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No. 186648

Is anybody else genuinely worried the political climate in the US right now?

I definitely am, because of the Trump adminstration doing things like cutting EPA and other industy's funding, pushing coal, the involvement with Russia, Trump's inability to be tactful, etc. I didn't vote for him, but after he won the election I tried to stay optimistic about it and was for the first month, but that feeling didn't last. I'm also worried that the democrats are going to obstructionist about everything when it isn't always necessary. I wish this polarization would end but I feel like it'll only get worse.

Also anons from other countries are welcome to discuss they're worries.

No. 186652

>>186648
i was a deplorable until i realised trump was a trojan horse for establishment neo-con interests

bernie 2020

No. 186657

>>186648
>cutting EPA and other industy's funding, pushing coal
Are you dumb? Coal is what powers electric power. All the faggot environmentalists when they say "WE WANT ELECTRIC POWER" are actually saying "MORE COAL PLEASE". If you want alternative energy ask for more wind and solar, not electric.

>the involvement with Russia

What involvement? The one that was never proven? Trump was sure a Russian plant when he bombed Russia's guy and his airfield (although I'll admit this was a dumb move).

He isn't the jew-stomping nazi like the more memey posters on /pol/ wanted and hes not the Russian spy and LGBT-killing nazi that the mainstream liberal "left" (read: communists) think he is. Hes just a regular republican president and so far I like what he's doing.

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>>186648
>Is anybody else genuinely worried the political climate in the US right now?
No way, I'm loving the shite out of it.
Piss on the yanks.

No. 186680

>>186657
wtf are you saying. electricity = power. coal is one way of generating electrical energy, as are windmills, solar panels, and natural gas. the only useful output of coal or any other energy source is almost exclusively electricity. "electric power" is a unit of measurement and is irrelevant to the discussion.

i don't know if you're trying to mock some retarded strawman, but that's not what OP was saying. coal has a lot of detriments. and if you think global warming is a hoax then there's no reasoning with you or other trumptards in the first place.

No. 186682

>>186680
I don't believe its a hoax.

Theres just two things about it
1. we don't know the extent of what we've actually contributed to climate change
2. Scientists have already concluded that we are past the point of no return. Even if the U.S. and Canada went Carbon Footprint = 0 (which basically means reverting to pre-electricity level tech) China and India and Africa will still be pumping out tons and tons of coal

I know he's a bit of a meme but I agree with this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjag_U4bI6Y

No. 186684

Yeah, this shit is really embarrassing. Donald Trump is disgusting and has no place in politics yet here we are. meme president xDDD

No. 186686

>>186684
not an argument

No. 186868

I'm terrified. Really don't want a war to break out.

No. 186869

>>186868
I doubt there will be a war between any of the big players, just posturing. Donald trump as a war leader against iran, china, russia or north korea is ridiculous

No. 186870

Terrified, horrified, appalled and….just…we are so fucked. I don't even know what else to say.

No. 186871

One of my main worries is how valid the information we're getting nowadays is. After watching pizzagate unfold and seeing how so many news sources were quick to call it "fakes news from the alt right" without providing analysis or valid reasoning as to why, it's really solidified my distrust of the media. Seems like everything is being spun a certain way and it's hard knowing what's true anymore. Shills are infesting various places of online discussion and our privacy is being targeted repeatedly thanks to certain interests. It's discouraging. Sometimes I wish I were free to live in my own world and be left alone from all this bullshit.

No. 186872

It's hard to feel worried about the US while Chechnya has literally opened a concentration camp for homosexuals.

No. 186875

Being so far away from the US, I'm just worried about what some people will feel compelled to do now that Trump is in office. I honestly don't think there will be much major international turmoil, but how some people will behave and then how others will react to their actions are more of a concern for me.

Even so, I feel like I don't know anything about how politics work lmao. Call me an autist, but when I read posts on the topic on boards like kiwifarms I feel seriously misinformed, not to mention naive. I'm just scared for people in the US. And what is going on in Russia?????

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>>186871
You should try going to sites like NPR and BBC or even PBS(they have news videos), since they try to be more factual in their reporting and don't do clickbaity stuff.

>>186872
I don't blame you, it's really fucked up. What country are you from?

>>186875
I feel like all the other countries trust us less with Trump in office. What's going on with Russia is that the Trump's campaign/administration members are being investigated to see if they colluded with Russia to win the election or not. This article is right-leaning but does a good job of explaining the whole situation: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/446339/donald-trump-russia-2016-election-controversy-explained

No. 186895

>>186891

NPR and BBC are biased left-wing shit. The BBC even went so far as to run a story claiming poor American children eat rats.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/panorama/hi/front_page/newsid_9695000/9695217.stm

PBS sometimes lessens the commentary and keeps to who-what-where, but it also doesn't in a lot of pieces.

No. 186896

>>186895
The BBC also stole a man's photo from the mid 00's of some child at a mass gravesite in Iraq and published it as a photo of dead refugees in Syria last year.

They also claimed Finland was removing handwriting from their primary school curriculum 'to focus on computer literacy' when they only got rid of cursive lessons.

No. 186899

>>186895
Never tried to claim they were unbiased anon, just better than the average news site and are fairly balanced in reporting. There is no site that is totally unbiased and having a slight bias isn't automatically a bad thing. What's important is that the information is reported accurately and fairly.
That being said, I've seen a few different sites saying that The Wall Street Journal and Associated Press are the most centrist and report things the most factually so maybe they're the best options if you're looking for news that's totally neutral

No. 186900

NPR leans left but thats understandable given their location and content(not just political news but also art/writing/etc). They have a program called indivisible where they try to get a dialogue started between citizens with opposing viewpoints, sometimes I listen to it on the drive home.

No. 186908

>>186682
doesn't matter because coal ain't ever coming back now that natural gas is so much cheaper (and more environmentally friendly, if imperfect) its eating coal's lunch.

No. 186914

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I'm shitting and chanting good thoughts at the same time. I'm also slowly learning that there are a lot of great, level headed people out there, despite the nutty shit being the loudest. Extremism is highlighted all the time in the news and message boards but in person I've met a lot gentler versions of that. It's changing my anxiety fueled views of neighbors and strangers.

No. 186958

>going on news sites at all

ISHYGDDT

No. 186973

What do you guys think about North Korea ?
I know that Kim has always made threats but lately it sounds more serious also because Trump is provoking them far more than anyone else so far ? (Idk if the last part ia true correct me if not)

No. 187139

>>186973
This shit is terrifying.

No. 187140

>>186973
Mostly, keeping NK chill has been about not taking their cycles of "we're gonna attack!!" Seriously, and also stepping up on their doorstep when they get too rowdy. When daddy kim died, jong un felt he had to put on a big show about how superior they are, went a bit far with it, and all the biggest bitches from around the world surrounded them, and started hanging out on the border SK/NK. Jong un chilled out and we went back to business as usual. Thing is, trump is directly aggrevating a man who feels like he "has" to respond. It can actually get ugly. Right now though, americans should worry more about how trump is shitting on china, for one, the US owes china A LOT of money, and is completely dependent on chinas good graces, and secondly, china and russia seem to be the only countries that don't, idk how to put it, seize their small dealings with NK based on morals, and if trump pisses off both NK and China, and RU decides to join china, well. Bye bye united states. Sorry if this is all a bit jumbled, not my nativ language etc + i'm tired

No. 187143

>>186657
>unironically believing coal will come back
You're a dumbass just like the fatass in chief. It's high risk, unclean, and relatively unprofitable energy. But I bet you didn't grow up next to a failing coal plant to know any real discourse regarding it. The company that took over the coal plant where I used to live (which powered a major national grid) were so desperate to recoup money that they had switched to natural gas power.
We are not China. Coal isn't coming back and all blue collar hicks fell for the memes and hype hoping fer dem jerbz

No. 187156

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>>186648
Yeah, we live in what can only be described as a chaotic world. I had a fantasy of moving in with a "shitposting" friend who's currently on the run from the law. No, we're not planning on doing anything murderous, but we are interested in changing the insanity that goes on, such as feminism. I would've left feminism alone because it's essentially a cry for dick, but the way feminism has affected our entire culture has made it intolerable.

Generally, most guys are betas and cucks. By cuck I don't mean "person of whom I disapprove". I mean, cucking has become okay in some circles. People are trying hard to normalize it. It's beta behavior, plain and simple, and nobody should tolerate it.

It's up to men to stop this madness. I won't refuse help from women, and I don't hate women, but I really just want standard gender roles and standard, healthy relationships.

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No. 187158

>>187157
So? Find a flaw.

No. 187159

>>187157
Do you think I made that post to fish for e-friends? No.

No. 187160

>>187157
Kek MTE

No. 187161

I can't fix it if I don't know what the problem is.

No. 187166

>>186652
how did you get fooled? he's historically done whatever was most convenient for him.

No. 187169

>>187166
I think you got that opinion from someone else, sis. Wait and see what he does. Then we can say he's a neo-con.

No. 187174

Can't wait till that fat piece of shit and waste of human life gets impeached/dies in office from his clogged artieries. That's all I have to say.

No. 187176

>>187174
ngl, I want him to die from being a fat fuck and then watch his followers blame Hillary somehow.

No. 187239

>>186973
I think North Korea doesn't realistically represent any threat to any country bar maybe South Korea, and I don't see why people are acting like they're some huge nuclear threat when their missile tests regularly just blow up randomly instead of firing at all, as well as the well established missile defense systems that pretty much any developed country has.

It's just retarded fear mongering.

No. 187249

>>187239
I don't think the NK govt. is as stupid as people think they are, tbh. I can't see them actually starting a war unless some other country has their back

No. 187261

>>187249
Which they (china) will if trump continues to fuck with them both.

No. 187265

>>187261
Except China has backed the US in this situation, because shockingly, the huge benefits that having the US (and their massive economy) on side brings is more important than North Korea, who they already have issues with.

No. 187266

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>>186657
>Are you dumb? Coal is what powers electric power. All the faggot environmentalists when they say "WE WANT ELECTRIC POWER" are actually saying "MORE COAL PLEASE". If you want alternative energy ask for more wind and solar, not electric.
Is this a false flag? Is it even possible to be this stupid?

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>>186648
>the involvement with Russia



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