• @Viking_Hippie
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    7511 months ago

    Correction: no, it’s allowing people to vote that’s wrong

    (According to the fascist GOP, not me)

    • 𝕯𝖎𝖕𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖙
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      1911 months ago

      we have a representative democracy because (some variant of “people are idiots”)

      Every republican I’ve ever spoken with (who are also people, barely)

    • @booksOP
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      1111 months ago

      That’s the valid next step once they realize it’s the voters who are wrong.

      • @Viking_Hippie
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        1111 months ago

        Yeah I know. I’m saying that they’re at that step already and some of them aren’t even trying to hide it anymore.

  • @paddirn
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    3811 months ago

    “We obviously weren’t extreme enough, let’s suggest public executions for women who even do a google search on abortions!”

  • @RGB3x3
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    2811 months ago

    Ramasmarmy in last night’s debate talked about how the Republican party is a party of losers.

    Then doubled down on the far-right rhetoric and buzzwords.

    Hey bud, Smarmy my dude, you’re what’s losing the Republicans votes.

    • @[email protected]
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      2011 months ago

      He blamed their loses on women (including the RNC Chairwoman) and “the media”. This party has it’s head so far up it’s own ass.

  • @jeffw
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    2511 months ago

    This is the inevitable end of talk radio (now podcasts/YouTubers) angering the base and making them more extreme. Now you have to be extreme to win the primary, then you can’t win in the general

    • @[email protected]
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      1111 months ago

      The trouble is, it doesn’t matter. There’s been a paradigm shift; in the past a politician had to win an election. Sarah Palin proved you could lose and still find a way to get paid. Someone like Lauren B. will be snapped up as a talking head and have a book movie deal the day she leaves Congress.

  • SuperDuper
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    1311 months ago

    That’s the whole point of the independent state legislation theory. Republican state legislators can just “correct” the elections whenever the voters don’t choose the right option at the polls.

    • @MJKee9
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      111 months ago

      It’s not a theory… That’s the fucking US government.