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[–] 79 points 1 year ago (14 children)

My 86y old Dad was trying to tell me "but it's Chuck Schumer holding back the vote". When I explained that the three branches of govt are controlled by the Republicans he didn't want to hear it.

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  • [–] 51 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    It is amazing how the democrats are simultaneously incompetent and weak yet at the same time they still control everything even when the right is in charge of everything.

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  • [–] 81 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Years ago my dad said Obama left the economy in tatters after his 2nd term. I started opening my laptop and said we'd go to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' website so we could look at the hard data over time. He changed the subject and walked away.

    I don't really talk to him anymore unless necessary.

    They're brainwashed to a degree that can't be fixed. They're gone.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    It is not feasible to deprogram over 100 million people. Not sure what comes next.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Nope. And typically when people are deprogrammed it's because they make the commitment to themselves to do it. That's not going to happen here.

    Honestly, what I'm assuming comes next is that over the course of our lives this country will turn into something between North Korea and Russia. There's just too many low IQ brainwashed fools and not enough people left over willing to do what needs to be done to fix this. And this isn't WW2. The rest of the world isn't going to step in to sort it out for us.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Republicans have given zero concessions in the spending bill, yet half the country voted for Democrats. Democrats are asking for basically nothing, yet Republicans won't compromise even slightly

    It's not a coincidence that we have yet another shutdown under Trump. It's a strong arm tactic Republicans use to give zero concessions when passing spending bills

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