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[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 days ago (4 children)

It's cute how people want the dems to put on their cape and save them.

They offered a crime fighter instead of a felon. They offered someone who can identify with four separate disparaged groups and who held 2-3 college degrees. They offered America's mom and dad.

People couldn't come out and vote. America doesn't want them.

Those who voted at all chose an elitist 34-time felon who victimized women, who tried quid-pro-quo for aid relief, incited insurrection and then pardoned people collectively guilty of terrorism and felony murder, stole and hid secret documents, and engaged in keystone conspiracy to avoid prosecution and return of those docs -- and some are still missing. You voted a lock into two branches of government when they already controlled the third. Like, just, how dumb are you?

Please ask yourself what you're entitled to at this point, and maybe change your fucking tone. Start with "sorry" and end with "how can we help"?

Release the downvotes. Begin projecting. Just stop the fucking bleating.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 days ago (8 children)

They'll do anything but accept blame for the situation we're in.

Democrats aren't great but lazy non voters are worse. Or those who choose to feel smug voting for third parties who don't stand a chance instead of accepting that things can't be perfect but can be better with a very imperfect choice.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (3 children)

They offered a genocidist, who campaigned with the Cheneys. Maybe next time, the Democrats could offer a candidate that the people actually want.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I liked Kamala Harris. But getting the Cheneys on her side made me wonder if we were the baddies.

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (9 children)

People should be realizing it's all been bullshit. They don't care about us.

It's all the same game, left, right, business, drug dealing, street life and mainstream life... It's all the same game, getting "mine" and fucking all other lives over until you do.

They are never going to help you and if they say they will it's not genuine.

Except Bernie.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago (3 children)

People should, but you'll still see die-hard shitlibs in comments sections on .world defending the Democratic party, defending the Harris/Walz campaign, and blaming anyone to their left for their defeat. 45% of the Democratic party think the problem is that they haven't moved far right enough, and the concept of a third party is still met with constant derision.

I honestly no longer think Americans will ever get out of this. I don't think most of them even want to. It seems like the average American doesn't want democracy.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

For real. It's dead.

It's wild from my perspective. It's dead as fuck.

The population really was indoctrinated to be passive servants of evil. Marketing... Capitalism...

It's wild. Even hip-hop went dogshit. It used to be a culture about the people and it nows it's been raped by the same old bullshit. It's either left, right, or street which isn't any different then left or right anymore., it's just bitch men raping lives sucking all they can out of innocent people like the ceos or politicians. No one is living for humanity.

It really is people who love humanity vs people that want to control humanity. And it's world wide. Nations and organizations or businesses can be disregarded in this war. It's far bigger than that. Even the dumb Nazi shit is just a blip on the map of the evil humanity is against. All these people get power from the same source... Their need of ego, power, influence, and money.

USA already has suicide bombers but they blame it on isis, or other groups. I saw someone put it right, "America is a third world with guchi belt."

Poor people and minorities already know what's up. Immortal technique had it right,

"I laugh at America's fears

Of a new world order controlin' the hemisphere,

Because my people have been livin' that

for the past 500 years."

This war isn't new for many of us. It's everyday life.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A huge percentage of the problem is what people think is left.

https://politicalcompass.org/uselection2016

Hilary was right of Trump, just less authoritarian. The whole caravan spectacle was basically fallout of her time as secretary of state under Obama.

Liberalism coopted equality from socialism. Rainbow capitalism will underpay and shrinkflate all the poors equally in the name of the shareholders.

Conservatism coopted a man being entitled to the sweat of his brow. Profit is what's left over after reinvesting in the business and wages. Every cut corner of quality and penny of retirement savings denied is more riches for the ruling class. Workers eagerly defend their bosses entitlement to the sweat of their brow.

Media plays the masses that deserve both against itself.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

You should check out some Adam Curtis Documentary.

The century of self; It's about frueds cousin understanding psychology and starting the type of marketing we see today and how it's gained traction in politics and government.

The Trap; I haven't finished it. But it seems on point. its been awhile but I believe this one is more about geopolitics. Proxy wars and stuff like that. Manipulating other countries for our (us) profiting.

Hyper normalization was good as well. i dont think it was the main plot or talking point but it mentions Trump's tactics in NYC in the 70s. Buying up the poor and selling to the rich.

There's a channel on YouTube that has all them for free. I think it's official.

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[–] [email protected] 103 points 2 days ago (17 children)

This is as close to factual reporting as we're likely to see for a minute. This isn't satire; it's sociopolitical commentary.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I like you too.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 3 days ago

“Did it work? I think we’re in the clear for now, but that was a close one. They could have talked to us, for crying out loud, or worse—demanded that we do something."

Egg-fucking-zactly

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