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Old 08-03-2023, 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Maruzo View Post
I think you're missing the point completely. I don't care for either president and I really wish a better candidate can step forward in 2024 (no neither biden nor trump fits the billing).

We can have corrupt and inept leaders, but we cannot have a leader who challenges the very system the government is built on. The day the public loses confidence in the results of our votes is the day we stop having duly elected officials and start living under dictatorship.

Hopefully. He's going to jail for that, among other things. Though I won't hold my breath. If the Democrats run Biden (fingers crossed someone challenges him in the primary)... I'm voting Trump just to help speed the decay. I don't like being a boiling frog.



Honestly, the only good thing about all the infighting in Congress is that giant flashlights are now being shined on all politician's shady dealings as each party investigates each other. "Sunlight is the best disinfectant."


Unfortunately. Since Citizens United... we are basically living in a Banana Republic already. Just with a veil of democracy. And ever thinning veil of freedom. Can't even buy land outside of town anymore because it's being bought up by real estate conglomerates or foreign entities. I'm going to be trapped in an urban hellscape with all its regulations and all these self-absorbed ppl around me. And as the wealth gap grows... the quality of those ppl (of all income levels) is steadily declining.
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