At what turnout does nancy pelosi break bank insider trading?
this post was submitted on 09 Oct 2024
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What I don't understand is what harm is being reduced by doing "harm reduction"? I get maybe one or two election cycles the candidate isn't ideal but after decades of horrible candidates that increasingly become more right wing over time it seems that no real harm is being reduced. Working class people are are still starving under Biden and likely will under Kamala, simultaneously the Capitalist class continues to aquire obscene amounts of wealth. Meanwhile we're all supposed to go along with the idea that Neoliberalism is the only option while so called "radical leftists" (social democrats and social liberals) are too extreme for government. This election cycle we're offered a candidate that has promised to encourage fracking, likley will not offer any federal protections for women and other minorities, openly supports Israel, and is overall a spineless corrupt career politican that for some reason we're all supposed to nod our heads to and say "yup shes the face of the American left". If we keep doing "harm reduction" soon we will all be reduced to nothing.
It's not about harm reduction, it's a slow boil towards fascism. We're all just frogs in a pot of slowly heating water, except frogs actually will jump out before they boil to death; humans aren't that smart.
Every four years the centrists say "vote for us, because the Other Guy is worse!" And they're not wrong, especially since 2016. But they're also not even pretending to be on our side anymore. Everyone says the Republicans have taken the mask off and aren't hiding their evil, but it is the Democrats running a candidate who is openly working with members of the party of greater fascism, it's the Democratic candidate who is pro ~~fucking~~ fracking the earth, and it's the Democrats (as well as the Repubs) who aren't even bothering to lie to us about wanting to stop the genocide that our tax dollars are directly funding.
However, I have to say that I'll be voting for the party of lesser (or at least slower) fascism come November. Not because I agree with a single thing they're doing (since their platform is still "We're not as bad as the Other Guy"), but because they threw us exactly two bones in dropping Biden and giving the VP to one of the few Ds who actually looks progressive (where he can do the least damage, of course).
force fed the bible.
Dude...I was talking to my 5yo today. They've learned the pledge of allegiance in kindergarten.
He recited it, perfectly, verbatim.
I cringed slightly at the "under God" part, as I'm a devout atheist (though we've barely mentioned religion at all to the kids).
Once he was done I asked him if he knows what any of it means.
"No. But I can say the whole thing!"
Smh.
Freedom and democracy my ass.
Meanwhile my 3yo stepdaughter in kindergarten spends the day painting with watercolors, singing, dancing, playing with others and apparently learning common courtesy (The other day she told me that in kindergarten they're supposed to say "please" when asking for something).
Much as I've wanted to move to the US for the significantly higher salary ceiling as a software engineer, I don't think I could do it to her.
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I cringed at the part "pledge of allegiance" and then again at "kindergarten".
Americans don't realise how north Korea style that is.
Couple of years back i stumbled over this video, which i as a german think is absolutely fucked up: https://youtu.be/DjX7zoFrd7g?si=6BtMIxqTxtdAYHvi
Quote from the Wiki about the "Young Marines"
The creed that every Young Marine lives by is:
- Obey my parents and all others in charge of me whether young or old.
- Keep myself neat at all times without other people telling me to.
- Keep myself clean in mind by attending the church of my faith.
- Keep my mind alert to learn in school, at home, or at play.
- Remember that having self-discipline will enable me to control my body and mind in case of an emergency.
Its absolute insane what they do to this kids: https://www.instagram.com/means_tv/reel/C7T93trOtg3/
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Two "patriots" mad at fact so far.
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I was, um, gently informed by a teacher once that you can say the pledge without "under God" and it sounds natural as it was originally intended. This blew my mind as a young atheist and made me realize how pervasive religion is.
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Reminds me of when I had to have a meeting with the school about some additional speech therapy for my daughter. It was in the morning and cut to the Canadian Anthem playing. Everyone stopped what they were doing and stood up for the anthem. Fucking weirded the shit out of me. I'm 47 and born and raised Canadian. Standing or reciting anything blindly as a group is fucking weird.