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Experts alarmed by Trumps’ crypto meme coins: ‘America voted for corruption’
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For my own mental health, I have to change "America voted for corruption" (which isn't necessarily wrong) to "Not enough Americans voted against corruption". Looking at you, everyone who stayed home or threw their vote away on non-viable third party protest votes.
Not that this helps, but it should be "Americans voted for white nationalism" and "Not enough people voted against racism".
Because this wasn't going to happen anyway .. ok. Blame the low man on the ladder instead of the dnc for refusing to put forward a candidate that anyone actually wants or policies that people actually give a shit about. Repubs do whatever and make us deal with it all anyone really asked the dnc was to shove that same shit down their throats for once.
Both are culpable. But asking for people to actually fucking vote is the lowest of bars.
We should have mandatory voting with no disenfranchisement sure, giving them the option is giving them the option to abstain you have to imagine that was intentional.
I never said it wasn't.
Then why cry because they didn't do things your way.
This sounds like projection.
That sounds a lot like a reading comprehension issue for you then huh?
Again, projection. "Ask for" != mandate
Yeah how exactly is it projection?
It's the fault of everyone who didn't vote against this.
We all know how the system works. Staying at home because Harris didn't promise you a pony means you're ok with this because it was always the only other option.
You're not listening. I didn't say anything about Harris or her promises. I talked about the dnc not letting us have a candidate we actually like because they're centrists playing liberal left not actual Democrats on the international political scale.
All the rest is a result of that not the fucking cause.
So instead of staying home because Harris didn't promise you a pony, you're saying you stayed home because the DNC didn't promise you a pony. End result is the same: You didn't get the god-perfect candidate, so you pulled a temper tantrum and let Trump return to power.
I specifically didn't say I did anything, you read into it what you believe makes your argument stronger.
I'm a felon, I couldn't vote in the last one anyway. I offered an opinion not an apology and you seem to be the one throwing the temper tantrum. Waaa waaa it's everyone else's problem, waaa waaa I voted I did my part, was was cry cry. People fuckin love to wear their sticker and think that's the end, it. Fucking. Isn't. All of these fucking Dems patting themselves on the back for doing the bare fucking minimum while the planet burns and government falls to business bafoons.
Yay, hope the sticker was worth it.
You want more nazi man salutes! Got it!
("More nazi man salutes for table 4!")
Yes because the person arguing we're not left enough is totally into fascism? Really, genius reply there boss.
"Make it a double order!"
"i can't defend my statement so instead I'll try futility to make fun of you". It don't work because I don't care about your opinion on lemme check anything because you won't stand for what you say. Instead you do these drive-by quips that you somehow think are clever. Try harder at least, if you're going to be a douche be the best doucheiest douche.
The douchiest douche who ever douched? Oh man! Oh! This is so unexpected! Gosh! *snif*
I guess I'd like to thank my agent, Marty Petraskov over at GRU Artists, and the guys down at the Macedonian troll farm - Hey Dmitry! And of course Little Baby Internet Jesus! And all of you who still haven't figured out that one simple vote to stop trump was the most important decision you could have made in your political lives and you failed. Thank you! Goodnight!
Oh yea because the last election cycle was the perfect time to "teach them dems a lesson at the polls" huh, oh yea they're really feeling it aren't they? Definitely isn't one of those "punishments" that ends up punishing the punisher more than the punishee...
If not now, when?
What election cycle was the correct one for it?
Literally any other one, Nov 2024 was the final boss and it was fumbled. All signs were pointing towards MAGA imploding had Trump lost in November, now instead they're more emboldened than ever. Good job with your 'both sides' bullshit, you got what you wanted.
So Trump one, we could sit out no repercussions?
Honestly think about and listen to what you are saying.
I specifically never said both sides nor implied it, I pointed the finger very specifically one direction.
Harris had a bunch of great policies that most people actually want, but people ignored everything because she didn't side with Palestinians (which was never going to happen regardless of the candidate). The media also didn't give her any coverage on them.
Was she the best choice for the Democrat candidate? No. Was she a better choice than Trump? Without a shadow of a doubt.
A 2-weeks old road waffle was a better choice than a demented fascist grifter. It’s not that hard.
I didn't talk about her policies at all. Nor in fact did I say I did or didn't vote based on Palestine.
No she was objectively one of the worst and we got fucked three elections in a row out of Bernie the candidate everyone actually wanted specifically because the business monsters in charge of the dnc didn't think they could wrangle Bernie into toeing their line.
Biden's admin :
orchestrated the fastest rollout of free vaccines to Americans in response to an awful pandemic
he strengthened Obamacare,
he got inflation under control,
he forgave fuckloads of student debt,
fixed the economy out of a recession that would've made the current cost of living look like paradise in less capable hands,
cracked down on big tech monopolies,
cracked down on junk fees/charges, cracked down on union-busting,
did the legwork to ensure creation of jobs and an entire industry's worth will be brought home,
empowered federal agencies to monitor and regulate AI,
passed bipartisan bills for $1.2 trillion investments in building and replacing crumbling US infrastructure,
he strengthened privacy regulations and last but not least
literally gave people free money.
Did I mention he reduced violent crime, strengthened gun control, made birth control OTC, and that he did all of these broadly popular things alongside protections for minorities like trans people while dealing with every other branch of government and the Supreme Court being actively hostile?
Things are fucking awful for sure, but they could be a helluva lot worse, and Biden and his admin is genuinely to thank for some of that.
What was actually the problem with Biden again? That he's just kind of old or like, not a very charismatic guy or something?
Who the fuck cares if Biden mumbles, an ideal president should be a bookish nerdy guy with strong principles and belief in something who grew up to be able to tell whats baloney and what isn't so he can hire competent, genuine people who will give him good advice he can implement.
So you vote in another old, barely coherent guy but this one is also a corrupt racist convict backed by oligarchs and probably also Egypt and definitely Russia, who may or may not turn the country into a dictatorial clown show and who also made everything worse last time and embarrassed the nation on the global stage?
Because what - he dances funny? Makes fun of veterans? Says Obama founded ISIS? Promoted horse dewormer as a cure?
Or are you just nostalgic about the Walmart toilet paper brawls?
What's next, he's gonna get shirtless and ride a bear too?
I'm starting to think you Americans have genuine brainrot.
If you want Left-Wing change (better employee protections, less inequality, affordable housing and rent, less exploitation, green policy, minority rights etc), you vote for the most Left-Wing choice you have and you vote hard and you do it over and over for a decade or so, then they get comfortable and brave and the more leftie factions can sway centrists in the party without worrying about losing elections.
For a local example see the state of California, their Dems are way to the left of the Centre-Right that the national Dems occupy, and that's because they don't have to worry about being voted out and can afford to not please some of the electorate.
That's a lot of shit to say that has about zero to do with my point.