Learned nothing from Covid.

It’s worse than that. The wrong lessons were learned.

> One part of me is glad that the DNC got punished for its arrogance.

They already got their first punishment in 2016 and didn't learn from it. Why do you think they'll learn this time?

As long as the old farts are in place nothing will meaningfully change.

The person deleted their comment before I got a chance to respond, so this is more of a response to them than to you.

I really hate this sort of "faux long term" shit that I keep hearing about how "it's really a good thing because maybe the DNC will get better!!!!!!!!", because it sort of makes this assumption that the election of a demagogue isn't going to have any long-term, permanent damage.

My wife is a Mexican immigrant. She does have a green card, but as it stands I'm slightly worried that the dipshit in office is going to try revoking those, meaning we might be stuck moving to a different country. I think we will be ok, but frankly I do not care about someone's completely unearned opinion about how we're going to get a leftist utopia "eventually".

I am a US citizen.

I think we are safe, and we are currently in the process of waiting for her citizenship status to be approved, but it’s tough to say. I could see Trump hearing some insane rambling from Fox News and decide to issue an executive order revoking all green cards.

I wish you all the best... :(

We will be alright. I tend to land on my feet, and if I have to get a job in another country, I’ll do it.

It’s just frustrating, because I love the US. Despite everything, I love living here, I grew up here, I don’t want to leave. My wife was brought here when she was eight years old, she’s 31 now, and the current presidential administration has just decided that that’s not enough.

I live in NYC, which is fairly progressive, and while we have been looking to leave this city, I think it might be a good idea to stay here until she’s a fully naturalized citizen.

The pendulum swung back. It was always going to happen.

It’ll happen again, the pendulum will swing the other way.

Really shows how much the political elite care about their constituents, as opposed to themselves.

Why is it always "blame the choice of candidates" and not "blame millions of ignorant voters who despite being told exactly what would happen said "nah, I bet prices for things will drop" or "blame the media billionaires who gave one candidate infinite free air time and never fact checked anything they said while complaining that the other candidates detailed policies were never quite detailed enough to make the media happy"?

He was doing what he was elected to do. That's not despotic, however much you disagree with your fellow voters.

He's literally the despot that Benjiman Franklin warned the US about:

  “I agree to this Constitution with all its faults, if they are such: because I think a General Government necessary for us, and there is no Form of Government but what may be a Blessing to the People if well-administred; and I believe farther that this is likely to be well administred for a Course of Years and can only end in Despotism as other Forms have done before it...”

> despotic: characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty

I would say that ignoring the Constitution [1] and trying to undermine every institution in order to increase your own power is actually very despotic.

I have no idea how successful he will be at this, but considering that the Supreme Court basically said "the president can do whatever he wants with no consequences as long as he says it's for an official act", it sure seems despotic, even if he was elected.

[1] In regards to trying to end birthright citizenship and ignore the 14th Amendment.

It is despotic if he was elected to act like a despot.