Reddit is full of doomers

I’m sorry, but look around. Ever since Trump was elected and inaugurated, all I see on Reddit is “Trump is gonna be a dictator”, “We won’t have elections anymore”, “Soon we’ll have WW3” or “The US won’t exist next decade”. Like take a chill. Yes, I don’t like Trump. Yes, I heard about everything he said. Yes, I heard about Elon’s Nazi salute and everything else he did. Yes, I know about all the tariffs. Yes, I know what Trump said before the election. Yes, I know about the ICE raids and how he is going after transgender people. And yes, I heard about the SCOTUS’ actions. But y’all need to wake up and chill out. I hate Trump just as any decent person would, but he is not gonna turn the US into Russia or Nazi Germany (I’ve often seen people make parallels with that, which don’t hold up as the US has been a democracy longer than post-Soviet Russia and Weimar Germany).

A not-so-good classic is the “He’ll have a third term” or “We won’t have more elections” thing. Let me debunk this one: first, to run for a third term, you need 2/3 of Congress (the GOP has a majority, but it’s so small it doesn’t go anywhere near this) AND 38 states to be onboard with this, and blue states won’t be onboard with this, and second, states are the ones that run elections, not the federal government, so it’s impossible to just rig elections or cancel them. Also, most of the unconstitutional decisions by Trump have been challenged. For example, a Seattle judge has challenged an executive order defying birthright citizenship, and another judge permanently blocked the freezing of federal aid. There are even protests across the country against ICE raids. Not to mention the fact the US is a federal state makes it harder to install a dictator there, and even if that wasn’t the case, Trump isn’t particularly smart enough to pull it off and is fundamentally lazy.

And yet, despite all these facts and good news, people still choose to focus on the negative. And, of course, if you do so much as bring up the topic of future elections, you just get thrown with a “It’s cute you think we’ll have elections” as if it wasn’t common sense. And, of course, if you contest it by calling out the fear-mongering, which is basically just trying to have a neutral, rational conversation, you are automatically called a “sweet summer child” or being in “denial”. That’s literally their only argument when you try being rational and nuanced! Not to mention some subs are worst than others, just look at r/MarkMyWords where all current predictions are just about making scenarios about a Trump dictatorship or other doomsday scenarios.

But, like I said, I don’t like Trump at all. He will surely do a lot of damage (example: tariffs), and this is why you all need to show up to the 2026 midterms and vote blue. But this isn’t going to be Nazi Germany or The Handmaid’s Tale. Nor will Trump bring absolute utopia (yes, r/Conservative, I’m thinking about you). It’s important to know that, no matter which political side you’re on, extreme takes aren’t a good thing. Nuance is important, and it is very lacking on Reddit.

I’m sorry for the long post, but I just needed to vent.