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[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 15 points 5 months ago

I've never understood how so many voters could earnestly think that increasing the overall amount of condescension would ever actually net them more allies & supporters.

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 months ago (7 children)

Al Gore would have stopped 9/11, preventing two massive land wars in the middle-east, and the subsequent hollowing out of the US middle class.

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[–] lauha@lemmy.one 15 points 5 months ago

Think how boring the world could be with Al Gore. US taking proper actions against climate change two decades ago.

You can't claim world wide pandemic followed by the world war three is boring.

[–] ryry1985@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I think the Great Recession was bound to happen regardless of who was in office, but everything else is correct.

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[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

But don't worry. We the people don't actually get to vote the new fucker in chief into office. We're too dumb. The electoral college composed of some random people who we don't know is the small group that actually gets to vote for the president. Our ballots are just suggestions.

[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (7 children)

This is a truly terrible take. If I run a restaurant, and it goes out of business, I don't get to blame my customers. If I ever want to run a successful restaurant, I have to look at my product, marketing, and service and figure out where I failed. If Biden loses, then the Dems need to look at where they failed; I'd start with the fact that they chose not to hold a primary when the majority of their own party didn't want Biden to be the candidate.

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[–] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago (19 children)

How about the democrats actually run a candidate with just a modicum of character and integrity rather than threatening people into voting for them. It should be easy to win against someone like bush or trump and yet they are consistently close races. Thats on you democrats.

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[–] SattaRIP@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

Democracy is when your government holds your (and many others around the world) life, health, and welfare hostage.

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (13 children)

ITT: “Yeah but it’s their job to ‘appeal’ to me; it’s not my job to vote for them, and I gotta say ‘not the end of democracy’ isn’t a big selling point for me tbh. Dance for me, candidate! Dance!”

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[–] seathru@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Unpopular opinion: These smarmy hot takes do more harm than good.

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[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Al Gote not only could not differentiate himself from GWB, he also had a wife who led a censorship campaign against artists.

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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So the key to getting a better government is to lower our expectations.

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[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

And btw, Obama gave his pick away. He thought he was gonna win.

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