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Just adding that no one is obligated to continue to be a republican, loyalty to a political party is a recipe for totalitarianism.
It’s so fucking strange too. It’s like they brought this new TV and they’ll be damned if they’re going to be told it doesn’t work as well as advertised. I would think we could all unite about this, and we could show the world that not even the president can evade justice. But instead they’re still selling him hard.
Republicans: {smacks Donald’s ass} “This baby here can fuck up at least 10 democracies.”
A big part of many Republicans' mindsets seem to be "how dare you tell me I'm wrong! Just for that, I'm going to double down!" Like I've seen it in things as petty as Republicans being told they're using a comma the wrong way and then continuing to use it that way out of spite.
Oppositional Defiance Disorder
Basically, it's too embarrassing for them to admit that they've been played/conned.
Bit of an aside, but one the smartest things I've ever done was after my dad brought his new TV and had just hooked it up, I quickly used the parental controls to delete Fox News from the channel lineup while he was looking away. He never even noticed, and he's in a much better mental state now.
Wow. Was he like “Where’s Fox?” or anything?
Nope, not to me at least
Ever hear of the documentary "The Brainwashing Of My Dad"
It details how a sweet man became a monster when he started watching Fox, and went back to normal when the family intervened and stopped him from watching it.
It's a recurring thing, people become terrible when they watch Fox, they snap out of it when access to Fox is blocked.
Yes actually! I 100% totally understand that movie, and saw it happen repeatedly with many family members
People treat political parties like sports teams, taking credit for all their victories while distancing themselves personally from every loss. WE won vs THEY blew it. I my anecdotal experience it's especially bad on the right. Most conservative voters I know proudly say they're a Republican but liberal voters will only say they vote Democrat, not that they are one.
The two party system was a mistake
*One party system with 2 right wing factions
That oft repeated claim of parallelism between the US Democrats and the CPC might have been more true in the past. I think there are significant differences nowadays as Poilievre plays with populist rhetoric and policy ideas. Considering the voting base the CPC is attempting to court, I'm not sure those two political parties are really in the same boat.
The outcome of FPTP-voting is naturally a two party system, the ancient wealthy romans designed it so deliberately in order for them to easily manipulate regardless of election outcomes to maintain their wealth and power. Everywhere it is used politics degenerate into voters being reduced to pick between "business as usual" and "tax cuts for the rich." Wealthy donors play both horses and don't really care about the outcome except when some progressive candidate appears and they find themselves forced to run some interference behind the scenes to help even the odds back to the usual bread and circus' that they prefer.
Not a mistake, a deliberate action.
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Let's not forget when eight Senators spend the 4th of July in Moscow.
Don't forget Cambridge Analytica. Social Media with the help of Ai will help them to guide us and we'll be more productive for them.
100%. Fuck the Republican traitor filth.
America needs a new conservative party so that the republicans who are still sane don't feel like crazy town is their only option to avoid being disenfranchised.
You have a new Conservative party, it's called the Dems, what you need is a new progressive party to catch up with the rest of the developed world.
Jezus America are you ok? So about half your country are traitors as far as the other half is concerned? I'm not condemning or anything but fighting amongst yourselves like this is not going to work either.
Lol because the first thing that comes to mind when people hear “USA” is “healthy”
You guys are 31 trillion in debt. You aren't rich, you're just borrow money you can't pay back and keep increasing your debt limit.
It's nice spending money that's not yours until the lenders get fed up about the lack of payments and you default and go into bankruptcy. I cannot wait until the US debt situation explodes, watching from half way around the world.
And yes I'm aware pretty much every nation is in debt, but not to the extent the US is. But the US is by far the most in the hole.
I don't know why Americans think they're hot shit. You're literally just an echo chamber the rest of the world laughs at.
You do realize that a country being in debt is not an American-only thing?
The worst part is the US is in so much debt but it's citizens see none of the benefits of that spent money.
I think your downvotes are from fucking liberals that think the US has regained international respect because their team is now in charge. MAGA or BlueMAGA are cut from the same cloth as Republicans and Democrats.
yes he will be first against the wall, mainly because he spoke out about them, the self purging doesn't start until after the fascist takeover.
and yes an.6 was an attempt to depose the democratically elected government, and yes it had planning, why do you think they had the gallows put up so fast? why do you think the people who broke in were armed and had cable ties? you know, the ones literally caught on video
Sticks and stones, you can call me a horse as well and it doesn't mean I whinny.
Sincerely, a card carrying Republican
You choosing to continue to support that political party after all of this nonsense shows a lack of moral fibre.
Whinnying would probably contribute more to the conversation though.
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There hasn't been a sincere Republican since McCain died, you're a fascist.
You mean the same McCain that was in Ukraine with Victoria Nuland setting the stage for war?
After Crimea was invaded by Russia? Later when he was trying to convince everyone Russia was going to do exactly what they did last year? "setting the stage for war" is something you do before a war.
2014 came before 2022, so yes, setting the stage for the proxy war currently going on.
Shush. Adults are talking.
You all whinny all the time, the fuck are you talking about?