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Its dead because people voted for this guy and his anti democratic policies.
this post was submitted on 06 Nov 2024
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achktualy less peoples voted for him this time
https://xcancel.com/babadookspinoza/status/1854177875093557471
thats great but enough people voted for him. I saw a figure with over 50% and I believe in 2020 he lost the popular vote. He would not have won if people and an aweful lot of them, had not voted for him.
Trump is a talented, comforting story teller to the dull cow-eyed masses. Harris, not understanding human nature, thought that fighting fantasy, comfort, and escapism with facts and warnings was a winning strategy.
I saw the writing on the wall when comparing Trump's actual speech performance at his rallies against his critics' delusions of dementia and mental unfitness.
You know what I love watching more then anything. Watching a bully get shat on. If dems could harness this power and step down from the high horse you might see things start to change. Except it will take some self actualization from institutional politicians. Don't worry though, it's coming. They will get the boot and their high mindedness will evaporate.
This is my take away from this. I've gotten nothing trying to live by the rules and trying to be a kind human being. At this point why the fuck shouldn't I just be a selfish asshole, it seems to work for the people we hold as exemplars of our society.
Sounds like you don't value being a good person, which is fine. For me it's the only thing I value. Take my justice; take my earnings; take my freedom; you won't ever find me lose hope that being kind to others may result in me meeting others who will be kind to me. That when we are together; I will have found my home and the place where I belong in this brief moment before I am dust.
At the same time. I cannot be kind to those that take justice from my brothers and sisters; I cannot be kind to those that take earnings from my brothers and sisters; I cannot be kind to those that take freedom from my brothers and sisters. That would not be kind for the people I love more then anything.
I value being a good person, but if being a good person gets people killed and the alternative doesn't, then being a good person relies on not being a good person.
It's a paradox, but if saving America means putting on a baseball cap, dropping a few racial slurs, and calling the opposing political party an "enemy from within" who must be "purged", is what wins an election, than for God's sake do it.
I wouldn't say I don't value being a good person, but I'm tired man. It's getting real hard to hold onto my faith in humanity to be better.
I've tried being a good person, to help people when I can. I look around though and all I see are selfish assholes having a much better time, assholes who aren't sad, and despondent all the time.
To twist the saying, if assholery is bliss, this folly to be kind.
I'm not so jealous that I think about abandoning things that make me, me. Maybe I'm a shit person and I should change here and there to experience a different side of things. Except, I rely on who it is I think I am and want to be. Everyday. If I could easily shed that, I probably would, because I'll tell you it comes with a lot of suffering and grief. Anxiety, depression, apathy, and a constant numbness to the world around me. There is something rare about me you probably will not find in your day to day. I have abandoned everything once and you know what I found? All roads lead home. Though, I've been able to shed some other baggage and surround myself with the person I admire most I keep fighting for the person I want to be.
I'm tired, I'll admit it. The only thing I can say for myself, though, is my life is now full of purpose.
The illusion of freedom of choice is a powerful tool.
We've been on the idiocracy set for decades
How about because of the political system that doesnt make rulers accountable to their base and give little incentive to appeal to anyone but the well of? Just make yourself slightly more appealing than the opposition
Everyone screaming about democracy just died. In fact it was always dead. Electoral college system basically disregards voter who does not vote for winning party. It’s a system where you have only two choices, thus less competition, thus lower quality of candidates. Then everyone is like “is this best US can do?”. Let alone gerrymandering. People should be rioting, not because Trump won, but because system is not democratic.
I didn't create this democracy nor do I endorsed it. I just think as we venture down this road of right wing authoritarianism people like yourself may grow to have an appreciation for what it did offer.