Th4tGuyII

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Remember when most people knew Trump as that one sleazy businessman who cameo'ed in Home Alone one time, and hosted the US Apprentice - rather than as the largest single threat to US democracy in modern times? Sure wish it had stayed that way.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 5 months ago

Exactly. Just wait until Donnie realises technically all cis-males are trans, as all fetuses start off as female and only begin transitioning to being male six weeks into their existence

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

God how I'm sick and tired of the same shit every year.

Governments sit indecisively on their laurels taking far too little action far too slowly; Companies doing their damnedest to skirt or dismantle regulations pit against them; And then we get to shoulder the blame, as though most people aren't struggling enough without being blamed for not buying more expensive sustainable options.

What's worse is any power we do have to change things is pulled away from our grasp by the masses of brainwashed people who think those Billionaires are their friends.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Firstly, I should clarify that I'm looking at % margin, not absolute, as it better accounts for voter turnout.

Secondly, if you want to go by absolute votes, then it's worth noting that more people voted for Harris than voted for Hillary or Obama (who both won the popular vote).

She had the 3rd highest vote count in history, but that means nothing when she lost to Trump with the 2nd highest vote count in history.

She was battling Trump at the height of his popularity and needed the same turnout as 2020 Biden, but that simply wasn't going to happen. As I said previously 2020 Biden had Covid19 on his side, and didn't have the baggage of this election (I.e. Gaza).

Biden abdicating his candidacy to Harris was a brilliant opportunity for her to lift off the baggage Biden was carrying into the 2024 election (which he was predicted to lose), but she didn't - and as such she lost as predicted.

Her loss had nothing to do with her being a woman, and much more to do with Democrats being out of touch and relying on Republican fearmongering to get people to turn out.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago (2 children)

You're literally doing exactly what this post complains about. The overwhelming sentiment of Harris replacing Biden was change - her campaign ran on that - yet she had basically all the same stances/policies a Biden, especially where it mattered to the voterbase (I.e. Gaza). She had an opportunity to diverge from Biden's less popular platform, but chose not to, and it cost her the election. That's the rub.

As for 2016 - people did turn out for Hilary. She won the popular vote by a significantly higher margin than Harris.

And as for 2020, Biden only won so easily because Trump's woefully incompetent response to Covid19 was still in recent memory - and even that still resulted in a smaller margin than Obama's first term.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago

What's the high value male got to say this time?

I thought he'd be too busy getting dragged through the courts over his tax evasion and sex trafficking to be barking up anybody's tree

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Given the available context, I'm inclined to agree with ChatGPT. I can't see those listed being anything else

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

They could've just said to withdraw the Navy /s

Honestly do it Russia. Them hitting first would be great precedent to start sinking all the Russian subs lurking around NATO territory

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

While I admire her climb to the top, to say she is a self-made bad bitch would be a lie. She came from a firmly upper middle (if not upper) class background and was basically entirely bankrolled into her career by her parents. While her journey might not have been easy, she had a lot more help than most.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

The only thing "sweeping" about it is how quickly it'll be swept out of the way once Trump moves in.

Doing all these "radical" changes now in his lame duck period is a joke. The time for all of this was years ago, not just as you're about to be kicked out and have all of it reversed.

Does he not realise if he had done all this stuff earlier, he would've likely had much better voter turnout??

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Turns out you can get away with basically anything as long as you have enough power.

I've always thought the US justice system is two-tiered, but never did I think I'd see it so blatantly put on display

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