As I recently said to a friend: “I fucking hate being right.”
And he said “I fucking hate you being right.”
(he was never in disagreement, he just still had a sliver of hope)
I’ve been against electronic voting in the USA for years. Many states, especially the so called battleground states, rely on these for the most of the results.
People like me, who say paper ballots only please, have been ignored by the very people who are upset by outcomes calculated by procedures they cannot possibly explain ( it’s secret). Who will, until their dying day, swear they have faith in the integrity of these system because their cousin’s friend’s uncle knows somebody who works in sales who says it’s ok.
It really does not have to be that way. It’s a uniquely American trait, I think.
For many here, they can find comfort with each other.
For me, the initial disaster has not stopped, it started over a generation ago, and continues in its original form and fashion. And will be ignored by most reading this.
I’ve been against electronic voting in the USA for years. Many states, especially the so called battleground states, rely on these for the most of the results.
Direct Recording Electronic voting machines are less common now, and DRE machines without voter verifiable paper receipts are even less common. Here is a state by state list. Louisiana is the only state with statewide DRE without paper verification. The other states that permit precincts to use DRE without paper are Mississippi, New Jersey, Oklahoma (only for those in need of assistive technology), Tennessee, and Texas. So that’s one state that uses totally electronic voting statewide, 5 states that permit it in some instances, and 44 (plus DC) that prohibit electronic voting without a paper trail. And none of the states with DRE and no paper trail are swing states (although many have swing districts).
I think it was a bigger problem before, but is getting phased out.
If you want to see an apocalyptic political satire black comedy film that explores this concept, watch Don’t Look Up (2021).
I remember when that blew up during the pandemic, and everyone was thinking it was about COVID. In reality, it had started production way before the pandemic was on most peoples’ radars, and was intended to be about climate change. But the partisan reactions to both so closely mirrored each other, that it was easy to mistake.
It’s so close to reality it mocks satire.
The funny thing was when people criticized it for being so on the nose and unrealistic
Well… here we are!
It’s a satire? I thought it was a documentary.
You know it’s satire because the tech-bro billionaire’s future-predicting AI was accurate.
That movie’s so depressing and frustrating.
So you’re saying its tone is accurate of reality.
Reality is so much worse then pessimism. People have no idea how much even the most dreary and down trotten people they could ever meet are unjustifiably optimistic compared to the raw numbers.
The final lesson of the movie is important.
The sociopaths ending the world will never be satisfied, and they’ll win because good people have too many rules and too much good faith. It isn’t the failure of decent people, hug your loved ones, be happy and content as the sociopath capitalists can’t be.
The greed class will end the world for our species, but unless you let them turn yourself into them trying to beat them at their own monstrous propaganda game, and you can’t beat them as they revel in lies and cruelty like decent people can’t, they can’t force you to be as empty, hateful, and insecure inside as they have to be to need so much affirmation and power(capital).
They have no friends, they have no loved ones, they have no trust, only associates and threats and assets and “big moves.” They see their own children as investments in legacy that they cast aside when they fail to become hateful, greedy, ambitious little clones of themselves.
The intentions are pure and the message is good, but I’ll be goddamned if it’s gonna go that way
Do not go gentle into that good night
Rage em if you got em, I’m spent.
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“Things have been just fine for me so far, so they will continue to be for everyone!”
The one on the left is The Democrat loyalist when you tell them they ran a bad campaign (they lost).
The one on the right is a Progressive.
We saw this comment coming too
If only there were a more striking example, such as global warming or trump not being good for working class people…
Bad campaign or not, everyone is in the same shit boat because some people chose this election to refuse to pinch their nose and vote for the Democrats.
In many ways Dems were as bad as Trump this election. If they weren’t so greedy in their push rightward, they could’ve kept up the lesser evil schtick for at least a couple more elections.
Unfortunately they decided to run a campaign further to the right than bush jr, exposing their whole ass in the process.
Dems are more of the same, maybe a little better depending. Republicans are downright evil. Not sure how you can justify saying “Dems were as bad as Trump”
You must not be black, or Latine, or native, or really any minority except white upper class lgbtq.
And people still decided that Nazis were better than a pretty average option so they would rather not vote at all so they could convince themselves it wasn’t their fault if the Gestapo comes knocking at their door in a few months.
“Um, actually, sweatie, things CAN’T get any worse than they are now” was my ‘favorite’ line from those folk.
Congrats, you’re feeling what others have felt for the past 50 years. Hopefully this means you’ll finally fucking abandon the status quo that has kept you incredibly privileged and safe compared to your fellow Americans.
I’m sorry you’re mad you can’t profit off the oppression of others and you might have to do work for the first time in your life.
And you felt that of all elections it was when Trump 2.0 was the alternative that it was the time to make a stand?
You realize those who already felt oppressed and decided not to vote might not even be able to vote in 4 years to continue making a difference, right?
You realize that things are getting worse for everyone all over the fucking world and the Democrats actually made things better compared to the situation in other countries, right?
The brainwashing machine worked hard on both sides to get Trump in power and it accomplished its objective! Got job, you got Punk’d!
You people have been dangling the same carrot for longer than the average American has been alive. It’s like you people forget Bill Clinton was the lesser evil compromise. So was Obama, so was hrc, so was Biden.
If the US falls to fascism good, maybe you people will wake up. If not, and it’s absolutely not anymore fascist now than it was 5 or a hundred years ago, then in 2026 and 2028 Dems will still lose if they keep trying to blame everyone but their own shitty policies for their losses.
To your propaganda about being better off than other countries, that has never been true, it’s still not now.
Sorry buddy but there’s never been a Republican party as dangerous as the current one. Ne-fucking-ver.
You clearly have no idea what shit is like outside the US.
Hope for you that you make it to the next election, the way you’re talking you’re probably part of the people the Republicans want to eliminate, try not to make too much of a Pikachu face when that happens!
Whatever you need to tell yourself to keep your conscience at bay.
Could just as easily say the one pointing out the past is a progressive and the one complaining about not being told is the kind of terminally online purist who insisted that Trump “wouldn’t be that bad” because “both sides are the same”
No pity
