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Not gonna lie, I'm really disappointed with how the US election process went in general (not talking about just who won, but just how badly insecure the thing was, and how any and all claims of potential fraud or mistakes were dismissed out of hand, instead of thoroughly investigated).
In the past I've avoided making predictions in public and then I end up regretting not doing it when they turn up to be true. So this time, I'm gonna take a risk.
Here's my prediction: it's gonna depend a bit on who exactly is gonna run in 2024, but unless republicans do a stupid, and don't pick anyone reasonable, I predict that if Joe Biden wins another term in 2024, that's gonna be your sign that democracy is dead in USA, that the system is completely corrupt, and you're in a de facto authoritarian country on the level of China.
Now at that point, you'll have 3 choices: 1) give up, and accept the system, hoping they'll leave you alone until you can finally die of old age. 2) give up, and escape, by moving to whatever country you think still has some freedoms protected. 3) prepare for a revolution, the type of revolution that would give Alex Jones a boner.
I'm not gonna say what you should choose. Not my country, not my right to do so.
Just know, that the hope behind option 1), the hope that if you just play ball, they'll leave you alone for those few more years until you can retire, or your kid is grown up, or whatever, that's a false hope. Take it from people with more experience, unless you are THE ONE on top, there is no living in peace, there's no such thing as "being left alone if I don't stir shit up".
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@TheMadPirate
I know 2) seems unlikely, but it is an option. You wouldn't believe how many Romanians escaped during the communist regime, and it's not like people were that wealthy then either. Same goes for North Korea now.
As for 1), I kinda said the same thing you said later on in the post. Still, the reality is, a lot of people will still go for 1). They still struggle to grasp for that false hope.
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@alyx it was such a unique occurrence, nothing like it happen before (except it has)