• @[email protected]
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    Another way I’ve heard this phrased is “Voting is when you get to choose your opponent.”

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      43 months ago

      Yeah, I had it explained as “you’re playing a video game and you get to choose the final boss. Do you choose Bowser or SpaceGodzilla?”

      I’d go with Bowser. At least in SM RPG he was capable of working with his opponents towards a common good.

  • Ignotum
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    So Trump then, he’s easily pushed around, if you have money that is

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      Easily pushed around by dictators and billionaires, not so easily pushed by average citizens

      Harris is more able to be influenced by public pressure which is what John Oliver is trying to get at

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        Yeah that’s what the joke i was going for, if you’re super wealthy then he’s the candidate for you since he’ll do anything you tell him to if you just “donate” enough

        • JaggedRobotPubes
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          Until he takes your money and then doesn’t do it anyway.

          But other than that!