• @[email protected]OP
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      According to an interesting book I read a couple years ago called american nations, more like 9

      • @Archer
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        94 months ago

        We’re like the EU but with a fully federal budget and laws, which explains a lot

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          I used to be in favour of a federal europe until I saw America go to shit with Trump elected in 2016.

          Now I’m more ambivalent. The confederation model sounds better…

          (Confederation is an alliance where members retain sovriginity) Not talking about the US confederacy

          • @njm1314
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            43 months ago

            Half the reason Trump succeeds as much as he does is due to designed corruption at the state level. Republicans grabbing local elections and using them to upend the system. From psychotic school boards to regressive judges to grandstanding attorneys general.

            • @Archer
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              33 months ago

              Flip that reasoning entirely, my dude. If the feds ran elections fully then Trump wouldn’t have needed to make the call to the GA Sec of State to “find” more votes. He would have just fired people until he got a yes from whatever federal employee could do it

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                13 months ago

                No, because that’s the entire point of project 2025. He wants to replace all those federal employees with political appointments so that he can actually do things like that. Trump would have loved it if he could just fire people until they do what he tells them to do. Thankfully that’s not how most the federal government works. He wants to be able to control every Federal agency but thankfully that’s not the way it’s set up. It will be if he’s elected though.

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      I think of America more as a swarm of 50 plus angry pigeons tied together at the neck with string.

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          13 months ago

          Wouldn’t that be if they were connected at the tail? This is more of a disorganised avian garroting caused by a constant futile bid for meaningful independence.