pregnantwithrage

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[–] pregnantwithrage 30 points 2 weeks ago

It's interesting because the Trump administration, first term, went out of their way to deregulate the FDA and regress the safety regulation around the meat industry which is a reason why we have been getting recalls recently.

This seems like we are heading into a perfect storm.

[–] pregnantwithrage 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I guess I don't understand why this is such a difficult concept to understand.

Pick as many or as little candidates you want for the position and then rank them.

If you are wanting to phone it in just vote for the one candidate like the old system.

[–] pregnantwithrage 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I really wanted to like this as an alternative to smash brothers but they actively made each update since beta feel less competitive and sluggish while having terrible battle pass/UI shoveled in to monetize and confuse it's player base as much as possible.

[–] pregnantwithrage 11 points 2 months ago
[–] pregnantwithrage 2 points 2 months ago

He's the president America deserves. I feel bad because the Democrats wouldn't listen to their base and Biden leading voters on by saying he's a one and done President then turning around and ruining any chance at a primary to vet candidates.

The American people that know what this means are really the ones I feel the most for.

[–] pregnantwithrage 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's amazing how the spoiler effect propaganda from the DNC gets eaten up so easily by voters when a better system of rank choice voting would prevent the thing issue completely.

If the Democrats actually ran on these issues you stated seriously and were not so spinless they wouldn't have to try to fight third party candidates from running in court to push subpar empty suit politicians through the finish line.

Even in their own party, centrist candidate Dean Phillips tried to run against Biden and he had a media blackout and was actively fighting the DNC while the power at be pushed Joe "just a stutter" Biden.

If Jill Stein is such a threat maybe don't push the 81 year old incumbent on your base and with no primary to stress test his viability. Then when his brain shorts out during a debate and he drops THEY STILL don't primary Kamala who's 2020 run was absolutely destroyed the second people started listening to her word salad no answer bullshit get called out by Tulsi Gabard's grifter ass.

[–] pregnantwithrage 1 points 2 months ago

I'm an idiot, thank you for the explanation, I got got

[–] pregnantwithrage 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I mean, optical illusions have been used to fool audiences for years.

https://youtube.com/shorts/bsyRnmdceqQ?si=SfUM2mssqc1sjvNt

This is a motion picture of course but the idea is "faking" an image isn't too far off.

[–] pregnantwithrage 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I would agree with you maybe 10 years ago but I think that the empire being in such decline and leading us to the worst candidates back to back to back it's really hard for me to believe that third parties are to blame for the spoiler effect. Taking third parties off the ballot most likely wouldn't have the effect that people put on them because everyone has an opinion on the two candidates more than ever.

[–] pregnantwithrage 28 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

Without looking at any statistics or polling, I think the spoiler effect is not as prominent and is over stated for one reason.

If I'm going out of my way to not vote for the Democrats or Republicans and voting third party that would mean that I dislike my options so much that I'm giving a fuck you to the two party system.

What people can gather from this is if you said there was only two options I would just sit out and therefore it wasn't going to affect either candidate regardless.

I'm open to be convinced otherwise but I think candidates blaming spoilers should look at the electoral college and themselves when every 4 years they are ready to blame single digit candidates for their losses.

[–] pregnantwithrage 4 points 2 months ago

Shit sign me up! If Trump wins I get 100 dollars if he loses I get 100 dollars.

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