William Michael

It turns out that communism is immensely popular in its policy, but horrible with its optics. Democrats are typically the opposite

Kinda funky that no matter how transgressive a man may be, he hesitates to call himself a “feminist.” They will jokingly call themselves commies or woke, but feminism, has been given a different connotation. Is it bc of TERFs? Does identifying as feminist first throw up a red flag?

He spent 600+ days at the bottom of the ocean with nothing to pass the time but virtual youtubers

The level in question:
(No hate, all love)

But then the issue you have isn’t with this niche group of Bernie-Trump voters, its with the electoral system. Its never “that simple,” you have to pick and choose who or what you want to hold accountable. Do those people suck? Yeah! Are they the Bernie bros you’re encountering online? Unlikely

I must imagine you happy

I play both; Armored Core has better customization, I open 6 every few days, make a mech, give it a paint job, run it through the arena and some missions, and its a blast. Thats after 40 hours tho

Ace Combat has more consistent gameplay. You can’t fly a bad plane or get frustrated by a hard boss.

Spah creepin around ‘ere

I don’t think that says much about the candidates tho, especially looking at their voting history and politics. I make Putin happy when I complain about domestic issues, anything to screw with foreign affairs. Again, 12% isnt and shouldnt be significant, its a messed up system

Ah, the beauty of corporate governance. Its like a dating show but instead of being on some remote island it determines what subscription passwords I must steal for this month and which pirating website gets adblocked

Consequence of living with privilege. Most people, you come across something that bothers you, you turn the other way and live your life.

White people be like: Waiter, kill them.

No one here needs to hear this, but I am always that guy in guns, drugs, and abortion debates going “laws make black markets” bc that gets overlooked. Black markets are bad for everyone, be more pragmatic or find a genie or smthn, smh

I had a fascinating talk with a close friend about this whole debacle, and their reaction was to push off the whole clash and just say “commodities are problematic.” Not productive, but it does shift the conversation away from “look at these gooners and karens” and into “oh damn, labor”

A small percentage of Bernie voters voted for Trump, and that’s assuming every Bernie voter was a hot-blooded Bernie bro to begin with. A majority of the country voted for Hillary, to me that makes the voting system a clear problem, not the nuances of the people inside the funky system

I disagree. Ukraine and Palestine are different issues when you’re in Congress, you’re dealing with the military-industrial complex and foreign policy, and I don’t think Bernie or AOC are picking Russian oligarchy over American oligarchy. Tankies exist, but they’re not getting elected IMO.

I won’t say you’re wrong, but I will say that this is flattening a narrative. Lots of people, left and center, had gripes with Hillary, but I don’t think that resulted in Trump’s election. If I was old enough, I would’ve voted Blue no matter who, but I would’ve complained too.

Research complete: “… Hillary Clinton would be the president if the national tallies counted, and the shift from Mr. Obama’s 51.9 percent… to Mrs. Clinton’s 51.1 percent was the smallest change… since 1888.”
The block matters due to EC chicanery; this is 6-9 million people among 340 million (.2%)

So I am wondering a bit about the phenomenon of “Obama-Trump” voters. Are they significant in size? Are they inflated to meet the narratives about “Reagan democrats?” Will come back with some sources and info later, but feel free to weigh in anecdotally.

The Political Wire source is extrapolating the “Obama-Trump” block. Its worth closer study, but here is an ok starting point (might be Dem think tank, so feel free to keep pursuing your own sources)

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I will post the quote if I find it, but in some of my research I came across a work in soc theory that called the electoral system a facade that existed to be “coercive” and to “pacify” the forces that would oppose a purely capitalist system. Its all about deception, power through coercion

A lot of big streamers also live in TX, and I am 90% its due to the lack of an income tax. When people make narratives about tax migration and brain drain, they aren’t completely off base, but they forget that those tax havens are temporary, because poor infrastructure sucks (even for rich folk)

*you’re filled with determination*

Prepare thyself

There’s been an interesting discourse over HOW we got here, what structural issues are most important, and so far the conclusions are seemingly apolitical:

Abolish the EC
Require everyone to vote
Implement Ranked-Choice
Improve public education
Stop lobbying
Eat the— woops howd that get here

This just feels like a band-aid for a major issue with the gig economy. I wish Uber and DoorDash didn’t exist, and if they did they would operate as brokers and service hosts, not a “logistics operator” that picks your contractor and sets pricing and expectations

Invitation to vent about your niche least-favorite type of “content.”

Here’s mine: the asshats that ride around on electric bikes with go-pros, swerving around homeless camps, talking OUT LOUD about how certain policies annoy them. The most abrasive way to spend your time IMO

Speaks to a larger issue, I suppose. Like, living in a country that requires everyone to be responsible for a vehicle is ableist. Should have a more accessible transportation infrastructure, that way your headphones are just irritating a fellow pedestrian, not slowing a firetruck

Different strokes for different folks, I wish people learned when they should mind their business and when they should dust off the pitchforks

The deficit wouldn’t be such a bad thing if we could expect a return on those investments. ICE? Border Control? How does that improve GDP? And what do corporations do with tax cuts? Historically they overextend with R&D and blow bubbles (like with AI?!) that hurt the economy