• @FooBarrington
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    52 days ago

    On what planet do you think that American politicians “have to” do anything?

    Sorry, I thought it was obvious from the conversation that they “have to” do this if they want to get elected. You get that’s what we’re talking about, right?

    Also, your statement makes the assumption that the complexity lies solely in polling and voting, but politics is more complex than that. Israel is a nuclear power. For all we (civilians) know, they can be a regular destabilizing threat actor for the West, have damning blackmail that threatens the DNC, or has enough high powered offensive hacking actors that the US sees its alliance as more important than its ethics

    Sure, it’s possible Harris was playing 4D chess, but then she shouldn’t be surprised that people don’t vote for her. This kind of approach to politics is something that people have increasingly started to reject, so again, terrible approach if you want to get elected.