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You cannot. As long as there are rigged markets and cadres of elites, we can truly do nothing. Sad, really. Not helping the matter is half of the US is below av
by SavantIdiot 6y ago
You cannot. As long as there are rigged markets and cadres of elites, we can truly do nothing. Sad, really. Not helping the matter is half of the US is below average intelligence and will elect crooks because they say the right things.
If only there were more Ron Wydens and AOCs. But you see red states electing nutjobs who barely have high school degrees (Boeber) because they shout the loudest.
- jimbob45 6y agoWyden and AOC enjoy the luxury of not having to worry about re-election due to residing on extremely blue states. They would not be so bold if they represented Texas or Florida, for example. The same goes for Republican representatives in highly red states.
- SavantIdiot 6y agoAh ah, but that is completely circular logic. AOC would not represent Texas or Florida because they are not progressive enough to support her in a landslide, twice, the way her district did. Manchin mealy-mouthed his way into a slight win and has to be a slimy politician with no backbone because he craves power. The funniest part of your post is that you claim AOC "would not be bold." Do you even know who she is? She's the definition of bold. She is doing what she said she would do and pissing off centrist dems all over the place every day. But call me when AOC & Wyden are involved in a scandal, which is what this entire thread is about. If so, I'll change my tune, but until then, my original point stands.
- mLuby 6y ago> half of the US is below average intelligence That is what average means. (Looks like we two are keeping it balanced!)
- SavantIdiot 6y ago/woosh/
- float4 6y ago> > half of the US is below average intelligence > That is what average means. That is what median means.
- runsWphotons 6y agobell curve
- float4 6y agoDistribution symmetry doesn't change the definition of a word.
- BuyMyBitcoins 6y agoAOC won’t be immune to the same pressure that eventually corrupts longtime politicians. She’s just barely begun her second term. I’m certain she’s already begun to make perfectly legal deals and investments that are going to look shady to average people. Also, one person’s “shouting nutjob with barely a highschool degree” is someone else’s “passionate populist who represents the common people.”
- SavantIdiot 6y agoNice false equivalency! But you're right: flat earth society is real, so I guess they could elect a nutjob. After 4 years of Trump, your "both sides are the same" bullshit is DOA.
- BuyMyBitcoins 6y agoYou’ve missed my point. Politics is a team sport and optics depend on your worldview and biases. “One mans X is another man’s Y” is me pointing this out. But also, please refrain from calling other commenters’ thoughts “your bullshit” because that’s not nice or productive discourse.
- mythrwy 6y agoBringing up AOC as a virtuous example then calling others "nutjobs" is pretty rich though.