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IAMKOREA posted:I think we're speaking past each other, I agree but at the same time I don't think "trumpism" is a novel thing. I mean it is novel in the sense that its loving hilarious, but its not novel in the sense of making the world worse.
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LastInLine posted:I literally did forget I'd settle for "not knowingly forever poisoning the only freshwater supply on an important and highly populated island with no other sources" but even that's too much to ask apparently. Legit mega crisis there that's going to be completely ignored until whoops all that poison has flowed into the other main pumps because it's all one big pool of water. I'm sure president chelsea will be happy to dedicate one of our dozen aircraft carriers to desalination duty for a decade while we rush to build a nuclear desal plant on the island and we definitely won't make the residents pay for it when it's the federal government's fault lol
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evilpicard posted:Would you say overturning the voting rights act increased or decreased democracy in the United States if you multiply zero by something you get zero
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A Buttery Pastry posted:I'd add that universal suffrage still does not a democracy make, even if it's a requirement. If your political system makes people think voting is a waste of time, that's no more democratic than just saying those people aren't allowed to vote in the first place. People don't just think it's a waste of time, OP
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LastInLine posted:People don't just think it's a waste of time, OP
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A Buttery Pastry posted:That's not the point. Even if it wasn't, merely convincing people that it was would make it not a democracy. It is the point because if voting doesn't make a difference you also don't have a democracy. I'm not saying you're wrong in theory, but the facts on the ground are that voting has no effect on most peoples' lives.
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It would be cool if we got rid of the thin veneer of Democracy that still exists in America because all it does is make the most insane people on the internet go into shirt rending hysterics because they feel guilty about what their government is doing, when in reality they have no input to the system.
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Retromancer posted:It would be cool if we got rid of the thin veneer of Democracy that still exists in America because all it does is make the most insane people on the internet go into shirt rending hysterics because they feel guilty about what their government is doing, when in reality they have no input to the system. That's not true, it also helps comfortable low info libs sleep at night because they saw on tv/heard on npr that the problem isn't there after they voted correctly
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Coolness Averted posted:That's not true, it also helps comfortable low info libs sleep at night because they saw on tv/heard on npr that the problem isn't there after they voted correctly motherfuckers have done nothing to justify refuge in ignorance.
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Sep 7, 2022 02:03
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lol paul loving begala sent me a text on behalf of dccc asking me for money. who the loving is going to look at paul begala's goofy-rear end mug and think "why yes I'll just send some cash to dccc directly"
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I have only gotten texts this cycle once each from both party. And both I replied with “go to hell”.
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Sep 7, 2022 14:06
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I've only gotten a couple of texts, but several emails. Some of them even acknowledge that Bernie Sanders sold them my data! One of the emails from someone I've not heard of started with Hi, Bernie told me you're a progressive ally... Which is getting close to the GIVE US $40 OR WE'LL TELL TRUMP YOU'RE CHINESE shakedown emails
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Sep 7, 2022 16:09
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I've gotten a ton of emails and texts from long shot dems in different areas, pelosi, local gop, and bernie fundraising on behalf of others Weird how when I was an active volunteer I never got approached, but one year of giving money to bernie and a few other anti-establishment primary challengers made me nancy's best friend forever. gently caress I've never and will never given a dem money since then, but they still are hounding me for cash
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i think ive finally stopped and unsubscribed enough that i pretty rarely get politics stuff anymore. my dentist sent me a text wishing a happy labor day though
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drat i said that and then just got a text message from texas democrats
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THS2 posted:drat i said that and then just got a text message from texas democrats THS2! It's critically important that you give 20 bucks to this anti abortion dude or else abortion will be banned!
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Sep 7, 2022 20:08
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the one bright side to falling through the cracks of an ever-worsening system: can't get political texts when you don't have cell service.
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The Democrats are going to be destroyed in 8 weeks and 5 days
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Sep 7, 2022 21:24
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christmas boots posted:what if they win They don't want to win so they'll be sad. They aren't going to though so it won't be an issue.
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christmas boots posted:what if they win we change the 2 to a 4 in the thread title like we would have done anyway
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THS2 posted:drat i said that and then just got a text message from texas democrats i've started getting "national survey" calls the last couple nights. wanted to gently caress with poll numbers but also just wanted to watch masterchef in peace so i hung up on em.
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Sep 7, 2022 21:42
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I hope Dems win because it will be funny to see the excuses for why the magic number to do anything just increased to 53 senators.
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VitalSigns posted:I hope Dems win because it will be funny to see the excuses for why the magic number to do anything just increased to 53 senators. Lol
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VitalSigns posted:I hope Dems win because it will be funny to see the excuses for why the magic number to do anything just increased to 53 senators. Oops! all Manchins!
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listen jack we have three senators voting against our agenda DONATE $69 to SAVE our nation
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christmas boots posted:what if they win They'll be even more destroyed
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VitalSigns posted:I hope Dems win because it will be funny to see the excuses for why the magic number to do anything just increased to 53 senators. Fact Check: Misleading/partially true. The democrats have always been clear a super majority, 5 sympathetic supreme court justices, and control of the white house are required to pass any laws.
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VitalSigns posted:I hope Dems win because it will be funny to see the excuses for why the magic number to do anything just increased to 53 senators. they could have 65 senators and it wouldn’t be enough to do anything bc they don’t want to do anything
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biceps crimes posted:they could have 65 senators and it wouldn’t be enough to do anything bc they don’t want to do anything That's because 20 of them are from red states so we really only have 45 Democrats. That's why we just need to elect 22 more Democrats then we can finally admit Puerto Rico, DC, West Hollywood, Guam, Okinawa, Omaha Nebraska, and the Moon as blue states and then we'll be able to pass a Biden's healthcare public option!
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VitalSigns posted:That's because 20 of them are from red states so we really only have 45 Democrats. That's why we just need to elect 22 more Democrats then we can finally admit Puerto Rico, DC, West Hollywood, Guam, Okinawa, Omaha Nebraska, and the Moon as blue states and then we'll be able to pass a Biden's healthcare public option! North Mariana Islands, American Samoa, South Florida, the Florida Keys, Old New Jersey, and New New Jersey
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lol @ omaha electing democrats. i lived there for four years. evacuate the zoo and some of the poorer neighborhoods in north and south omaha then zap that shithole with an orbital laser imo
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zap council bluffs off the map too while we are at it
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THS2 posted:drat i said that and then just got a text message from texas democrats Speak of the devil and he doth appear.
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I keep hearing that the destruction of the demon rats will be less thorough than previously indicated, c/d?
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the idea that the party would disappear into ashes like a vampire exposed to the sun was always a joke. maybe some people took it seriously, i dunno. people are dumb, myself most of all.
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yeah, the controlled oppositon party actually being mortally wounded in some way would imply that things in this trash fire of a country might actually…change. hope is a real bitch, and that’s why it also came out of Pandora’s box along with all the other horrible curses and diseases.
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:the idea that the party would disappear into ashes like a vampire exposed to the sun was always a joke. maybe some people took it seriously, i dunno. people are dumb, myself most of all. it wasn’t a joke, it was a prayer
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democratic, feminist san francisco uses rape kit dna to convict victims with separate crimes? weird. Woman whose rape kit DNA was used against her in separate crime sues San Francisco https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/12/woman-dna-rape-kit-san-francisco
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Real hurthling! posted:democratic, feminist san francisco uses rape kit dna to convict victims with separate crimes? 
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