• empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    He doesn’t give a shit about the mass starvation, shantytowns, global economic depression, and rise of Nazism into the largest war in human history that left hundreds of millions dead. No, he’s worried because his party wasn’t in power.

    Fuck yourself with the largest, sharpest cactus that exists on the planet, you slimy, snivelling pathetic excuse for a fucking human, Rand Paul.

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      I’m like, wait, what happened in the 1930s that meant the wipeout of the republicans and what happened in the next 60 years?

      Oh yes, an overinflated market crashed during the republican presidency, the burst ignited by the proposal of a tariff increase law, made to shield American industries and that was actually signed into law and significantly worsened the great depression. This pretty much caused the rise of Nazism in Germany and WW2

      What happened then in the next 60 years? Oh yeah, the US won the war and became the biggest world superpower, the economy boomed and you had pretty much the most prosperous time in America’s history.

      Maaaaybe a republican wipeout isn’t that bad now, is it?

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      Oh no, what if democrats gain power and give us all healthcare and actually take care of the sick and poor. Wouldn’t that be terrible?

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      He doesn’t have a party, he follows money and his popularity with his crazy fuckin base. The Republican party bought him just like they bought Reagan and I’m still not sure how anyone could be fooled by the exact same playbook.

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      I read your first paragraph as a prediction of the future, until l realized that you were talking about the Great Depression and WWII.

      “Those who ignore history, are doomed to repeat it” is supposed to be cautionary, but MAGA sees it as a game plan.

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    That’s okay. Bigotry, ignorance, and a short memory in the general public will make sure they bounce back 4 to 8 years after being ousted nowadays.

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    Nah. This won’t be enough pain to really get people off their butt’s in the US. We really like our confort.

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    Republicans hurt the country and our reputation more than help it.

    It’s bad enough the only way America can save face now is to stop this.

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    Man if only he could like vote to get rid of them or something. too bad he’s literally powerless and can’t do a thing to stop this. /s

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    The Republican party deserves to die for allowing Donald Trump to rise to power. The Democrat party deserves to die for being useless to stop them. America needs a whole new fresh start with new parties

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        Let’s blame the voters instead of our shit policy and campaign that promises them nothing much more than republican lite

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          I blame the owners of news and social media. How can people make good decisions if they can’t perceive reality?

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              I don’t understand what you could possibly mean by this comment. We, as in the American electorate, directly chose fascism. What the fuck do you mean that we will see it soon enough? We didn’t take the path you say also leads there eventually, the only way to tell where it leads is theory. We are never going to see the real world impacts of the choice we did not make.

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                Fascism and fascism light still lead to fascism. You can take the long road home or the highway to hell, but either way goes there.

                Democrats and republicans act as adversaries. What you should look at is what kinds of things do they consistently vote for and against in unison.

                After 18 months of republicans and democrats signing bombs that are tearing apart poor families sleeping in tents - how do you not see that they are both your enemy?

                If the democrats really wanted to help people, why have they never gone scorched earth with helping people the way Trump is using the power to hurt people.

                Help people so hard that they could never vote against you again? Universal healthcare - don’t want it? Too bad it’s free now. And it’s way more efficient than private.

                Tax cuts for the poor and middle class while taxing the wealthy? Aww sorry I know you’re mad the billionaires pay more because you’re still waiting for that money to trickle down, but you pay less.

                Free secondary education and day care for parents? Here’s chances to make your life better without drowning in debt and payments now enjoy making a better life.

                But no. The democrats say “fuck the people” every time they have a chance to make a difference because they are the same as republicans. They only vote for war, tax cuts for the wealthy, and benefits package/pay increases for themselves.

                Where are they now to save the students whose visas are arbitrarily being revoked? Where are they in the name of free speech? Doing 24 hour self promos in the chamber that accomplish exactly nothing and then running to MSNBC to brag about talking for that day straight.

                It’s a clownshow and I am befuddled on how most people do not see through this.

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          No fuck yes. Blame them.

          Are you saying that trump won because his policy and campaign was stellar.

          Trump won because his base acted instead of passively watching. They took over everything and all the left could say was “don’t roll with them something something pigs”

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          The voters and especially the non-voters are to blame along with the politicians. Why shouldn’t they be responsible for voting against their own interests or sitting it out after having seen a Trump presidency?

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      or better yet, no parties at all and force some of our morons to actually learn their candidates beyond just party lines.

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        Idk, I’d totally be in favor of ranked voting; with several parties that correspond to music genres where people could identify the party’s values based on vibes. Ex: Acid Polka Party, Nu Delta Blues Party, Hyper Uplifting Metal Party, etc.

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    Don’t worry Rand Paul, your masters control the news and social media so it won’t happen. They’ll just keep a majority of people in an illusionary dream world.

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      hes actually from the same state as mcconnel. hes not as smart, or craven as mitch though.

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      oh no. this guy is Ron Paul’s son. Senator from Kentucky like Mitch Mccooonnel, oops

      Ron Paul, oh I liked him when I was into hating the DEA the FED and etc.

      remember when “audting the fed” was controversial. Elon Musk thought that meant deranged bullshit please, unto me

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        With the current price of bread? Nah, it will be Soylent protein bars this time around (the green ones are the best!).

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        Breadlines?.. Have you been paying attention to the actions of the last decades? They even arrest church staff for feeding homeless people.

        No. They just want people to die in the gutter.

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          Yeah, this time around there will be no government assisted breadlines cause this government is ineffectual at best and outright malicious at worst.

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      Certainly not for the folks who just think they are Republicans like it’s a racial identity or something. That’s some shit I can’t understand.

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        Considering the rampant gerrymandering, the fucked system that’s the electoral college, this past election having widespread voter intimidation, destruction of mail-in ballot collection boxes…was the last one a legit election? How long has it been since there was one?