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> If congress decides the people care things will change Hah
That fatalistic attitude is why your democracy is in peril. Get off your arse and take lessons on protesting from the French.
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> If congress decides the people care things will change Hah
That fatalistic attitude is why your democracy is in peril. Get off your arse and take lessons on protesting from the French.
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> The French have more of a social safety net, which enables extended protests How do you think they got those in the first place though?
Those rights were won at the time when stomachs were more often empty than full and before video games got really good.
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> If congress decides the people care things will change Hah
That fatalistic attitude is why your democracy is in peril. Get off your arse and take lessons on protesting from the French.
The Citizens United decision virtually ensures that the average voter, even in aggregate, has nothing important to say. Shortly, one particular U.S. citizen will have a net worth of $1T; and this, more than anything will ensure that “We the People” are only noise, compared to the real signal.
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Once you accept that Trump is literally senile, a lot of things click into place. Why does he seem unable to predict obvious consequences of the actions he takes? Why does he fixate on random mean words and repeat them with no regard for normal political strategy? Why does he randomly fall asleep on camera? When he says that he has no reason to worry because the polls show everyone loves him, I think he genuinely bel…
That's a given, but what is the excuse for Bessent and so on, who are clearly very smart. Just in a really bad way.
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Right, so. We're not anti-gun. Just anti the "only used explicitly for killing people " kind of gun. I grew up and live in rural Canada. Rifles for hunting or farming are just part of life. Though the long gun registry did make them more of a hassle. Why do you need a killing-person gun? What's that for?
I'm not yielding to your premise but I'll entertain it for a moment. Massive biological differences aside, the rough composition and weight of a deer isn't so much different than a human. An AR chambered in something like 6.5 is one of the most ergonomic and effective deer killing machines you could possibly use. Very light, able to make follow up shots easily, swappable magazines, insane aftermarket availability and…
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Once you accept that Trump is literally senile, a lot of things click into place. Why does he seem unable to predict obvious consequences of the actions he takes? Why does he fixate on random mean words and repeat them with no regard for normal political strategy? Why does he randomly fall asleep on camera? When he says that he has no reason to worry because the polls show everyone loves him, I think he genuinely bel…
That's a given, but what is the excuse for Bessent and so on, who are clearly very smart. Just in a really bad way.
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The French have more of a social safety net, which enables extended protests. I understand the irony in stating this (well then, USian, get off your ass and demand a social safety net), but the chicken-and-egg problem is real. This is setting aside cultural mores and biases; for an example thereof, see sibling comment.
> The French have more of a social safety net, which enables extended protests How do you think they got those in the first place though?
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Those rights were won at the time when stomachs were more often empty than full and before video games got really good.
Ah, meaning things need to get worse before they get better... The video games part reminds me of "Opium of the masses", probably some truth in that.
Oh, and massive organization of voters and rabid progressive populist support.
President Trump, above all, is the clearest and most direct example of how you absolutely can get what you vote for in the US. Republicans did not want Trump and fought it as much as they could. They openly declared how bad he was and how stupid and how awful he would be, and it didn't matter. Because people voted.
Donald Trump is in flagrant violation of constitutional law constantly, again, and it doesn't matter because voters want it.
He should be in prison but it doesn't matter because voters wanted him, wanted his bullshit, and voted against anyone who got in their way.
And yet, losers will STILL insist that "voting doesn't matter" or "Blah blah money in politics"
All you gotta do is vote people.