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Way to go, guys! (lemmy.world)
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[–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I think the most dissappointing is the current state of the Republican Party.

Seems like back in 2008, the Republican Party was a bit stubborn and stuck in the old days, but they were mostly harmless, like a grandpa who rattles his cane at “kids these days”. Endearing, but not crazy.

Then everything changed. They’ve gone full tilt crazy. They’ve actually managed to redeem 43 and make him look tame and competent (by comparison).

The nutter in me (what’s left of it, after /r/conspiracy got a cheeto mustache) is seriously starting to think that Reddits admiration of Ron Paul (that I very much got caught up in) was a practice run for some psyop astroturf shit that evolved into Trumps presidency.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I think they only get seen as harmless because they only had to perform small acts of violence to get their desired outcomes. They invaded a hotel to spy on their opponents, allied with people that murdered journalists and even in 2000 organized riots outside vote counting centers that gave fear of violence against arbiters of democracy. We cared a lot about the little things so they didn't have to do as much.

    But the world is more chaotic now and the big violent movements get way more sway and leaves even more room for bigger grabs of power. It's just a progressing issue that came from us tolerating anything to keep status quo and let people make even more money regardless of how.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Did you hear of the robocalls in NH? Using a deepfaked Biden voice and the spoofed caller ID if someone from the state DNC, telling Democrats to “save their vote for November”?

    Disgusting. And I wouldn’t be surprised if it played a hand in Haley’s surprisingly small loss in NH as undeclared voters are able to request either ballot.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Woah what the hell? No! I didn't know about that!

    What a weird concept. I'm not even entirely sure the desired outcome other than to see if it works and if they (the people doing this) could get away with it. I feel that it definitely sets dangerous precedent and makes it even muddier to have a well informed voter base.

    You are thinking that people that would have voted for Biden then used their primary vote to go for Nikki Haley though?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    No sense voting for Biden. He’s pretty much locked as the DNC candidate, the primary is really a formality (as often as it seems to be now).

    No, NH has an open primary. Any undeclared voter can register for one party for the day to cast a primary ballot.

    A lot of independents are undecided in these situations, since they can vote in either primary. Their vote is actually kind of especially powerful, since in this case they can use it to vote against someone in particular.

    I live in MA which does the same. I am very left leaning but emphatically selected a republican ballot for the primaries.

    Edit to add: this is also why Trumpists are lashing out against her, specifically in NH…they can’t fathom that voters can be independent. You’re either a modern republican or a librul.

    What was it they used to say? Country before party? Facts not feelings? Law and order? Literally all of this shit is practically Orwellian. Ironically they really latch onto the “Ignorance is Strength” part.

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