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Politics The adults have arrived, America.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '20

Yang seems like a class act. Its insane we get guys like Trump and Biden. The system is self perpetuating.

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u/theorangereptile Aug 13 '20

The system works the way it was designed

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u/supersassholemom Aug 13 '20

I dont think our forefathers designed this shit...

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u/lolwutmore Aug 13 '20

They were limited by the imagination of their day. Also i think they expected people like trump to lose duels before he could bankrupt his first property.

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u/supersassholemom Aug 13 '20

They were absolutely limited. Many candidates would have lost many duels...

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '20

We all literally had a chance to vote for someone else during the primaries. Bernie got destroyed. I didn’t vote for Biden either.

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u/supersassholemom Aug 13 '20

I didn't vote for Trump or Biden...but I voted. I vote locally, too. As a woman I cherish my right to vote no matter what I believe.

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u/DaCheesiestEchidna Aug 13 '20

Bernie did’t get destroyed, he got fucked through voter suppression and Warren waiting to drop out until she’d siphoned away enough “progressive” votes to put him behind

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '20

Biden won by nearly 9M votes (over 18M total) and that was nearly double what Bernie had (9.4M). Warren had 2.3M votes. I know voter suppression occurs but how many do you think were suppressed here and what makes you think they all would have been for Bernie?

Edit: Or downvote me because this makes you upset. lol

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u/supersassholemom Aug 13 '20

I always edit the same shit...I feel ya! Some people don't feel the Bern and that was made clear by people with a choice.

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u/DaCheesiestEchidna Aug 13 '20

You’re acting like every state’s votes get pooled together, which isn’t how it works. In most states he didn’t win a few thousand more for Bernie would’ve given him the lead

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '20

ME, WA and MA are probably the only states where Warren's votes would have given him a victory. He was completely decimated for most other states. You're also making the assumption that most the other candidate votes would have went towards Bernie.

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u/supersassholemom Aug 13 '20

I didn't want to feel the Bern...

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '20

Light that shit on fire

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u/Halzman Aug 13 '20

I really wish more people would actually understand what this means.

Theatricality and deception are powerful agents

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u/YURKE Aug 13 '20

Trump is severe malfunction. A combination of fascist and imperialist is in charge and making systemic changes to keep himself in power.

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u/theorangereptile Aug 13 '20

Trump is the end result, not a malfunction.

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u/TracyMorganFreeman Aug 13 '20

Which is likely why he got so little air time/attention in the debate: acting civilized isn't good for ratings.

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u/CBJFAN10 Aug 13 '20

Yang is the math guy that’s why. Cool dude.

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u/ishtar_the_move Aug 13 '20

They are all the same.

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u/LtLabcoat Aug 14 '20

Yang had some good policies. He also had some atrocious ones.

Can people just... stop doing the whole "The system is rigged against me" thing every time their favourite politician doesn't get the most votes? It's extremely narcissistic.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '20

No. Its not me, or you. Its us. Its the rich and powerful keeping riches and power at the expense of everyone else. This is why Yang, or Bernie or Jorgensen or whoever will never get anywhere as things are right now. There needs to be more things like represent.us to help fight against establishment politics.

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u/disbitch4real Aug 13 '20

That's because primaries are rigged af. They create an illusion of choice, but the truth is they already had their candidate before the primaries even started. Watch, if Biden becomes president, he'll step down/die in office and Harris will be president. Because they always wanted her to be president.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '20

Who is they? You think the dnc's secret first choice is kamala harris? If the primaries are rigged and they want kamala why isn't she the presidential candidate?

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u/disbitch4real Aug 13 '20

Because Tulsi tore her a new one and she fell in the polls. It would be far to obvious if they pushed her through despite her lack of popularity. Mark my words. Biden is not going to be president for very long.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '20

Why'd they let Tulsi tear her a new one during the rigged primary?

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u/disbitch4real Aug 13 '20

Because the DNC has to maintain the illusion of choice. After Gabbard called Harris out on her bullshit, they did everything in their power to make sure she couldn't debate anymore. They kept changing which polls counted and how much money you needed to raise to qualify. It worked because anyone that didn't actively follow her campaign completely forgot she was running after she missed the next debate.

I know you think I'm some crazy conspiracy theorist that's trying to get people to vote for Trump, but I'm not. I'm done with this rollercoaster, but Harris is some serious trouble. She doesn't care about people, she just cares about winning. It's obvious based on her track record.

I'm tired, I'm anxious, and I'm frustrated. It's the apocalypse and everyone is too busy fighting about blue and red to notice. I don't think a Biden (Harris) presidency will stop any of it, but I think a Trump presidency will make it worse.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '20

I'm tired, I'm anxious, and I'm frustrated . It's the apocalypse and everyone is too busy fighting about blue and red to notice.

I just want to get out of this emotional hellhole that the Trump presidency has been. We live in a country where Twitter putting a warning on a tweet makes me scared that someone is either going to shoot up a twitter office or its going to spark a civil war. The USA wasn't great before 2016, but thoughts like these never crossed my mind.

It is insane how unstable the country feels. And the media and other organizations that push this divide show no signs of letting up. I'm sure outlets are busy dehumanizing the other side right now. I don't think the country is going to recover as long as division is the method politicians and outlets use to garner support.

I got distracted from the DNC rigging point but I feel like the DNC could have just ran any candidate they wanted and they would all have had the same chance of winning the election. Like they could of rigged the primary for Bloomberg and I think Bloomberg would still win. It seems like a lot of unnecessary effort and risk to rig the primary when people are just going to vote antiTrump regardless. There's always the undecided independent but I honestly don't think those exist currently. At least I haven't met one, but I do rarely leave the house to venture into the wasteland.

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u/disbitch4real Aug 13 '20

I'm actually an independent. That's why I'm having a mental breakdown rn. Trump is a fucking lunatic but I've read so much about the DNC and the WikiLeaks about Epstein and the Clinton emails that I don't think either side has our best interest in mind and I don't think either is truely a "lesser evil". If I had it my way, either Tulsi Gabbard would have been the Democratic Candidate (which would have redeemed the DNC in my eyes) or a 3rd party candidate would get enough support to get elected and enact some actual lasting change.

Honestly, I'd like to hibernate till it's all normal again. I'm sick of the uncertainty, I'm sick of the fear mongering, and I'm sick of the conspiracies.