (and by extension, cessation of all the bad things America is doing, or is responsible for happening), but full collapse is gonna take a while. And during that while a LOT of unnecessary and avoidable suffering and misery will be happening to people all over the world; suffering and misery that are a direct result of the decline/collapse that you appear to be characterizing as some sort of silver lining.
ETA: I’m not 100% confident that [Macbeth’s apotheosis] is the correct interpretation of that antecedent “it”; it might mean [Lady Macbeth’s nagging].
Typical pit thread. It starts with heartfelt personal feelings and by post 162 has devolved into musings on a USA-free future with Shakespearean analogies.
I am not dreading election day. This Band-Aid must be ripped off. If the worst happens, good people will deal with it. SCOTUS will of course make that very difficult, but we have to have some faith in justice and the true heart of liberty and the American people.
The worst of them are out numbered. Not by much, but they are.
And if he had dropped out too soon, the GOP would have had time to … rebalance and come up with other ways to try to take down Harris. Harris coming in late caught them (well, at least Trump) completely off guard. Trump had to come up with a disparaging nickname after all, AND ON SUCH SHORT NOTICE!111!!!
Right after I made my post I did a search and was able to verify that I am still registered to vote. Now I just have to verify when early voting starts here, and that the place I usually do so will be open this year.
After a disastrous experience in 2014, 90% of voters in my county – Maricopa – are on the permanent early voters list, PEVL. The ballots are sent to your home and can be returned by mail or at a number of drop-offs. The county registrar sends out push notices, both email and text, that the ballot is being prepared, then when it will be sent (October 9th this year), when it has been received, that the signature has been verified, and finally that it has been counted. Unlike most counties Maricopa counts early ballots as they come in but doesn’t release any results until the polls close.
Our town is down to one precinct. It’ll probably be fine; we have never had lines when we had a whopping 3 precints. My concern is Hubster is supposed to have gotten an applcation for
permanent mail in voting. We haven’t gotten it, so I need to call and see whats up.
See my posts in this thread and on the topic to see my take on it as to what violence there will be, when it will happen, who will be doing it, and who the victims will be.
If one of his flacks advisors convinces him that will make Mexico pay for the wall, the order would go out immediately.
And, I’m convinced, will be ignored by our military leadership.
AND the voters and pollworkers at polling locations.
In Iowa, one can use this website. All registered Iowa voters can be found here, except for some people who participate in a “Safe At Home” program because they do not want their location accessible online.
Mine, too. I won’t be surprised if the magatflatearthers are armed and “protecting” the area exactly one inch outside the required distance from the polls. They’ll still be able to intimidate people they deem to not be “American enough” to vote.
Which presumably is why replacing them is part of Project 2025, as I understand it. Once the professionals have been replaced by fanatics and toadies they’ll nuke whomever Trump or his successors asks.
I think this is what we all have to do this year.