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Again -- maga is a cult. The American left is definitely not a cult.

This came up for me the other day and I wasn't sure how to deal with it. Now that we know that the maga autocratic cult was not a one time fluke, that maga now represents who we are as a country for better or worse (worse) when we meet non-Americans if we don't support the maga cult, and the question of nationality comes up, do we just say Americans, or do we somehow try to communicate we're not "that" maga kind of American? Of course I'm not talking about faking being Canadian, is that really fair to Canadians. I can't speak for all non-maga Americans, but I still love my national homeland and I'm not ashamed to be American. But I'm ashamed of maga. In some ways, I think all Americans have some complicity in maga happening, just as all Russians have some complicity in Putin happening. I compare this to Russians now. You meet a Russian and most people will wonder, is this a Z Putin loving Russian, an opponent, or someone completely apolitical. I look at Russians I may meet and tend to guess based on age, appearance, affect, etc. but not always right. I have an appearance that could easily be maga (or not). Thinking out loud, I guess the wisest way is to check for any reaction from new people that indicates they are wondering (are you a maga or not) and then easing into the discussion if they seem receptive. Is there another way? I can't imagine just announcing, I'm American but I hate Trump. Penny for your thoughts?

If you say so. It's not like anything I say would ever change your mind.

Sorry. It's definitely a cult. Not saying all Trump voters are in the maga cult. That gives a little bit of hope for the future.

Oh come on. Do you not know history. Hitler first came into power via an election.

Funny that you mention Stalin. I associate maga autocrats with Putin. Putin has worked very hard to rehabilitate the bad reputation of Stalin and he is now glorified again in Russia.

I'm not really taking the advice to register seriously considering the source that will directly make money if people listen. But I do have a question. I intentionally am transferring in ZERO baht into Thailand this year for the very reason that I wanted to have a buffer until the policies and enforcement (if any) are made more clear. So I have no plans of getting a tax ID to cover this year. If I am audited at a later time for this year, I can't think of anything easier than proving that I didn't transfer in even one baht. Am I wrong?

Success or failure doesn't come into it. That's a different poll. Start it flippin' yourself if you want to. Who's stopping you? Perhaps starting a poll is too complex for you. If you think he will serve the full term, there is that choice in black and white. Stop the whining. You got what you want but you still complain.

Agree to disagree. I don't have any problem with free speech. But sure I'm not going to waste my time talking to people who are in the cult. They're set in stone, but they're free to speak all they like.

Maga is. No doubt at all.

That post was in July, dude.

Sure it does. There's a heck of a lot of totally empty land in the United States. Plenty of room for double or triple the population. Let's open up legal immigration.

If you think I'm ever going to iike that disgusting criminal demagogue Trump just because he won this time, don't even bother.

Stop lying.

The vast majority of that red stuff includes empty fields and wilderness. People vote (sometimes). LAND never does.

Well Ireland is desirable. My ancestral options are basically war zones, so no thanks.

Haven't been there in dog's years.

It was a very stupid move indeed. Countries make big mistakes as we just saw another very fresh example.

No foreign state has sent troops there. But you knew that. DUH!

Yep. A much much more interesting and relevant question is how should the decent Americans who voted against the maga idiocy respond as millions and millions of suckered ignorant Magadonians realize they voted to hurt themselves. It's happening already!

I found this movie rather wonderful. https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-killing-of-a-sacred-deer-2017

Maga. Cruelty is the point.

I'm not a leftist. I'm pro democracy. Pro free speech. Pro capitalism Pro free markets. Libertarian on social issues Pro Ukraine. Blue is not a cult Anti autocracy. Anti maga fascist cult. Anti Putin.

Agreed they should but I'm skeptical about the slave labeling.

It will happen if reforms aren't made. The cuts are automatic and mandated by law.