At Trajan's

Honestly, I’d take California under Hannah Edwards' thumb any day if it meant we could just trade it all away to get West Virginia annexed into the US.

Anything else?

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Hannah Edwards said:I won't go so far as to say you aren't actually pretty close to that status yourself...😛 😁

What's next? You want us to measure chest size to see who’s closer to their belly button? Whoever wins gets the prize? 🙄

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Chris Chase said:Personally, I’d support giving up California under some heavy-handed leadership if it meant we could finally fold West Virginia into the US.

Care to elaborate?

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Come on, Bronx, step out of the shadows. This whole illegal thing isn't working for you, and frankly, I’m not a fan of your new handle either.😉

As for swapping territories—sure, why not? But if you're bringing West Virginia into the mix, you're also bringing all those folks from California along with them.😉 😁

Hannah Edwards said:Come on, Bronx, quit playing around in the shadows. I’m really not feeling this new nickname of yours...😉

As for that land swap idea? Sure, we can talk about it, but if you're going to drag West Virginia into this, you better be prepared to deal with all those Californians too...😉 😁

Since when did you develop such a massive problem with Italian last names and Italians in general?😕 😳

It's just not happening. You can try to play dictator all you want, but every single American from the South is going to demand their own special civil status in your little fake state.

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Chris Chase said:Since when did you develop such an issue with Italian surnames and Italians? 😕 😳

It’s just not happening. You can play dictator all you want, but every American from the South is going to enjoy a special kind of civic status in your little pretend state.

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I don't have a problem with Italians, obviously, nor with Americans from the South. What does the current Italian situation have to do with West Virginia? 😕

And regarding dictatorship—after seeing how messy multi-party politics can get, I'm becoming more and more of a supporter of a single 😉

Hannah Edwards said:As for the whole idea of a dictatorship, once you see how messy multi-party politics can get, I find myself becoming a bigger supporter of having just one 😉

Personally, I have nothing against a dictatorship—as long as I'm the one running the show.

dustypilot22 said:I have nothing against a dictatorship, provided I’m the one running the show.

If my memory serves me right, we've actually touched on this topic before.

The truth is, I think I’d be a much more effective dictator than you would be. 😉

Hannah Edwards said:If I recall correctly, we might have actually touched on this topic before, right?

Actually, if you ask me, I think I might be the bigger dictator here! 😉

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dustypilot22 said:👍 😳

And that was once how much I actually believed in democracy. 😵

Akcija2 said:(In all seriousness) most of today's politically active SUH-ovacs (AARP types)
totally wrecked this country back when they were actually capable of working.

It’s glaringly obvious right now during these local elections—half of you😉 used to be socialist directors or former party bureaucrats; basically people who never held a real job in their lives.

The absolute peak of absurdity is seeing young people on the AARP ballot, only being there because those old retirees didn't have enough of their own people to fill out the roster. What exactly are they representing? What is their goal? To advocate for the interests of pensioners? 😁

And honestly, the biggest idiots are the ones voting for the AARP at the local level hoping for... what exactly? 🙄,
and knowing your track record of political wisdom as displayed on these forums... 😁

Point 1. The vast majority of those who have held power over the last 15 years under various banners (Republican Party, Democratic Party, Liberal Party, Independent Party, Conservative Party, etc.) actually ruined this country while they were all operating under a single banner: the Socialist Party.
And yet, we keep electing them! 🙄
Point 2. Those former socialist directors have rebranded themselves as capitalist executives, private entrepreneurs, tycoons, and high-ranking officials. 😛 (Or did the people I just listed arrive from Mars in 1990?)
Point 3. The youth. A tiny fraction is far too smart to waste their potential on politics.
The larger group just sits around cafes in resignation, doing nothing because they don't even know where to start.

Conclusion: we are missing a revolutionary, active generation of young people.
Why aren't they here? Is it perhaps because:
-we raised them (the very people who already broke the country), or because they see how the current lot (a slightly younger generation than mine) is breaking it now, so why bother trying? 👋