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  • If they have a point it’s because they manufactured it.

    Personally I’m too stubborn to just roll over and give up. That’s what they want. Don’t give them that satisfaction.

    Get involved at the local and state levels. Those are our easiest avenues to affect change going forward.

    And over the next 4 years hope a halfway decent candidate that puts the people and worker protections at the top of their list of issues to run on and support the hell out of them. Or if you’re eligible, run yourself. I’d happily support an average citizen running for their peers.






  • If the justice system worked his conviction here would be cause enough to be ineligible for office (as well as each of his 34 felony convictions).

    Since this happened prior to this term it also cannot be claimed an official act.

    Theoretically something could be done about this before he’s sworn in, but I doubt it.

    America, we’re really about to give a felon the keys to the kingdom even though the constitution forbids it because nobody in a position of power here cares to go through the trouble. Hope you’re happy.





  • Exactly. What did it accomplish? Jack shit.

    The way to affect change in elections apparently is to unite the larger population around a single person/cause/issue. We just need to find ours and convince enough people.

    Personally, I just want a country where we actually let people different than us live and prosper. Why the fuck is that such a hard thing to have???

    I have family and friends that are POC, gay, trans, and/or physically/mentally disabled. Why should they have to put up with policies and leaders that vilify them for simply being who they are?

    Why do we accept normalized medical debt?

    Why do we accept a constantly eroding education system?

    Why do we not scale minimum wage consistent to inflation?

    I know the real answers, but I think more of the population needs to vote based on the results of them asking themselves why this is the norm and find the candidate willing to fix that shit.

    I have a feeling it won’t be an establishment Democrat.




  • Me too but how are we going to get that changed before the next election?

    Before ranked choice voting we need at least one party to rally around with a candidate that focuses on popular issues. Once we have someone in office that will commit to those issues we can then talk about these kinds of changes.

    A good place to start would be at the state level since states run their own elections. For that all I can suggest is to get more actively involved in local politics than you ever have before.

    Of course, that’s assuming we have another election.