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73% of people aged 18-29 can't get it up |
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mark my words, if trump does not get the nomination, he will create some disasterous MAGA-party and split the republican vote. fingers crossed |
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dont take this too seriously, but lets say... trump forms a third party which would get a notable amount of votes, could it possibly break up the two party system? could it lead to a huge democratic party win for the next elections? could this furthermore result in a more dynamic party system? :O i mean i kind of dread a parties that build upon populistic campaigns, but this could enable the system to generate more precise programmes. |
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there it is I reminded Wilson of this part of our conversation when we touched base last week. “He is a political suicide bomber,” Wilson said. “All Trump has to do is say, ‘OK, you don’t like me? I’m going to run as an independent.’” Which presumably would make it hard — impossible? — for a Republican, for any Republican, Ron DeSantis or not, to win the White House in a general election. “Let me tell you something,” Wilson said. “Donald Trump would rather Joe Biden be president for a thousand years than Ron DeSantis be president for five minutes.” |
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well so far i see benefits only trump makes democracy great again or not, my opinion on this is subject to change according to upcoming developments in any way i dont expect him to win |
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where do you live? not asking for a street address -- mind the mermaidman -- but US? which part? always or a transplant? because i am, again, confused as to the reaction. that, actually, shit -- i'm talking about 2024, and if anything i'm arguably in the wrong for this whole tangent; sorry. but if you'll accept it: the idea that going beyond a two-party system will "fix" things is precisely like england thinking brexit will "fix" things. that "things" are not that "simple" and many more layers of quotes are required to get to the truth about the truth about the distortions of the truth about the truth about the the truth about the disortions of the... with the super-pac crap, dark money now rules large. that, "vote, it's your only voice" -- this is a lie. it's true, it's an important part of what voice you have; vote. but your deeper vote is your wallet. whoever can hurl the most into their superPACs wins the election; it's not democracy it's a bidding war now. so that's why you see literally a billion dollars going into the georgia senate runoff; most of that did not come from within georgia; fuck no. those poor people must be irritated to shit. |
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i see what you mean, as money rules all, but, comparing brexit and voting is a bit like comparing apples and oranges. the eu is a union to stabilize trade and currency and it makes a difference whether you´re in or out. its also does make a difference if you vote, even in a two party system, money is spent a little differently and maybe more to your benefits. i dont know why the money buys the presidency in the us. well i heard some about it, in the news etc, but my guess still is the more parties, the more those interests and party funding have to split up, meaning certain interests still will get more cleary adressed and maybe will have to fight for more diverse voters interests aswell. or sadly sometimes a more common ground, like, "less immigrants, means more money for me" i live in the 52nd state known as the federal republic of germany and im very happy about it in a great many deals of things. not, the weather .-) |
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i dont know why the money buys the presidency in the us. well i heard some about it, in the news etc it used to be three TV channels in black and white, and people read books because they had nothing to watch. meanwhile, education has been cut, neglected, cut some more, blown up by the pandemic, now under pressure from extremists on both sides. if people are uneducated, they become a lot easier to manipulate. instead of everyone only getting the same three channels, they can isolate themselves in comfy bubbles of only what they want to hear. they can pretend problems don't exist. they can re-enforce each others' warped view of reality... ...but isn't that how all of humanity works? democracy doesn't just stay there; it takes work. the safeguards to prevent billionaire-scale political contributions were torn out. the people are uneducated, balkanized, and too angry to think straight. trump just pulls a steak (with ketchup) out of his pocket and throws it at nancy pelosi and a bunch of dogs attack her because It's What Trump Said but really, crap education is the core |
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w/rt crap education, example: you see ads for, like, some anti-wrinkle cream "with DNA compounds" to "reverse aging" etc etc science class comes back to me: "DNA is a highly polar molecule, and thus, it cannot penetrate the skin. What a load of horseshit" if it didn't work, they wouldn't pitch it like that. i catch things like this all the time, and this has led to a universal defensiveness: "so, where's the scam this time?" if you don't repeatedly catch them like that, you never learn the skill of sifting out the grift. you just rush onto the internet and buy acai berries and go on a keto diet and use your FTT to trade meme stocks on robin hood and... then there's this vague sense you've been screwed somehow, somewhere, in fact it's quite clear... but you've not the marbles to figure it out. time for some bastard to come up with "Q" to continue to lead you by the nose so hard you've not a moment to process |
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i mean, it's not just people looking to sell you stuff. the town water here, i don't trust it. they were temporarily exceeding their PFAS levels and then sent out a form saying, "look, we're compliant now" and i note that absolutely every value is tied with the "compliant threshold" and it's obvious: did anyone fudge this a bit? did they just pick a good day? so, such a horribly un-liberal thing to do, i stopped drinking it. instead i get cases of bottled water. in plastic bottles. i'll even use it for the rice cooker and boiling water for pasta. been at this status for months, and i just recently found a bit i missed "due to shortage of chemicals we are no longer fluoridating our water supply" and yeah now everyone drinking this will get more cavities. [sidebar: the paranoia about flouride in the water, fucking trash paranoia that goes back to the 60's when someone mixed it up with putting LSD in the reservoir (terrible idea; never happened thankfully)] but i know the bottled water doesn't have that either, so i use mouthwash. i wonder how many other people in this whole tin think this way? "well this water isn't flouridated and so i should shell out for mouthwash because that matters" it'd be an interesting statistic. |
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yeah its been pretty much run down, tough to snap out of it. hardly anyone still cares. the poor polling alone speaks volumes. i dread the future as much as undereducated people are sold bs, its funny how almost any educational level still has the power to kind of neglect reality, when the wish for a miracle is strong enough, like never aging skin lol. its definitely harder to sell educated folks bs but its still way too easy. there should be a study as in how much the constant bombardement with commercials and its way of constantly being lied to becomes a norm. everybody knows commercials dont tell the truth, but we kind of accepted it and still seek for the itty bit of truth in it that makes us like a product. so this acceptance of a foul trade in everyday life may have a reality bending effect overall. |
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heres a funny example of reality in nba games: of course they have commercial breaks and sponsor logos everywhere. but then theres ads within the game like who presents a statistic, a replay, even a freethrow underlined with a visual ad. whats weird is when the commentator seemingly speaks freely and sometimes without changing his voices tone even reads out a commercial, as if it actually was him talking. now thats already multiple layers of ads. then there is the fact that there are always two types of commentators. one describes the plays like a corporate puppet advertiser without any ANY bias or criticism. if a players head would be ripped clean off erupting in a blood fountain and the ref missed the call he would say "oh looks like he lost his head!" the other type usually a former player appears to speak freely in contrast to the puppet. but thats an illusion aswell as even if they say thats a missed call its rare to hear someone criticise the league or or their team (their employers!) and home court commentary is completely biased. the same foul call gets the opposite evaluation on the other stream easily half of the time. the only commentators that criticise or appear to be truthful and mainly non-biased are those of national broadcasts like TNT. sometimes its hilarious and you know how the commentators make fun of it too. but, there is still lies in every gradiation, just alongside each other as if it were perfectly normal to live in a world where right is wrong and vice versa according to who you want to please. |
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