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[–] anus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] anus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

They have a few different products including plain water

[–] anus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Wow, TIL that the speed of sound has this equivalence

[–] anus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Can you tell me what you think the confounding factors are?

[–] anus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Oh excuse me. I'm using "the bicameral system" to refer to "the way representation works in USA". A more accurate and relevant way to point to the bad part would be "the two party system", since in fact you could reasonably have a bicameral congress with proportional representation

[–] anus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I live in England, that would be a good starting point for your Google search

[–] anus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think you're trying to mock me but in fact this is exactly what I'm saying

I am very notably not defending Harris but lemmings have spent too much time on xitter to remember what critical discourse looks like

[–] anus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Unfortunately, that is also a fact

[–] anus@lemmy.world -3 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

On what planet do you think that American politicians "have to" do anything? They regularly break the law. It's a bicameral system and until you riot or DDD it won't change.

Also, your statement makes the assumption that the complexity lies solely in polling and voting, but politics is more complex than that. Israel is a nuclear power. For all we (civilians) know, they can be a regular destabilizing threat actor for the West, have damning blackmail that threatens the DNC, or has enough high powered offensive hacking actors that the US sees its alliance as more important than its ethics

By the way, this entire system of incentives illustrates the complexity of politics in a way that ought to dismiss any kind of black-or-white argument about really any political topic, including the (in my limited opinion, valid) condemnation of Trump.

[–] anus@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

The world is cooked

[–] anus@lemmy.world -5 points 3 weeks ago

This is a stupid take, equally as stupid as saying "I'm not pro BLM because I believe that all lives matter" (for the same reason)

 
  1. I am not saying you shouldn't shame people for their voting choice as a demonstration of lack of critical thought or moral compass. You should.
  2. I am not saying that all the political parties are equally guilty. I am obviously talking about Trump as the much greater evil of the available evils.
  3. I am not saying that votes never count or have impact. They sometimes do.

All I really want to say is that blaming your friends and family for the election outcome is misguided and probably serves to benefit the political machine in its current form more than it serves to affect voter choice.

 
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