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[-] pennomi@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Romney may be a capitalist asshole, but he was an astonishingly good choice by Republican standards. Wish we had gotten him instead of Trump - it might’ve avoided all this garbage.

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 11 points 3 weeks ago

That's naive. Trump was a near-inevitable symptom of late stage capitalism, not a stroke of dumb luck.

[-] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I would actually take romney over biden. Maybe. Hepatitis to aids to be sure. But that is where we are at.

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