“They want us to spend money, and for what? For no message, no organization, no forward thinking. … The thing that’s clear to a lot of us is that the party never really learned its lesson in 2016. They worked off the same playbook and the same ineffective strategies and to what end?”

  • Chris Remington@beehaw.orgOPM
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    4 days ago

    Being the longest running democracy (though flawed) is encouraging. The rabbit hole of US politics is daunting. I try to not get too emotionally invested.

    • Pete Hahnloser@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      4 days ago

      I don’t think the timeline is relevant. Rome didn’t exactly fall in a day, it turned from a republic into proud empire as conditions for the plebs degraded, and … well, that’s helpful to bear in mind.