• arymandias@feddit.de
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    3 months ago

    Look at the results: one of the lowest retirement ages is Europe, universal healthcare, very progressive tax system. Maybe if Americans disconnected Joe Manchin from the electrical grid and made Washington DC a no go zone once in a while they would actually get something done.

    Voting for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil.

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      3 months ago

      Yes, like the insurrection? Always remember, both sides can do that.

      Edit: Oh so now violent revolution attempts are not OK.

      All this guillotine and revolution rhetoric suddenly just memes? Like the slurs in ye’ old gamer chats?

      Then what is protest good for, if not getting votes?

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        3 months ago

        Insurrection != political protest.

        Do cause a ruckus in the city streets.

        Do not attempt to invade the capitol and/or murder the government.

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        3 months ago

        Just like a hammer, political protest is a tool. Using a hammer to smash a nail in a wall: good. Using a hammer to smash someones brain in: bad.

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          Yes, when turnabout is invoked you don’t get to say “but I was right!” as if they’ll just stop and recognize that