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  • It’s ridiculous. I’ve seen all these political/legal pundits coming out saying “It’s probably not going to go to court, but it toes the line!”

    No, fuck that. If you promise someone money, or even the chance of money, to vote or pledge support for a candidate, that’s compromising the democratic process. And if that’s somehow not illegal, it should be made illegal without question.

    They’re basically saying “Hey, you can stand outside polling stations and offer free scratch tickets to people who take a picture of their vote for Trump, and that’s not illegal because it’s not a guarantee of reward.”


  • Fair, and that’s also where things get muddy when trying to factor in the humanitarian crisis aspect into it all. Number of dead due to starvation, lack of medical care, preventable disease, and so on is impossibly hard to get an accurate number of.

    I just feel like this is a story we’re going to keep hearing over and over, forever. Darfur yesterday, Gaza today, who is tomorrow?


  • It’s sad to say, but yes. Gaza is a horrific tragedy, but it is an admittedly small corner of the world.

    The Palestinian health ministry has reported 40,000+ Palestinian dead. Meanwhile, George W. Bush is responsible for the deaths of over a million Iraqis following his completely unnecessary invasion of Iraq. He’s still kicking, probably using some of that blood on his hands for the painting he does now.

    Putin is also pulling comparable numbers as Bibi in Ukraine, though that conflict has been going on for a little bit longer than the one in Gaza. But that’s also not counting how many of his own men he sent to their deaths, which is estimated to be over 100,000.

    Henry Kissinger would also be on this list but thankfully it’s been almost a year since his long-awaited demise.

    And that’s really only looking at conflict. Not factoring in others who are responsible for large-scale humanitarian crises that may end up killing many more people just from disease or starvation.



  • I don’t know how much I’d rely on Americans abroad as a voting bloc, though. From my own experience as one such person, you’re just as likely to have people who want positive outcomes in the US as negative ones.

    A lot of expats might maintain ties to the US and still care about American issues, but I know a heck of a lot of them don’t care at all. A lot of Americans left the US because they hate it there and might even prefer it if the election makes things worse. Not that such people would be likely to vote anyways, but you’re not going to find consistent voting trends from people living abroad, even if as a sum they are greater than the margin of error of some elections.