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I’m in favor of absolutely anyone and everyone who talks about veganism in a positive way and is well-meaning, personally.

Make the tent bigger even if it has people who are different from you.

Hunting down Catholic priests

Turns out they were basically bounty hunters for Catholic priests during Elizabeth I’s reign.

“Really? How about dying for it?”

To play devil’s advocate here, I suspect many rural voters would probably just say they’d like to be left alone more than anything else.

They really buy into that Reagan line about “I’m from the government and I’m here to help” being the 9 most terrifying words in the English language. They haven’t seen government programs working effectively around them.

I’m not sure promising more government assistance for rural areas is a winning message, is my point.

We might be able to point out the class divide between republican voters and their representatives, though. That, and highlighting the donors those representatives are really working for.

Conservative philosophy has had generations to settle in these areas, so any messaging to the contrary is going to be an uphill climb.

UBI became broadly well known as a policy in the US in 2020 with Andrew Yang’s campaign. It was on the Green Party’s radar as of their 2010 platform. Neither of those things had happened when the Dems had a roughly 6 month supermajority in 2009.

There are plenty of legitimate concerns to have about Democratic policies without expecting time travel from them.

You may not care what Republicans think, but you’re doing their job for them.

Hi. Did you know you’re repeating a Republican attack line from the campaign? I wonder who that would help.

Source

tl;dr: the actual length of the supermajority was a few months, which they spent working on reform for the healthcare industry, where an estimated $2.4 trillion was spent in 2008.

Also, even the Green Party didn’t add UBI to their platform until 2010.

Yep. The indie boom that PC gaming experienced would not have been possible without early access funding, full stop.

Not every early access title has gone perfectly and there are some studios that have gamed the system.

Still, the stuff that managed to make it through the process and become successful has been some of the only stuff saving us from a live service hellscape

Yeah that’s the irony, Texas wouldn’t even need to secede to fuck up its power grid.

Fun fact, there are 3 major power grids in the lower 48 united states’: the Eastern Interconnection, Western Interconnection, and Texas.

Vote in the primaries. Vote for the winner who’s least fascist. Yell at them. A lot. Activism in the streets, calling your representative about pending legislation. Donations to organizing groups you agree with There are multiple stages of the process you can get involved with. 1 vote every 4 years is not enough

In all of Vietnam there are currently two active metro lines, one of which is only partially complete.

I hope it improves. Many lines are under construction but all of the projects have been plagued by delays for years.

But why would you include this as an example here?

I’d agree that people at the top of the party are cynical and mostly just want tax breaks and to keep government regulations away from their financial investments. Many of the voters do earnestly vote based on Christian nationalism (especially pro-life people) and fear of immigrants, though.

These voters have also been subjected to 20+ years of propaganda from right wing radio and TV networks. Have you ever subjected yourself to that shit? It’s like a constant fear response.

My point is the voters at the bottom may not always have a consistent principled worldview, but they’re not always acting cynically with their votes. Many of them really do believe this stuff.

Who’s the guy just to the left of Dahmer?

And the two guys just to the right of Saddam?

ETA: left of Dahmer is Dylan Klebold, one of the Columbine shooters. Leaving this up anyway

They are altering the deal. Pray they don’t alter it any further.

LegendOfTotalWar feeling this rn

Some say she grows stronger every year…

I don’t get it, could you explain?

No one can get those things without first electing a senate that supports them