• Zak@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    It’s bizarre the Republican base is so firmly behind Trump. A normal Republican would probably win given Biden’s unpopularity, but the prospect of another Trump presidency is enough to get people to vote for anything with a D on it.

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      9 months ago

      What’s funny to me is how moderate Republicans have demonstrated they’re willing to vote for a far right candidate. For leftists and progressives it just underscores how little moderates have bothered to compromise for decades.

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      9 months ago

      It really revealed every ounce of corruption in this country. All is found in shadows.

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      9 months ago

      honestly, I… I wouldn’t be surprised to find out both sides really are the same, and trump was put up there explicitly to force everyone into voting for Biden and his ilk. You know, maintain the illusion of choice.

      (I don’t really believe that. I’m just saying… you know…? )

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        9 months ago

        I wouldn’t be surprised to find out both sides really are the same

        Until 2016, I did see the two major political parties in the USA as two sides of the same broken coin. Trump brought out something ugly I thought we’d left in the past.

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          9 months ago

          there is something to be said about centrist democrats being perfectly willing to share power with republicans, but yeah, Trump is a whole 'nother level of evil. It’s like not just saying the quiet part out loud, but more like screaming the quiet part of what the intrusive-voice-in-your-head says. if that makes sense.

          part of the reason we’ll likely never move beyond the 2 party system is because it’s better to share power than it is to risk losing it all.