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Except it’s NOWHERE near the same thing.

Palestine isn’t allowed to produce electricity itself or import it from anywhere else, so if Israel cuts off the electricity that means no electricity.

The majority of the population wasn’t even BORN (let alone old enough to vote) the last time an election was allowed.

Plus nobody is murdering, displacing, and otherwise ethnically cleansing the population of New York.

You’re basically comparing apples and Orange County.

Step 2: ditto Jeffries

So are you saying democracy doesn’t work

Nope. I’m saying that a 250 year old system that’s been chipped away at for ages and under the complete control of fascists isn’t going to save people from the fascists.

no one ever had the chance to nip that in the bud before it got this bad?

Is this another strawman or is this you saying that? Because I sure as hell never said nor even implied anything of the sort.

Some are naive to how the government currently works

But we still have free and fair elections

Spotted one of the naive ones 🙄

Yeah, it’s pretty much a defining aspect of Neoliberalism. Just like turning the corruption up to 11 in both severity and blatancy is a hallmark of the economics of fascism.

Meh.

1. This isn’t an America problem. People do this in every country

It’s WORSE in the US than in most other countries, including all other wealthy countries, though. Differences in scale matter

2. This is capitalism not corruption

Taken to the extremes it will inevitably reach if not sufficiently restrained, capitalism IS corruption with fancy packaging. It’s right in the name: it’s an ism (belief system) where accruing capital is the most important of ALL things.

In every Western country other than the US, accepting large sums of money and other perks from rich people who want favors is the DEFINITION of corruption, whether or not there’s a specifically stated quid pro quo.

Seems like you misunderstood what I meant: I’m not saying that most morning people are neurotic control freaks who lack empathy.

I’m saying that most neurotic control freaks who lack empathy, a small proportion of the population which is EXTREMELY overrepresented in positions of authority, are also morning people

So yeah, seems we’re in agreement about daywalkers in general 😁

Incontinentia Buttocks

gluteus maximus

He has a wife, you know…

More like asinus meus jacta est amirite?

In a word, corruption.

In two words, legal corruption.

In three words, blatant legal corruption.

In four words, United States political system.

They already did their part

If by “their part” you mean throw away the most winnable presidential election in history by sticking to pro-corporate party orthodoxy from 1992 in spite of two thirds of their base imploring them not to, then yes. They sure did their part.

I’m pretty sure that the morning people Venn circle has a shitload of overlap with the kind of people who are both neurotic control freaks and lacking in empathy and are thus vastly overrepresented in positions of authority to begin with.

Then once they got into power, they enforced their preferences to the point that it’s now a prerequisite for power, which makes it even more likely to be perpetuated and so on and so forth until everyone whose sleep patterns don’t naturally conform simply die several years earlier due to all the added stress and poor health decisions required to adapt.

Absolutely atrocious.

I believe it was Marvin Gaye

“To the floor/ground” would also be acceptable IMO…

Convert them to audiobooks

You can just do that? Easily and in halfway decent quality?

Dritte Deutsche Revolution?

Deutschland Dance Revolution?

Dance, Deutsche Republik?

Can’t decide which one is funnier 🤔