• @[email protected]
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    166 days ago

    It’s ironically like they have a small set of royal families that swap the throne every four years.

    • @SlopppyEngineer
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      106 days ago

      And the equivalent of dukes and earls traveling to Mar-a-lago to pledge fealty.

    • maegul (he/they)
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      86 days ago

      In recent times, boomers have had a notable hold on the presidency. Not just boomers, but those born in the summer of 1946. Clinton, Bush Jr and Trump were all born between June and August 1946, a window of 3 months, but spanning over 3 decades of the White House. And the same more or less holds for the losing candidates too, with Harris and Obama being the major exceptions IIRC. Indicates to me some real oligarchical forces beyond what’s normal in the rest of the west.