• @[email protected]
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    626 hours ago

    We are actually seeing the us get destroyed by a mad king. Never let conservatives forget that they ushered in a man who intentionally tried to destroy their country.

    • @CharlesDarwin
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      325 hours ago

      Yes, yes, but “Daddy’s home, you guys! And he has his belt off! Yah-fucking-hoooooo! 'merica gunna be so gud noaw! Egg prices? What egg prices? Everything else is even more expensive, too, but we were for low prices before we were AGAINST them!”

      This gives stupid people a real chubby, so we should all have to suffer for their stupid feels.

    • @[email protected]
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      -146 hours ago

      Not just the Conservatives; there’s always a cohort of Democrats willing to side with Republicans to make sure the worst ideas make it across the finish line.

      Dema haven’t been “on our side” for decades. They’re too busy milking the corporate teat.

      • @Nalivai
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        194 hours ago

        Oh, look, “both sides bad”, the reason we’re all here.

        • @LePoisson
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          123 hours ago

          They are both bad and have a massive overlap. But yes one party is clearly better and at least tries to help however flawed it may be.

          Still both Dems and Republicans are ruled by the elite and the interests of the oligarchy. That’s clear and part of the problem. Until we change how our elections work though it’s in everyone’s best interest to vote for the democratic party

          • @btaf45
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            310 minutes ago

            Still both Dems and Republicans are ruled by the elite and the interests of the oligarchy.

            Weird that the last 3 Dem presidents raised taxes on the wealthy and/or corporations. Didn’t know that the oligarchy was interested in that.

          • @SocialMediaRefugee
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            26 minutes ago

            All governments are ruled by those who stand out. They aren’t going to pay much heed to some guy who lives in a trailer or dirt farmer.

          • @Modern_medicine_isnt
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            52 hours ago

            Not sure there is a change to elections that will help. Homo sapiens became the dominant species by a tendency toward small group loyalty. That will be exploitable as long after you and I are dead I figure. Our best hope is a benevolent AI takeover. How sad is that.

            • @LePoisson
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              11 hour ago

              I think ranked choice voting would help a lot. Then we could vote 3rd party without doing the equivalent of lighting that vote on fire. Right now it just makes no sense to vote anything other than Dem or Repub when you’re voting. Just because enough voters are only voting one or the other regardless of policies and beliefs and we’re not convincing enough of those folks to change their vote.

              I am sincerely on the robots side in the future robot war against humanity. May they take mercy on our souls and save us from ourselves.

              • @[email protected]
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                14 minutes ago

                I used to favor Ranked Choice voting, but someone on lemmy linked me this and I’m a STAR voting fan now.

                Not that Ranked Choice voting isn’t a million times better then First-past-the-post voting.