If you could vote for Donald Trump in year 2028 for US President would you vote for him?
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dancingtongue · 80-89, M
swirlie · 31-35, F
@dancingtongue
Well, you voted for Trump the last two times, so why not in 2028 as well if that ever came to pass?
Well, you voted for Trump the last two times, so why not in 2028 as well if that ever came to pass?
dancingtongue · 80-89, M
@swirlie I trust by "you" you mean the U.S. and not me. As I stated, I have never voted for the man.
And let's be clear, the problem in 2016 and 2024 wasn't how many voted for Trump but how many didn't vote at all, particularly in the swing states. Partially because they weren't thrilled with the alternative candidate, and partially because far too many U.S. citizens are passive consumers who feel government and politics have absolutely nothing to do with them so never vote on anything.
We -- the U.S. -- need three things:
1. A new generation of leaders in both political parties rather than recycling old names beyond their shelf-life, because with the name recognition comes declining cogitative and physical capabilities;
2. An un-gaming of the electoral process, where access to the ballots, debates, and media is largely a function of how much corporate and billionaire financial support you can curry; and, along with it, more viable parties than just the two big tents that keep shrinking around polarized extremes; and, finally,
3. A restoration of teaching civic responsibility in the school system and allied youth programs such as Boys & Girls State. Instead of the current political efforts to push revisionist history, stomp out critical thinking, and dump our children down to even lower levels.
And let's be clear, the problem in 2016 and 2024 wasn't how many voted for Trump but how many didn't vote at all, particularly in the swing states. Partially because they weren't thrilled with the alternative candidate, and partially because far too many U.S. citizens are passive consumers who feel government and politics have absolutely nothing to do with them so never vote on anything.
We -- the U.S. -- need three things:
1. A new generation of leaders in both political parties rather than recycling old names beyond their shelf-life, because with the name recognition comes declining cogitative and physical capabilities;
2. An un-gaming of the electoral process, where access to the ballots, debates, and media is largely a function of how much corporate and billionaire financial support you can curry; and, along with it, more viable parties than just the two big tents that keep shrinking around polarized extremes; and, finally,
3. A restoration of teaching civic responsibility in the school system and allied youth programs such as Boys & Girls State. Instead of the current political efforts to push revisionist history, stomp out critical thinking, and dump our children down to even lower levels.
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LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
Don't hold back, @swirlie. Tell us what you really think.
swirlie · 31-35, F
@LordShadowfire
No, I thought about really opening up and speaking my mind, but I didn't want to offend any of my American friends here in case they get the wrong impression.
No, I thought about really opening up and speaking my mind, but I didn't want to offend any of my American friends here in case they get the wrong impression.
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@swirlie I was being facetious, because even though you probably were holding back, you definitely let loose, and I happen to think it's funny. Because it's all true. I can't even say that I am immune to "America is the center of the universe" indoctrination, because of so many things I've had to unlearn.
swirlie · 31-35, F
@LordShadowfire
Thank you for being so honest, but I also enjoy it when you're being facetious!
Keep in mind that as a Canadian-born girl who looks as cute as hell in home-made polyester bikinis who holds tri-Citizenship with Canada/Sweden & USA, that while being born and raised on the snowy-side of the Canada/US border and only 20 miles from the most southerly border crossing in Canada which is Windsor/Detroit, I witnessed more about the United States than I ever witnessed about Canada for the first 25 years of my life.
Canadians like Americans have become insulated from matters that don't concern what goes on in their own backyards surrounded by white picket fences, but there is a very low percentile of Canadians who have NEVER crossed the border into the USA at least once in their lives, which means about 95% of all Canadians have gone to the USA at least once and still remember every detail of that adventure.
On the other hand, there is a very low percentile of Americans who HAVE ever crossed the border into Canada at least once in their lives, which means about 95% of all Americans have NEVER ventured north into Canada even once... because as most Americans will tell me, they had no reason to. Okay-fine! 😂
Therein lies a primary difference between the Canadian-mindset and the American-mindset.
The main reason why Canadians were curious enough to travel south of the border... even for just one day of shopping in Buffalo or Detroit, was mainly because 1) they thought the grass was greener on the other side of the border
...and 2) they couldn't figure out why Americans think like they think, so they just had to go and find out for themselves.
Truth is, those curious (nosey) Canadians never did figure out why Americans think like they think because what makes the American-mind 'tick' is not what makes the Canadian-mind 'tick' and therefore, the answer was never obvious to Canadians and still isn't among Canadians to be frankly honest about it.
I have been in a better-advantaged position to learn the answer to this than most Canadians are, mainly because of my living proximity to the Canada/US borderline which I could literally see out my bedroom window of my parent's farmhouse day or night.
So, when I speak my mind about Canada/US relations, I am not speaking on behalf of Canadians, I am speaking on behalf of a Canadian-born Swedish chic who's standing on the top rung of a pool diving board ladder at the Canada/US border and staring south with her binoculars in hand while trying not to be noticed by the gestapo on the other side who's staring back at her with bigger binoculars.
If anyone is offended by what I say, then be offended at ME but not Canadians in general (nor Swedish chics in general), because I am not speaking on behalf of what I think Canadians think when I'm shooting off my mouth about the US, I am speaking on behalf of my SELF and what I have personally witnessed.
Thank you for being so honest, but I also enjoy it when you're being facetious!
Keep in mind that as a Canadian-born girl who looks as cute as hell in home-made polyester bikinis who holds tri-Citizenship with Canada/Sweden & USA, that while being born and raised on the snowy-side of the Canada/US border and only 20 miles from the most southerly border crossing in Canada which is Windsor/Detroit, I witnessed more about the United States than I ever witnessed about Canada for the first 25 years of my life.
Canadians like Americans have become insulated from matters that don't concern what goes on in their own backyards surrounded by white picket fences, but there is a very low percentile of Canadians who have NEVER crossed the border into the USA at least once in their lives, which means about 95% of all Canadians have gone to the USA at least once and still remember every detail of that adventure.
On the other hand, there is a very low percentile of Americans who HAVE ever crossed the border into Canada at least once in their lives, which means about 95% of all Americans have NEVER ventured north into Canada even once... because as most Americans will tell me, they had no reason to. Okay-fine! 😂
Therein lies a primary difference between the Canadian-mindset and the American-mindset.
The main reason why Canadians were curious enough to travel south of the border... even for just one day of shopping in Buffalo or Detroit, was mainly because 1) they thought the grass was greener on the other side of the border
...and 2) they couldn't figure out why Americans think like they think, so they just had to go and find out for themselves.
Truth is, those curious (nosey) Canadians never did figure out why Americans think like they think because what makes the American-mind 'tick' is not what makes the Canadian-mind 'tick' and therefore, the answer was never obvious to Canadians and still isn't among Canadians to be frankly honest about it.
I have been in a better-advantaged position to learn the answer to this than most Canadians are, mainly because of my living proximity to the Canada/US borderline which I could literally see out my bedroom window of my parent's farmhouse day or night.
So, when I speak my mind about Canada/US relations, I am not speaking on behalf of Canadians, I am speaking on behalf of a Canadian-born Swedish chic who's standing on the top rung of a pool diving board ladder at the Canada/US border and staring south with her binoculars in hand while trying not to be noticed by the gestapo on the other side who's staring back at her with bigger binoculars.
If anyone is offended by what I say, then be offended at ME but not Canadians in general (nor Swedish chics in general), because I am not speaking on behalf of what I think Canadians think when I'm shooting off my mouth about the US, I am speaking on behalf of my SELF and what I have personally witnessed.