• tyo_ukko@sopuli.xyz
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    5 days ago

    Clinton and Obama did nothing to fix the system.

    Clinton did a lot to balance the US budget, that W. then blew apart once again. Obama put all his weight on Obamacare, but I don’t know how successful that is in practice.

    There will never be a US president who will “fix the system”. It’s broken beyond repair. But there’s hope that one day there might be a president who supports minorities, doesn’t start wars, builds international relations and doesn’t rape children.

    Edit: it’s also worth pointing out that in any political system resembling democracy, the politicians will work for their donors.

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      Again, no one is saying everything they did was bad. What I’m saying is that they protected the 1% same as everyone else. Clinton famously repealed the Glass–Steagall Act, Obamacare was a compromise that protected private health insurance companies. It’s absolutely possible to elect someone who’s not controlled by corporations and billionaires but people in this picture and not examples of that.

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        5 days ago

        Fair enough, as long as it’s not an excuse for all-or-nothing thinking. Any American with half a brain should always vote for the democrat candidate, the republicans are always worse.

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          Talking about half brains… You know the Jubilee thing where they make one person debate 20 people? I don’t follow this but there’s this new one with a young Dem debating 20 boomers. I tried watching and had to stop after bout 5 minutes. The stupidity of boomers was unbearable. “Guns are a god given right” and such. And they are the biggest voting generation right now… US is fucked.

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            5 days ago

            How these people are even able to function in a society is a total mystery to me.