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>Unless you're speaking about American politics, the opposite is true. ...The situation with the power grid is quite serious, though. It's going to be a very di

>Unless you're speaking about American politics, the opposite is true. ...The situation with the power grid is quite serious, though. It's going to be a very difficult winter for civilians. This is what I was talking about.

jaybrendansmith 2y ago
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- OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago
  I think you overestimate the voting public and underestimate the institutional support he has. Rumors of his political demise have been floated for years, "This time, for sure!" and he is the nominee for all that.
  - jaybrendansmith 2y ago
    Yes, all the billionaires are doing everything in their power to consolidate the US into a Corporate State. Trump is their way of launching their 'Project 2025', essentially a minority of people trying to overturn the will of the people. “There will be no curiosity, no enjoyment of the process of life. All competing pleasures will be destroyed. But always — do not forget this, Winston — always there will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler. Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless. If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever.”
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- simonblack 2y ago
  In a country of 350 million, the only two selections are Trump and Biden? Surely there are hundreds of thousands more suitable candidates. We always get the leaders we deserve.
  - chipdart 2y ago
    > In a country of 350 million, the only two selections are Trump and Biden? Trump is a baffling choice of candidate for how bad and utterly unsuited it was. Trump is a candidate who won an election thanks to a massive wave of foreign interference and, even though he was handed a nearly ideal set of circumstances, fumbled his term so hard that lost an election as the incumbent against a lackluster challenger. On top of that historical show of incompetence, who already earned him a the top spot in the ranking of most incompetent US presidents in US history, there's hi coup attempt to force the US into a fascist dictatorship which included plans to assassinate his own vice president along with other political rivals. If that is not enough, there is his criminal history and spiral into dementia. This is the best that the Republican Party managed to pick among it's ranks as their best and brightest. I'm convinced that the Democratic party only entertained the idea of pushing Biden due to a) being a sitting president and incumbent, who historically tends to ensure second terms, b) his outstanding tenure as president even though circumstances were far from ideal, c) and the high-stakes risk of allowing the US to succumb to the push for a fascist regime.

jaybrendansmith 2y ago

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OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago
I think you overestimate the voting public and underestimate the institutional support he has. Rumors of his political demise have been floated for years, "This time, for sure!" and he is the nominee for all that.
- jaybrendansmith 2y ago
  Yes, all the billionaires are doing everything in their power to consolidate the US into a Corporate State. Trump is their way of launching their 'Project 2025', essentially a minority of people trying to overturn the will of the people. “There will be no curiosity, no enjoyment of the process of life. All competing pleasures will be destroyed. But always — do not forget this, Winston — always there will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler. Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless. If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever.”
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simonblack 2y ago
In a country of 350 million, the only two selections are Trump and Biden? Surely there are hundreds of thousands more suitable candidates. We always get the leaders we deserve.
- chipdart 2y ago
  > In a country of 350 million, the only two selections are Trump and Biden? Trump is a baffling choice of candidate for how bad and utterly unsuited it was. Trump is a candidate who won an election thanks to a massive wave of foreign interference and, even though he was handed a nearly ideal set of circumstances, fumbled his term so hard that lost an election as the incumbent against a lackluster challenger. On top of that historical show of incompetence, who already earned him a the top spot in the ranking of most incompetent US presidents in US history, there's hi coup attempt to force the US into a fascist dictatorship which included plans to assassinate his own vice president along with other political rivals. If that is not enough, there is his criminal history and spiral into dementia. This is the best that the Republican Party managed to pick among it's ranks as their best and brightest. I'm convinced that the Democratic party only entertained the idea of pushing Biden due to a) being a sitting president and incumbent, who historically tends to ensure second terms, b) his outstanding tenure as president even though circumstances were far from ideal, c) and the high-stakes risk of allowing the US to succumb to the push for a fascist regime.