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Garbage in, garbage out. We get who we vote for. This is who most Americans are, this is what America was founded on, and we deserve every bit of it.
Nope. Donald Trump lost the popular vote by like 3 million in 2016. More Americans voted for a different candidate.
The electoral college is included in the "garbage in, garbage out" reference.
Not really.
The problem is the corruption and propaganda that is spewed to us on the daily.
The wealthy class have succeeded in making you think that way, blame your neighbor instead of talking to them.
If we didn’t give people in Wyoming more power than people in California, neither Trump nor Bush II would have been electrd
I wish that were true but reality tells a different story. Besides, I hate all humans equally, especially the rich and their corruption and propaganda that you speak of. I do not believe in our species to solve existential problems, thus we deserve every bit of our own downfall and ultimately, our own self-inflicted extinction. I'm blaming all of us, myself included. Our genes, our history, our evolution, our behavior - that is what the problem is: us.
I hope you're not using this as an excuse not to vote
I still vote. I know it's all a ruse anyway but it can't hurt, only takes a few mins so why not.
"equally" ... "especially"
Yes, it's especially the rich to blame for our petty shenanigans on this tiny, beautiful rock - like politics - but in the grand scale of the universe, my hatred for all humans is equal, past and present. 'Hatred' might be the wrong word, it's more like extreme disappointment.
Humans don't deserve to evolve past type 0. We failed as a civilization because in the face of solutions, we create more problems and continue to refuse to do what is necessary to achieve utopia; that is to come together as one global and conscious species and take care of everyone. It is entirely possible to do it right now, but we are consciously choosing not to as a species, to our own demise. We shouldn't be allowed to colonize other worlds, however, in our wake, we'll make sure to destroy ourselves too, so no worries there.
This is probably the wrong community for a discussion or comment like this but I really can't give a fuck.
A useless, idiotic, and inaccurate take.