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Boomers in about six months:

"But why would Obama do this?"

[-] Carvex@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

I was told today that this is “all the dems fault because they haven’t tried to stop him yet”. I can’t imagine how far your head has to be up your own ass to see that viewpoint.

[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 9 points 1 week ago

I think that's the "only Democrats have agency" thing that comes up. When Republicans are horrible shits people are just like yeah they're horrible but like you don't blame the bear for doing bear stuff. But everyone else is held to normal human standards

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

No, you don’t blame the bear. You cage it in a zoo or euthanize it for getting too comfortable around people.

[-] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

You also don't vote for the fucking bear and put him in a position of power.

[-] three_trains_in_a_trenchcoat@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's not all their fault, but by God it'd be nice to see them fight the republicans at least as hard as they fight the leftists in their own party.

[-] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Authoritarians are masters of compartmentalization. They cannot and will not connect any dots that conflict with their predetermined world view. Their brains do not function rationally and they are incapable of drawing rational conclusions.

There is a great free book on this topic with years of research behind it.

https://theauthoritarians.org/

[-] 13igTyme@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Biden is the new scapegoat.

[-] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Are we at the point where Americans actually defend their democracy and vulnerable citizens yet? No? Just gonna write up a new protest sign while we wait for more people to die?

They are stealing your country and murdering your neighbours. Wake the fuck up. Organize. Protest. Strike. Resist.

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

You're asking on .world, where the instance admins take a "both sides are the same" approach in addition to a "no advocating violence" against the established order.

[-] burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

what do you think organizing protesting and striking is if not writing signs

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Can’t forget the lovely chants!

(But I get the feeling OC wants something more than protests and strikes. And considering they’re apparently not American, I suggest their rhetoric is not actually in our interests.)

[-] match@pawb.social -1 points 1 week ago

do you remember the police station burning during blm

[-] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

What did they got out of that, though? Violence without a goal is just as ineffective. If argue they are bring more harm to the movement than doing nothing. If you have a specific goal you're trying to achieve, violence could be a legitimately good way to obtain that goal.

[-] lukaro@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 week ago

If you're a republican and you're ever in a position of need and I have to ability to help, I'll show you the sum total of compassion your political party has and piss on you instead of helping. Don't be upset I learned it from watching y'all.

[-] Azal@pawb.social 6 points 1 week ago

100% with you on that one. I'm told that I need to be considerate to them when they start learning the errors of their ways because then they might be allies.

Fuck that. I've lived in red states all my life, they hurt and they "turn over a new leaf" for a second, then the second a Democrat has the gall to help them out of the hole they scream communist then go running to the person worse than the last.

I'm done, I'll help those around me that I can to try to cut down the suffering... but if they voted for this or stayed home, they can rot for all I care.

[-] maniclucky@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

When you opt out of the social contract, you don't get the benefits anymore. Piss is too generous.

[-] hardcoreufo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Don't piss on them if they are on fire though.

[-] opus86@lemmy.today 9 points 1 week ago

I am not looking forward to seeing elderly people living on the streets after a medical issue causes them to lose their house. I don't think many will last long living outdoors.

[-] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago

"Some of you will die, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make"

[-] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago

AOC nailed it calling this bill a deal with the devil.

[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 week ago

Usually when you make a deal with the devil you get something.

[-] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

I mean the billionaires are getting something!

[-] PillBugTheGreat@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Death panels are back on the menu

[-] yumpsuit@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

If ya like learning cool lefty shit and care about the political economy of health, the Death Panel podcast is a nicely chilled refresher in a world thats’s served well done with ketchup.

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Did they ever leave?

[-] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

The rich get richer while the poor get fucked over and out.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

From Obama-care to Republi-kill.

Good luck everyone there. You are going to need it...

[-] Gsus4@mander.xyz 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

30% of those affected probably don't even believe in modern healthcare e.g. their patron saint RFKjr

[-] ScrambledEggs@lazysoci.al 1 points 1 week ago

Where else is the 1 trillion dollars tax cut for the rich comes from.

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