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[+] 6 points 6 months ago (3 children)
  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Doesn't work when one side says scholars are literal enemies and traitors. Sorry.

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  • [+] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)
  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    The problem is the people that voted for the Republican candidates are (mostly) absolutely thrilled by their voting history. Even if they aren't, there are tooooons of Republicans that would rather eat a mile of shit than ever vote for a Democrat. Welcome to the world of ultra polarization. We're divided beyond recourse.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    I don't think this is quite so true. If the only thing the resistance did to win back power was grab the presidency, that still wouldn't be nearly enough. Trump and his body of oligarchs managed to corrupt the DOJ, the special counsel, the supreme court, an entire political party, and more. It is a machine far beyond one person that prevented the checks and balances on him.

    I'm open to people's suggestions for how to improve the three branches, but I'm sad to say, even when such suggestions bring up "a special commission, a voter-approved team of judges, a friggin' AI", there's no absolute means to say that group won't be either corrupted by special interests through insidious means, or completely ignored when their time comes to act.

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