He would destroy the country just like Biden is doing, he wants communism
You mean the guy that has never held a real job ever? Yet, has like 6 houses and preaches sharing and socialist shit?
And was paid / bought by Hillary - not once BUT TWICE.
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I definitely think he is a politician, but career? He has only been in politics for 10 years.
I don’t really see anything in his record that would stop me for voting for him.
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Yeah that Bernie. I want to see him in office or at least someone like him.
I would like to see these principles of socialism put into action. Would it be a positive effect or negative effect? Even if it’s negative, at least I found out.
Bring on President Harris, then! This country needs to divide. There’s no reason that New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut need to be ruled by the same bunch that rule Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. It’d be one thing if they agreed to contribute to one another’s defense against invasion, but it’s absurd to think they need everything controlled by the other. The American Experiment ended years and years ago, and this thing needs to be allowed to divide.
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There are plenty of examples of this around the world already.
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Do you seriously think there’s no middle ground between Trump/DeSantis and anarchy/drag shows? A person can’t dislike Trump and still support other Republicans? Or dislike Trump and Democrats? You’re part of the problem, dude. Not to mention @cyclonengineer’s been pretty vocal about how he feels about certain issues and I haven’t seen what you’re assuming about him.
I don’t know what the effects would be but some (most) people can’t afford to “learn from a negative experience.” Once you get a family, a house, etc. it’s pretty important that things don’t go badly.
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True. It’s why I’m so patient with that family stuff, not gonna bother with it if I’m not confident I can afford it.
I suppose all the more reason to start thinking like these business ownersin the meantime while I’m young with no responsibilities. Oof, but that is an insane time investment, that is no joke.
I agree.
It all starts with people needing to mind their own fucking business (on both sides) and leave people the fuck alone.
If you don’t want a gun? Cool - don’t buy one.
If you don’t want an abortion? Cool - don’t get one.
If you think government should have more taxed? Cool - pay more.
Stop making or thinking everyone should have to act and bow to what you want.
If you aren’t harming anyone else, you should be able to do it and be left the fuck alone by government and everyone else.
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Nothing worth having doesn’t require this.
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Nice to know that you’re an asshole who makes snap judgements.
Show me where your examples are happening or how law and order has been increased directly because of DeSantis (frankly, I think we should make possession of drugs a simple fine and focus efforts where it matters - take out drug dealers). Tell me how a drag queen reading to a school child is problematic outside of your worldview (since crossdressers exist and are a part of the fabric of reality - whether we like it or not). Are they showing children explicit sex acts or talking about them?
Do you really think the Jan 6 “insurrection” was a good sign for a democratic republic?
C’mon man…
I don’t disagree here. I have said many times this American experiment is yet young and it’s long term viability not proven.
He may get my vote if the Dems can’t put up anyone middle of road (highly likely probability in 2023 where polarization is almost mandated).
Socialism isn’t the answer to whatever ails the US either. I think the true problem is the US is just too damn big of a country to be ruled by one government. Cultures are different enough from state to state to warrant a split.
This is where i am at. No leading candidate is worth a damn for the presidency at the moment.
I agree with this. I want less government involvement - not more. Government should provide for national defense a few other choice things, but that’s it.
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There must be some weird polarity going on.
(Almost all) Rs: We need to stick together and ensure gays can marry, and that we stand with Ukraine. I also love COVID vaccine.
Ds: We need to stick together and ensure one’s belief in the existence(edited to correct, since Bee does not actually appear to be of the penis-having variety of thing) of Bee’s penis is shared by all, and that we Stand with Ukraine. I also love mask.
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You know that’s a gross generalization and looks like a childish argument. We know the country has become more polarized especially since the take over of social media.
That has an effect on the ability or willingness of the major parties to put forth a candidate that may pull votes from the other side of the aisle. That’s the only way we would get change. That and term limits in Congress (I actually think this is more important than who we elect to be president every 4 years).
The word compromise is no longer a part of the political vocabulary.
It looks, to me, like more and more people agree on most issues all the time. There’s fighting about petty bullshit that doesn’t really matter one way or the other.
100% both establishments are for big government just in different ways.
Why I hate them both.
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Well when both sides are putting forth outlandish ideas of lunacy - it is hard to compromise with extreme insanity and delusion.
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In all seriousness, how do “we” know this?
Just one of many paper on the topic
Google scholar is a great resource.
A compromise between a progressive and a conservative is always a progressive victory, no matter the degree of compromise.
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“Excluding Terrorism and Illegal Immigration, the mean difference in importance for all issues reflected Democrats placing more importance on them relative to Conservatives (Table 3).”
I think everyone knew Democrats are loonier and got loonier during their COVID panic. They starved their already-suffering brains of oxygen for years.
Edit: But again, we’re taking tiny issues and pretending as though they represent poles. We’d have to get off of the 3x5 index card of allowable opinion to get anywhere close to poles.
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