• bobs_monkey@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    We need a system where bare minimum the exception is no accountability due to political connections instead of the current system where 99.9% percent of the wealthy can do this shit and no one cares.

    The people certainly care, at least the ones that want justice and an even playing field, but there’s nothing we can do about it because they’re playing by a different set of rules, and that’s what’s total bullshit. If I don’t pay my taxes, I’ll get my ass handed to me, but if anyone connected doesn’t, they wring their hands until it goes away.

    I pay my taxes because it’s the right thing to do (even though I vehemently disagree on what these knuckleheads spend it on), and I don’t really have a choice anyway, so I’d rather stay out of trouble. The GOP is hanging on to this issue because it’s the only real tangible thing they have to show any wrongdoing connected to Biden, and they’re making a political spectacle where it doesn’t exist. But it does highlight the issue of how wealthy people operate under a different paradigm than the rest of us. It’s just rich coming from the party that grifts and cons like it’s going out of style, while attempting to shield themselves by saying it’s somehow different (it’s not).

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      7 months ago

      The people certainly care,

      But as long as we “vote blue no matter who” it’ll never change.

      And now that the DNC is canceling primaries and have been saying it doesn’t matter because they can appoint whoever they want…

      It’s not enough to just vote in the primaries and hold our noses in the general.

      We can’t fix anything when both teams are ignoring what voters want.

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        7 months ago

        We can’t fix anything when both teams are ignoring what voters want. representing the wealthy and powerful instead of the people

        We really need to reform the voting system to allow for more choices of parties, but I ain’t holding my breath any time soon