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Honestly, I don't really have much sympathy or pity for the vast majority of America at the moment. I do feel a bit bad for Mexico, Canada, and South America, I reckon they'll have a pretty tough time of it, and Mexico is certainly going to be demonized at every turn for the next ~4 years at minimum. But as for the people within America, they did choose this. They had the option to vote for the other candidate without fear of persecution or reprisal. I'd certainly have pity if he just marched in, seized control of the country, and started executing his opponents
Also, after what seems like every American on the internet since the advent of the internet has taken every opportunity to bang their chest and yell about how great America is like some sort of political gorilla, I must admit I will be having a chuckle as their country degrades even further and all the idiots that either couldn't be arsed going and voting, or actively voted for him begin to suffer more and more
(Plus, they've so staunchly defended their right to own firearms for so long now, it's not like they're defenseless lol. If half the bloody country owns a gun, I don't see what some walls and a couple dozen people in suits are going to be able to do about a large scale rebellion 🤷♂️)
Also, children did not vote for him. 😔
Yeah, that's a fair point, and probably the only group of people I do have some sympathy for. And the people being held in those illegal immigration detention centre things, I imagine they'll have an even tougher time of it than they currently do