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Coolness Averted posted:better things aren't possible Better things ARE possible. Also: I will one day regret not having kids.
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Coolness Averted posted:We can materially make the world better for those around us, even if it's too late to stop the economic and ecological apocalypse we can still be kind to fellow humans. It's also not too late to turn on our oppressors, even if it just means their luxury bunkers' air vents are cemented over. Another good example of things that are impossible to believe in the stark light of tyool 2019.
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May 30, 2019 21:24
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TrilliontonNixon posted:That the Obama presidency would actually leave a lasting mark on American politics. Technically he left a lasting mark. His election is a clear marker for when "seething white racial grievance" started transitioning into "open white nationalism" on the right. He was the straw that broke the camels back, thats an accomplishment, right?
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May 31, 2019 13:46
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Helsing posted:Obama's legacy will forever be that he twice stopped Hillary from being President, first by out campaigning her and then by salting the earth with terrible neoliberal governance. Hey! Thats unfair! Actively stopping someone from doing something would require some kind of action, which would use up that sweet political capital that Obama had to hoard for his entire presidency. Since he kept it all, he can go on an infinite vacation at Billionaire Whore Island. Give Hillary credit, she failed all on her own. In '08, by hiring people that didn't know how the primary system actually worked, and in '16, by hiring people who didn't know how the electoral college worked. Many of these people were the same people!
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May 31, 2019 15:55
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Pryor on Fire posted:This isn't quite on topic but immediately after 2016 I remember being so happy because I thought all the millionaire liberals would finally pull their heads out of their asses and we'd see some traction on scaling back the limitless power of the executive branch. To be unnecessarily fair to the millionaire libs, making any actual movement on this would require getting Cocaine Mitch to sign off, which, lol. They probably wouldn't do anything anyway.
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get that OUT of my face posted:weirdly, texas was the only state where any shred of electoral good news came for democrats in 2016. it went Trump but not as much as other states, and state-level Dems actually gained seats in the lower house. they chipped at the majority even further last year. this is in spite of the fact that the state party is still a dysfunctional mess Yeah Texas actually had a bunch of the semi-mythical "Romney->Clinton" voters, its just that losing by 9 points instead of 18 is functionally worthless. I think California is one of the other places those voters actually existed, which, well, lol.
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