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Anthony Jackson2 said:True, but you can't convict Sanders without indicting the whole Republican Party.I agree, we share the blame, but most people are essentially building the country they want. We could have complained eight years ago about being blindsided by this, but not anymore. Now we're just living in the exact kind of pathetic circus we consciously chose.
The question is who is actually choosing this? Nobody voted for some caricature to run the country. Listening to him sometimes feels like being in a parallel universe—if he weren't so tragic, he'd actually be a comedy.
I honestly think people will snap eventually and things will descend into chaos. This administration seems tailor-made to ignite the nation through sheer stupidity and their knee-jerk reactions to minor protests. But I fear it might be too late, and even if it happens, it'll be futile—we stopped making our own decisions a long time ago; now someone else out West handles that for us.
They do, but not in such an obvious, blatant way. This isn't some grand mission to "purge leftist influence" like they're trying to sell us—it's just basic political cronyism and installing loyalists. Just look at how they started pushing out veteran journalists in NYC just to appease certain radical factions. They aren't "loyal" enough. And then there was the Reform Party—they promised us the moon and stars, big changes we desperately needed. What did we get? They filled positions just as fast as the Democrats, backed out of local government reforms, abandoned cutting congressional perks "because nobody supports them 🙂," and grabbed every single privilege they claimed they were going to abolish. Unbelievable.
In the end, that one populist outlier was the only one showing any accountability to voters; everyone else just folded.
Morgan Williams said:In this one, I'm basically pushing fascism by using your logic on how we draw conclusions. ☕
Johan Cruyff 😢
Morgan Williams said:One bullet per finger. ☕
Larry Fox5 said:Look, I know the new Treasury Secretary, Steven Miller, pretty well personally—and I can tell you right now, he’s the real deal. No shady business, no corruption... just a sharp, brilliant guy who could easily be making ten times more in the private sector if people weren't constantly breathing down his neck and dragging him through the mud every single day.
But let's be real—it doesn't matter what he does or how he tries to fix this budget, someone is always going to complain. Honestly, it's impossible to win when the entire foundation of this country was built on graft in the first place...
Michelle Doyle61 said:If you ask me, our biggest hurdle—at least from where I’m sitting—is this overwhelming wave of defeatism. It’s everywhere. This sense of hopelessness, apathy, and pure resignation. People act like everything is a total catastrophe and they're just ashamed to even exist. But honestly? The reality isn't even close to that extreme. The news media and the political elites in D.C. thrive on turning us into these helpless zombies who just sit around mourning our own misfortune. Look, we have problems. Massive ones. But it’s not quite as bleak as everyone makes it out to be. Suddenly, everyone is calling for massive investments in science. Everyone has become a huge fan of STEM overnight, even though most people couldn't stand the mere mention of math or physics back in high school. Politicians just give us exactly what we ask for. If we actually prioritized scientific funding, that’s where the money would go.
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wiredfalcon2 said:Look, Kerum might be an idiot, but he still managed to use taxpayer money to build a driveway for his private hotel. I don't see why someone like Orešković wouldn't do the same thing. Just look at Tony Blair—after the political grind, he jumped into consulting and started pulling in three times what he makes now. Money is power. This whole idea that someone is going to slash their income from $67 a month down to $6.75 just because, you know, "they're already rich," is hands down the stupidest take of the year.
Larry Fox5 said:I don't buy that he's doing this for the money. It’s not even likely—but it is pretty weird that someone with such a shaky grasp of "their own" language would be driven by some emotional crusade or political challenge.
Someone just fed him this idea and he swallowed it whole without thinking twice.
Honestly, I can't imagine what would have to happen for him to stay in that seat longer than six months. I wouldn't bet a single cent on it...
Michelle Palmer6 said:Mrkva, carrots... They’re always such a tight-knit group over there!
Who else could it be? I just don't see any other viable candidates on the Most ticket that would earn the support of those voters from the Midwest, the Gulf Coast, or the deep South!
"It's common knowledge" is such a lazy argument. Honestly, if you look at how the Republican Party base mobilized down in the rural heartland, where everyone "knows" what's what, it's highly unlikely that the Most party actually holds much weight. Most of those votes were clearly just people trying to force the Republican Party back into power.
I couldn't agree more! We are totally on the same page here.
