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> because it has the same problem as the fabrications about Russian collusion I'm still worried about Russia interfering in our elections. I can't speak for ot
by Wowfunhappy 5y ago
> because it has the same problem as the fabrications about Russian collusion
I'm still worried about Russia interfering in our elections. I can't speak for others.
> And then people quite rightly ask "why was the focus on fabrications rather than real, tangible problems."
Because it almost worked. If one police officer had run a different way, the insurrectionists probably would have found where the congresspeople were. Say a bunch of them are killed—what do you do now? If they came from states that had opposite party governors, and the balance of power in congress changes... what does that mean for democratic legitimacy?
That day came very, very close to being very bad, and there's no reason to think it won't repeat itself in a few years if we don't take the problem seriously.
- skohan 5y agoWhy is the US suffering supply chain issues, and issues of scarcity, which are not present in other developed countries like Germany?
- Wowfunhappy 5y agoAre cars and GPUs not hard to come by in Germany? For stuff like cream cheese, I really think the news stories are overblown. It's around, there was plenty in the grocery store yesterday.
- skohan 5y agoSurely a global shortage of a certain very specific good is different than a local shortage of everyday consumer goods. I hope you are right that this is not a serious issue. I can only say that I ran into this, as well as being unable to reliably get on a flight, as well as being unable to easily aquire a PCR test required for international travel all within the same 3 week period. And none of these problems seem to exist in Germany.