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I'd encourage you to consider that Democrats and Republicans work in parallel as much as they'd like you to think otherwise to coerce Americans into subscribing

I'd encourage you to consider that Democrats and Republicans work in parallel as much as they'd like you to think otherwise to coerce Americans into subscribing to a two-party system. It will continue as long as people believe that if they don't subscribe to it that Democracy will fail and the only thing preventing it from happening is to vote for one of the two-party candidates that fits their propaganda news network approved message. Also, it is funny how when it comes to politics Republicans have moved so far right that now center-right is considered the left party.

AnimalMuppet 5y ago
You say "Democrats and Republicans work in parallel". And then you say "Republicans have moved so far right". Which is it? Also, some Republicans have moved far right. Some Democrats have moved pretty far left, too. I will admit that more Republicans moved than Democrats. But both parties have sections near the center, and both have extreme parts. And both are having trouble maintaining unity in the face of that tension.
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- Forgeties79 5y ago
  The GOP has been sidelining or primarying out the few they still have near the center tbh.
DiabloD3 5y ago
Don't get me wrong, I agree with this. Many Democrats also decided to join the Putin-backed coup attempt, and also voted to not impeach during one or both trials. Many Democrats also tried to claim Hunter Biden, while working for a natural gas company in Ukraine, somehow was up to something and using his dad's appointment as VP for something. Funny how Biden became President, and now Russia is invading Ukraine to maintain their stranglehold on Europe's energy supply, and all the pro-Russian bot accounts on Twitter and Facebook that were repeating the "Hunter's Laptop" and "But Her Emails" stories to divide and conquer, suddenly vanished. I am a socialist, and what both parties do is disgusting, and, honestly, anti-American. Our government has been rapidly degrading my entire lifetime, and the only reasonable action is to ring the alarm bell and hope other people wake up and start fighting the fascism that is threatening to destroy our nation.
- Forgeties79 5y ago
  >Funny how Biden became President, and now Russia is invading Ukraine to maintain their stranglehold on Europe's energy supply, and all the pro-Russian bot accounts on Twitter and Facebook that were repeating the "Hunter's Laptop" and "But Her Emails" stories to divide and conquer, suddenly vanished. It's not "funny." It makes complete sense. Services for .ru accounts are being suspended around the world.
  - djmips 5y ago
    Just letting you know that 'funny' in this sense is sarcasm and they are fully aware of what you just stated.
    - Forgeties79 5y ago
      I understood how they used funny, but we drew different conclusions. They're alluding to a conspiracy.
- pstuart 5y ago
  The funny thing about Hunter Biden is that it was genteel corruption, in that he brought nothing to his role but a family connection. But the attention about it was also corrupt -- there was no interest in "how do we have less of this", but only about smearing a rival.
  - jacquesm 5y ago
    The sad thing is that after the Trumps any lesser level of nepotism is going to be acceptable.
    - pstuart 5y ago
      There's many sad things. Partisanship is destroying this country; we should be united in being against corruption even if it's one of our own, so to speak.
llanowarelves 5y ago
The right has moved further right, and the left has moved further left. Moreover, the left has moved further left than the right has moved right. https://jabberwocking.com/if-you-hate-the-culture-wars-blame-liberals/ https://jabberwocking.com/if-you-hate-the-culture-wars-blame...

AnimalMuppet 5y ago

You say "Democrats and Republicans work in parallel". And then you say "Republicans have moved so far right". Which is it? Also, some Republicans have moved far right. Some Democrats have moved pretty far left, too. I will admit that more Republicans moved than Democrats. But both parties have sections near the center, and both have extreme parts. And both are having trouble maintaining unity in the face of that tension.

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Forgeties79 5y ago
The GOP has been sidelining or primarying out the few they still have near the center tbh.

DiabloD3 5y ago

Don't get me wrong, I agree with this. Many Democrats also decided to join the Putin-backed coup attempt, and also voted to not impeach during one or both trials. Many Democrats also tried to claim Hunter Biden, while working for a natural gas company in Ukraine, somehow was up to something and using his dad's appointment as VP for something. Funny how Biden became President, and now Russia is invading Ukraine to maintain their stranglehold on Europe's energy supply, and all the pro-Russian bot accounts on Twitter and Facebook that were repeating the "Hunter's Laptop" and "But Her Emails" stories to divide and conquer, suddenly vanished. I am a socialist, and what both parties do is disgusting, and, honestly, anti-American. Our government has been rapidly degrading my entire lifetime, and the only reasonable action is to ring the alarm bell and hope other people wake up and start fighting the fascism that is threatening to destroy our nation.

Forgeties79 5y ago
>Funny how Biden became President, and now Russia is invading Ukraine to maintain their stranglehold on Europe's energy supply, and all the pro-Russian bot accounts on Twitter and Facebook that were repeating the "Hunter's Laptop" and "But Her Emails" stories to divide and conquer, suddenly vanished. It's not "funny." It makes complete sense. Services for .ru accounts are being suspended around the world.
- djmips 5y ago
  Just letting you know that 'funny' in this sense is sarcasm and they are fully aware of what you just stated.
  - Forgeties79 5y ago
    I understood how they used funny, but we drew different conclusions. They're alluding to a conspiracy.
pstuart 5y ago
The funny thing about Hunter Biden is that it was genteel corruption, in that he brought nothing to his role but a family connection. But the attention about it was also corrupt -- there was no interest in "how do we have less of this", but only about smearing a rival.
- jacquesm 5y ago
  The sad thing is that after the Trumps any lesser level of nepotism is going to be acceptable.
  - pstuart 5y ago
    There's many sad things. Partisanship is destroying this country; we should be united in being against corruption even if it's one of our own, so to speak.

llanowarelves 5y ago

The right has moved further right, and the left has moved further left. Moreover, the left has moved further left than the right has moved right. https://jabberwocking.com/if-you-hate-the-culture-wars-blame-liberals/ https://jabberwocking.com/if-you-hate-the-culture-wars-blame...