[-] StalinIsMaiWaifu@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 hour ago

They probably heard you call monarchies cringe

They are upset you are trying to turn their china bashing into a discussion on propaganda

[-] StalinIsMaiWaifu@lemmygrad.ml 27 points 1 day ago

The fucking cybertechnicals, I can't even

[-] StalinIsMaiWaifu@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 6 days ago

Jokes on you, 60% of nothing is still zero!

[-] StalinIsMaiWaifu@lemmygrad.ml 31 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Kinda, for context, at this time in America, Nixon founded the EPA, proposed a bill for ubi*, and reparations were being discussed. This was without a doubt the high water mark for progressivism in the west. The governments involved were still rabidly anti-communist but they understood that a well off populace was far less likely to become revolutionary.

Keynesian economics is the basis of programs like the New Deal, short version is that during economic busts, the government should reduce taxes and deficit spend on work programs to revive the economy, and during boom times to cut spending and raise taxes to pay off the previous deficit.

[-] StalinIsMaiWaifu@lemmygrad.ml 69 points 3 months ago

But vassals don't change color to match the overlord, the man wants to map paint

[-] StalinIsMaiWaifu@lemmygrad.ml 54 points 5 months ago

Yes, but no. More years for context (count in millions)

2016: 66 Hillary v 63 Trump

2012: 66 Obama v 61 Romney

2008: 69 Obama v 60 McCain

2020 was a rarity in terms of turnout, 4 years of trump motivated a lot of angry Dems, but 4 years of Nothing will fundamentally change doesn't really excite the base. Add on top of that the Dems last second changed their nominee to a person who dropped out of the 2020 primary because she did not have a base.. If I remember right, it was so bad even mayo Pete had a higher percentage of the black vote.

[-] StalinIsMaiWaifu@lemmygrad.ml 103 points 5 months ago

Look at the vote totals, (as of right now) Harris 66 mi vs Trump's 71, compare this to 2020, 81 Biden vs 74 Trump.There is also this Pew article which shows the breakdown of non-voters

The simple conclusion is that the singularly most important thing a politician can do is excite and move their base. For how awful/low energy his campaign was this year, trump still excites and moves a base, while kamala was confused about what base to cater to- first calling Republicans weird then copying their platform and getting the dick Cheney approval.

This all could have been avoided if the Dems actually had a primary this year, but I think the DNC is actually afraid of progressives taking the party back over

[-] StalinIsMaiWaifu@lemmygrad.ml 69 points 6 months ago

Poor dude swallowed watermelon seeds

[-] StalinIsMaiWaifu@lemmygrad.ml 72 points 10 months ago

Once again joining the pandemic on the side of the disease. Praise Grandpa Nurgle!

[-] StalinIsMaiWaifu@lemmygrad.ml 68 points 1 year ago

The founding fathers were afraid of the "tyranny of the masses" so they intentionally designed every step of the US government to be as conservative and undemocratic as possible. It is less stupid and more malice which drove our cluster fuck today.

[-] StalinIsMaiWaifu@lemmygrad.ml 80 points 1 year ago

Chinese organ harvesting has gone too far this time!

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