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Spectre ( Confidant6198@lemmy.ml )  to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

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Spectre ( Confidant6198@lemmy.ml )  to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago
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  • StThicket ( StThicket@reddthat.com ) 
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    It amazes me that one of the largest countries in the world, with the most diverse demographics, can only chose between two candidates. This is not democracy. It’s a shit show that has been going on for far too long.

    • Cowbee [he/they] ( Cowbee@lemmy.ml ) 
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      America is a one party dictatorship, and in typical American extravagence, it has two of them.

      • pingveno ( pingveno@lemmy.ml ) 
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        Said by a man who ran a country that outlawed all but the party he was prime minister of. He was probably a little salty about criticism over the lack of democracy in his country.

    • Hirom ( Hirom@beehaw.org ) 
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      Tradition and inertia.

      The USA is proud to have the oldest and longest-standing written constitution. The fact it hasn’t been rewriteen in a long time help explain why there’s still an electoral college, slavery for prisoners (13th amendements), and weak regulation of campaign finance.

      • PolandIsAStateOfMind ( PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml ) 
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        Oldest active constitution is San Marino.

        • Hirom ( Hirom@beehaw.org ) 
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          That’s interesting. Thanks for pointing it out.

          My point is having a very old constitution isn’t much of a boast if keeping it as-is causes political issues.

        • xor ( xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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          Presumably what the other commenter was referring to is the US having the oldest codified constitution

          • PolandIsAStateOfMind ( PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml ) 
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            Which is honestly meaningless but very convenient for US narrations. There were also older de facto constitutions, which are usually forgotten like the Henrician Articles of P-L Commonwealth. US constitution is famous because it was the one which was loudly proclaimed and imitated later.

            • xor ( xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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              Ok 👍

  • humbletightband ( humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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    Turd sandwich vs giant douche

    • oo1 ( oo1@lemmings.world ) 
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      Thing is a douche is useful. I giant one is probably also useful in cleaning, industrial or civil applications like sewerage.

      I think only flies or dung beetles would be interested in the turd sandwich.

      • humbletightband ( humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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        How the fuck Trump is useful?

        • oo1 ( oo1@lemmings.world ) 
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          As fuel? like whale oil maybe.

          I was thinking trump was the turd sandwich, but I really don’t understand US politics.

          I suspect Joe Bidet is more likely to want to clean out your sewerage system.

  • halvar ( halvar@lemm.ee ) 
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    I’m from Europe (Hungary) and I watched the first 20 minutes of the debate (with the intent of finishing the whole thing in one go) before turning it off while basically being on the brink of crying. The US presidents basically have as much say in my life as my own government (if not more) and even though I can’t vote for them, if I had to I’d be lost. Because it’s not that one is old and the other is crazy it’s a freaking Venn diagram of crazy RFK jr., demented Biden and then of course crazy and demented Trump. Seeing the debate and how these people basically can’t put two sentences after each other without breaking up is terrifying. And one of them will be voted into the most important office on the planet.

    I mean it’s shit over here. We can choose between a guy who already stole half of our country, someone whose messy divorce somehow made him the most important member of the opposition and this other guy who stole the other half of the country before the current dude did. (And that’s just the tip of the iceberg). But maaan are we a lot better off than the world’s greatest country where two unsupervised parties get to point at the people you can vote into this ridiculously powerful position. And then they pick these guys.

    We’re all going to die and I can’t even vote for whoever gets us killed, which is ultimately for the better. This way I can die with a clear conscience.

    • eldavi ( eldavi@lemmy.ml ) 
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      … which is ultimately for the better. This way I can die with a clear conscience.

      i envy you and i wish i could say the same thing because i have to vote for biden or else we’ll regress backwards in addition to dying.

  • DoucheBagMcSwag ( DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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    Trump world be Mr burns, Snake or Sideshow bob

    • PeriodicallyPedantic ( PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca ) 
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      Sideshow Bob is way too smart to be compared to trump

    • Ziixe ( ziixe@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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      He’s all four at the same time

      • bane_killgrind ( bane_killgrind@lemmy.ml ) 
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        Immoral, malicious, unhinged

  • kingthrillgore ( KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml ) 
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    Simpsons did it again!

  • Hupf ( Hupf@feddit.de ) 
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    I’m rooting for Hank Scorpio.

    • Spacehooks ( Spacehooks@reddthat.com ) 
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      “When you get home there will be another floor on your house” -Hank Scorpio

      I got to say Hank was a great boss. Really rewarded his team. The kind person we should all strive to be.

  • Altima NEO ( altima_neo@lemmy.zip ) 
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    I’m voting for Moleman

  • alsimoneau ( alsimoneau@lemmy.ca ) 
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    Trump is more Zapp Brannigan

  • taanegl ( taanegl@beehaw.org ) 
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    Biden 2024 - wear an union around your belt

    • Che Banana ( The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org ) 
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      And cintch that belt about nipple high.

  • dan1101 ( dan1101@lemm.ee ) 
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    Jasper is my guy. More paddlin’

  • Technological_Elite ( Technological_Elite@lemmy.one ) 
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    Ok but where’s “the worm” the peeps have been talking about?

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