• Riskable@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    That’s not a problem. Anyone can campaign at any time. That’s totally legal and fine.

    What’s absolutely absurd is the level of support he still gets from Republicans! He owns them.

    If some former Democrat president did this stuff the support from Democrats for that person would be near zero. No one would consider such a candidacy even remotely within the realm of possibility.

    Republicans just don’t give a shit about corruption. Some will see this statement and say, “no, they care about it when it’s not one of their people” but that’s 100% the same thing. Corruption is all about picking winners and losers based on what your side thinks of them.

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      I mean, we’ve literally already established that overt corruption “just makes you smart.”

      This is what republicans are voting for. They are fine with corruption if it means they win.

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      I’m curious what percentage of republicans actually support him vs what percentage only pretends to support him under duress because of violent threats from the crazies.

      • DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world
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        It’s tribalism. I went to a racetrack last weekend. These people wave Trump flags and wear profane Brandon shirts to fit in with each other. The madder you are, the “smarter” you are. Another Lemming recently said, the founding father’s failed to anticipate that voters would fail at their job, and he’s 1 million percent dead on.

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          They anticipated it. That, and classism, are why they instituted The Electoral College. They didn’t have access to the mathematical theories that proved that FPTP elections are always going to cause a two party system, and the people will inevitably lose to the owners. That may have influenced them to consider RCV, or some other voting methods.