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[–] [email protected] 40 points 8 hours ago (6 children)

hate and bigotry is literally the only thing republicans agree on

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Elon musk being like "all that money we're spending on vets could be going into my pockets."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

that's what the app does

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago

This is the literal lesser of two evils argument served on the rocks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (3 children)

if its off you can't track it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

The reality is both parties hate everybody but the corporate managerial class and want to kill everyone for infinite growth. The idea that voting is somehow an endorsement is idiocy.

You pick the party least enthusiastic about killing you or you're a moron. Bernie sanders is an anomoly. The democrats never once treated trump as an existential thing - they see the next election as an opportunity to finally capture the right as voters which is their only plan.

If the realization that democrats want us all dead upsets you, you don't understand how this oligarchy works. They still fear being out of power because it means disfavor of the oligarchs, but they would never attempt winning an election by disregarding the oligarchs.

So the choice isn't which one you endorse (as only a crazy person would endorse this system) its which one is gonna fuck you up the least.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (3 children)

yeah I don't think a usa based platform is really "long gaming" the fee speech problem. Bluesky now shifting to monetization plans. Its a matter of time until some rich dildo buys it up. If were lucky it will be mark cuban or somebody buts its still grim prospects.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I would argue democrat donors preferred a trump win and preferred dem turnout be low because they had a decent campaign for a second and shut it down.

What your saying only makes sense if you operate from the idea dems want to win and not that they want to hand a victory their donors.

In 2016 actual democrat operative tried to twistpeople's arms to vote. This election that energy did not come from the mainstream democrats. Their pitch was "we don't need you, we want republicans instead".

The calculus is different when you recognize both parties hate you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

I like to talk to the grain harvesting robot every once in a while, really lets me feel like I'm part of a community

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

I agree the campaign was poor. I agree the party had small, terrible, and stupid ideas. I agree that chasing republicans is stupid.

I will still however yell at cowards who coddle people who think not voting is anything but moral cowardice. Just own it. Take some fucking accountability. Its fine to have issues and complaints, its suicide to encourage people to go full karen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (6 children)

own the cowardice. Dems suck but every non voter has blood on their hands. Ignorance and apathy are not moral principles.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Its just corporations having it both ways:

When corporations benefit: Americans can read like 900 pages of fine print a minute and are all legal scholars.

When it doesn't benefit corps: Americans are cows, its offensive you're trying to make these morons fill out multiple choice papers, they might accidentally poke out an eye on the pens.

Reality: people have limits but RCV ballots are not too complicated. We see it all the time with roundabouts. When new roundabout is put in a few drivers take some time to adjust but eventually they figure it out.

The change is harder to deal with than the actual thing.

 

I'd like to see what drugs the original poster is on when making a post.

 

I'm thinking of things like heliocentrism where there was some modern discovery or revelation by science that invalidated a common assumption prior.

My understanding is that flat earth is more a recent phenomena but I'd love to hear some ancient ideas people now miss. Did people think trees weren't alive? Did people think evaporation was where things simply disappeared?

I'd would love to hear these ideas.

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