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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Fucking USAians can't find anyone other than two doddering old fools to chose between to "lead" their country, but it's "The Best Democracy ®".

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

not true, they also have doddering old fool whose brain was eaten by worm! AND MORE!

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Plus (AFAIK) because of the shitty electoral system in the US, it's really hard to even get on the ballots. So it's not even like people who want actual change can vote somebody like West or PSL (Forgot the name of their candidate) because in half of the states they're not even on the ballot. Fucking great

Etit: hope not to start a struggle session, but is cornel west a good candidate? He seemed miles above recent mainstream US politicians to me (keep in mind I'm not Amerikkkan, fortunately)

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

He's not a good candidate but he is better than the others.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

i'm not american either, but IIRC he has better stances on a lot of stuff than almost any other candidate, but also seems to support some patsocs or something like that? something fash adjacent.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

Then there's the guy who invented new torturing techniques in Guantanamo Bay

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also even when we had total control of somebody's government we didn't set one up like ours. But a bunch of constitution literalists keep insisting what our founders did was perfect and an inspiration to the world. "Best Democracy strikes again!"

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago

They love the Constitution's baked-in oligarchy, only rich white males had any power originally, and still do in reality.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Racist Christians calling Hamas antisemitic is fucking projection.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

Jews have always been safer living in Islamic societies. Christians have always been a bigger threat and more dangerous to the Jewish people, its not even close.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Liberals really love the idea of "civilizations" or religions clashing, it sort of sets the stage for their imperialism.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

ayup. Westernauts have been writing stories about this bs for, idk, 200 years? The "fall of rome" haunts the anglian brain vault like a wolf stalking the streets of 17th century Paris.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

"Ancient desires". Damn, what's next? Is it "in their blood" or are they "genetically predisposed" to be like that?