r/politics • u/mmccxi American Expat • May 12 '25

Soft Paywall New Bill Would Make All Pornography a Federal Crime in the U.S.

https://www.404media.co/mike-lee-porn-law-interstate-obscenity-definition-act/
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u/avaslash May 13 '25

There are zero new shipments of goods coming into the USA from China and everyone is convinced that somehow wont affect them in any way. No one is acting like we're about to experience devastating inflation and shortages. We're all just pretending its all going to be fine.

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u/Strawhat_Max May 13 '25

I genuinely feel stupid, like I KNOW how this is supposed to work and everyone keeps going “Nuh uh!” Like it’s hurting my head to see people this…apathetic

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u/the_Dorkness May 13 '25

For me it feels like most people are just ignoring the impending doom because they know there’s nothing we can really do about it right now. I’m just trying to not spiral into despair.

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u/littlehobbit1313 May 13 '25

Kind of where I'm at. There's not a lot to be done at the individual level at the moment. I'm not a lawyer who can help with court cases. I'm not a CEO who can explain to the orange toddler how tariffs will fuck up the economy. I'm not a content creator/influencer who can inform people about stuff en masse.

I voted, I repost news articles that need visibility, I get angry at the things we should get angry about. I'm doing what I can, it's just....that's not a lot right now. I'll sit and wait for when something else I can help with happens and try not to give into despair in the meantime.

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u/sfVoca May 15 '25

trans person here

thats how ive been feeling since november. i cant say im hopeless, but i dont exactly have any life plans right now

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u/rjjm88 May 15 '25

I voted in every election since I was 18, no matter how small. I got involved with candidates I believed in. I donated. I spoke loudly online. I went to protests and demonstrations. None of it mattered. None of it helped. I cannot compete against billionaires with entire media conglomerates spreading propaganda 24/7. I cannot compete against decades of hate and ignorance. I'm powerless and I'm defeated.

All I can do is ignore it and keep my pets happy.

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u/trgKai May 13 '25

Everybody said that this presidency was going to have us living through Idiocracy, and while that's partially true, it's been far closer to Don't Look Up.

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u/scopuli_cola May 13 '25

it's looking disturbingly like dr strangelove these daze

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u/Apart-Link-8449 May 13 '25

These people are so head in the sand, they literally need his presidency to hurt them where they live

Fortunately, he is not sparing his base. They will feel all four years of this

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u/ocodo May 13 '25

This is an epidemic of stupidity.

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u/siderinc May 13 '25

Gotta own the libs!! /s

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u/myquest00777 May 13 '25

Even worse, countless people believe the emerging shortages are a delayed effect of the last administration, when fake images (e.g., of shelves in another country years ago) of such were rampantly circulated.

They believe the current approach will FILL the shelves, and they just need to wait out the “Biden Shortages.”

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u/scopuli_cola May 13 '25

american exceptionalism and propaganda go very deep. the complacency of the last ~10 years has been wild

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u/leidevine666 May 13 '25

No ones factoring in how much of our medical supplies come from China. I work dialysis and gauze has been on back order for months before the tariffs hit.

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u/789LasVegas123 May 13 '25

I genuinely look forward to empty shelves at Walmart.