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   The Seven Voyages Of Steve (sinbad@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Nov-2024 05:27:05 JST The Seven Voyages Of Steve

   I was vaguely aware that people often make terrible decisions, but I don’t think I ever fully appreciated the extent of it until 2016, when in the space of a couple of months people voted for Brexit and Trump v1. I had naively thought that due to “progress”, people were getting smarter and more tolerant; I never really thought we’d go backwards. I miss that optimism.

   I really hope things don’t go even further backwards tomorrow. I’m jaded enough 😕

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     Neil Henning (neilhenning@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Nov-2024 05:38:32 JST Neil Henning

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     @sinbad I can’t work out if I’d rather a stupid tangerine fascist president again now, or the arguably scarier prospect of a smart fascist running in 4 years when Harris hasn’t magically fixed all the problems in the country.

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     The Seven Voyages Of Steve (sinbad@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Nov-2024 05:49:36 JST The Seven Voyages Of Steve

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     • Neil Henning

     @neilhenning oof I’m really trying to believe the arc of history isn’t bending back to the 1930s but damn

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     The Seven Voyages Of Steve (sinbad@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Nov-2024 19:38:19 JST The Seven Voyages Of Steve

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     • Frank Reiff

     @frankreiff the fact that it’s a close thing despite everything that’s happened blows my mind

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     Frank Reiff (frankreiff@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Nov-2024 19:38:20 JST Frank Reiff

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     @sinbad Describes my own experience very well. I could just about imagine the theoretical possibility of one of those events happening because no one was taking it seriously enough.. but having both occur so close together.. well it shattered my belief in humanity.

     At least over time there appears to be a change of opinion on Brexit.. but a Trump victory is still a 50/50 almost a decade latter.