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It's going to take generations to undo the damage Republicans/tRump/ICE are causing.

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[–] pantomime@leminal.space 16 points 1 hour ago

I'm surprised it took this long

[–] Arancello@aussie.zone 1 points 31 seconds ago

In last couple of days ads have been aired on TV in Australia promoting the disunited states as a fun holiday destination. We laughed as it aired (because of the awkwardly inappropriate message) about 15 minutes after another innocent has been shot by the american gestapo. You’d have to be mad to go to the du (disunited states) now if you are anything other than white male. Even then I suspect travel insurance will be reassessing premiums now that risks have escalated materially.

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 10 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I'm sure the Romans were saying it would take generations to rebuild the empire, too.

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 14 minutes ago)

Fair point in the long run, but Rome had cycles of ascendance, stagnation, decline, and rebirth. The Roman republic founded by Romulus and Remus was vastly different from the Rome that fought Carthage, which was vastly different from the Rome that unified with Egypt via marrying Cleopatra VII, which was vastly different from Constantine's Rome.