crusa187

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[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago

We’re long overdue for a new reform party to run on few or single issue platforms, eg. to end FPTP and institute national ranked choice or star voting. They’d certainly be immune from corporate bribe money trying to drop these policies.

If they ran as independents to do just that, they’d have my vote. And it’s crazy enough it just might work.

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago

Chocolate man ran, but we chocolate man stan.

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago

HL3 is on the way bro, trust me!

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure there was another female agent who was covering him in front, so this meme seems a bit cherry picked

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 10 points 4 months ago

Democratic politicians feel this way because they are mostly friends with their colleagues across the aisle. They all eat at the same luncheons together, hang out at the same establishments in DC, attend the same fundraisers and lobbying events.

I think the voters tend to have a different point of view from those in DC. Consider that even Republican lawmakers were running for their life on Jan6. Dem voters are growing fatigued with the constant gaslighting from the establishment politicians, and hopefully soon might provide cause for their “elected representatives” to flee as well. At this point we’ve been left with painfully few alternatives.

Lastly just want to say I do agree with full treason charges for anyone involved with Jan6. Obstruction was a laughable wrist slap, this is far too serious for such measures. The rioters kind of had the right idea but for literally all of the wrong reasons. It’s tea party republicans all over again (which was funded by Koch bros of course). Instead of addressing this in a serious manner, Dems considered doing nothing at all for 2 years before they finally started bringing the wrong charges. Pathetic.

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago

Only because our “representatives” let them write the law entirely. Imagine if Congress wasn’t filled to the brim with 80 year old fundraisers…

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The RNC never intended to run a candidate other than Trump because he controls MAGA, which is what remains of their energized base. The primaries they held were “just in case” Merrick Garland actually did something useful and successfully prosecuted Trump for insurrection, which never came to pass.

The DNC did everything they could to prevent primary elections from occurring in various states, and bullied anyone who was floating a run into submission. This included the state dept making calls to state DNC committees to cancel primaries, or remove certain candidates from their ballots. According to them, it was an insult to Biden admin and their legacy to even suggest another candidate should run. And now look where that’s gotten us.

So no, we didn’t actually vote in primaries this year because the establishment refuses to relinquish the status quo.

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It is kind of amazing how even those disenfranchised voters will rally to support the hegemony of the “two party” corporatist rule. I suggested recently we could consider rallying behind a single issue 3rd party candidate who would end the legalized bribes and replace FPTP with a more democratic alternative, and was immediately downvoted and told it’s not possible due to FPTP.

facepalm

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 17 points 4 months ago
[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

Fingers crossed

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 24 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Ubisoft has been trash for a long time now. It’s a shame that they control some good IP, but the company’s too far gone to ever be trustworthy. Save your time and money and just play something else imo.

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago

Yeah, this is why it’s time we have an honest conversation to seriously consider a 24 hour work week.

Productivity has gone up consistently since the 70s while wages have stagnated. It’s going up at an even faster rate now with AI assistant tooling. Workers deserve to enjoy some of the rewards from that increased output, and I can’t think of a better way than letting them enjoy life more outside of work.

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