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mdbl

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29. "oppression is disguised as part of the social fabric that is taken for granted as the best way to be.'
Sun May 11, 2025, 08:10 AM
May 2025

Perfectly describes why people vote against their own best interests. They don't think they are doing it. Our country spent 200 years making laws to protect our democracy. It gave people a false sense of security to think they could sit back, be disengaged, and the country would go on as usual. They were even stupid enough to think it would protect them from fascism - even though history has too many examples showing the otherwise. Of course we can't discount the role played by pure propaganda outlets in right wing media and podcast bros of the manosphere.

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Sounds like a good idea to research. Stir the pot a bit (or a lot.) erronis May 2025 #1
Funny how every time "disaffected former" Republicans throw themselves into 3rd party efforts, tanyev May 2025 #2
Oh, fuck them. DavidDvorkin May 2025 #3
Dems can't win BaronChocula May 2025 #4
We have to learn the power of fear JustAnotherGen May 2025 #17
I think the nazi idea of being humane as weak is, well, ananda May 2025 #18
A Cooperacy! BaronChocula May 2025 #26
Right on ananda May 2025 #27
"oppression is disguised as part of the social fabric that is taken for granted as the best way to be.' mdbl May 2025 #29
You know what else strikes me. The loss of law and morality. ananda May 2025 #37
'Elon knows those computer vote tabulators and we won by alot.' travelingthrulife May 2025 #32
Everyone who remembers The New Deal is dead and gone FakeNoose May 2025 #36
You are so right BaronChocula May 2025 #38
Yup, it's No Labels redux Fiendish Thingy May 2025 #5
They can eff right off. FalloutShelter May 2025 #6
true 3rd party efforts haven't really worked enough, and prior 3rd party efforts were mainly by the repug party SWBTATTReg May 2025 #7
A strong 3rd party in Congress would be able to steer the vote on bills up for passage. patphil May 2025 #8
Not this stupid shit again JBTaurus83 May 2025 #9
Exactly! More republican shit...let's see who's behind this...Russia, jill stein, muskrat? Or all of them PortTack May 2025 #33
A really bad idea. love_katz May 2025 #10
Part of me wants to party, part of me wants a lobotomy... littlemissmartypants May 2025 #11
Voters should vote Democrats in for more than two terms with a super majority to see what can really be done! chowder66 May 2025 #12
There is no dispute I would argue that Independents and people who don't participate in general are where it's at for us Cheezoholic May 2025 #13
Fuck that shit! ☝️👌👉 💩 Oopsie Daisy May 2025 #14
These are always astro-turf movements designed to benefit republicans PSPS May 2025 #15
Here we go again. Because of the horrible job the Republicans are doing Buddyzbuddy May 2025 #16
The "rational middle" rears its mythological head. hay rick May 2025 #19
There is no more "middle" in the middle Bluetus May 2025 #20
Just another flavor of "both-sidesism". LudwigPastorius May 2025 #21
F*ck them. BadgerMom May 2025 #22
Begin and end with FDR. tirebiter May 2025 #23
This message was self-deleted by its author tirebiter May 2025 #24
Centrists can't win anymore paulkienitz May 2025 #25
Oh, just call it the Let's Scapegoat Democrats (LSD) movement. betsuni May 2025 #28
Interesting that the so-called "focus group" did not call the "r's" the niyad May 2025 #30
I see the libertarians have not gotten any smarter. travelingthrulife May 2025 #31
Yeah this is just what we need (sarcasm) thumper2547 May 2025 #34
Sounds more like Quanto Magnus May 2025 #35
Not Left not Right but Forward airplaneman May 2025 #39
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