• PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world
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    You act like Biden can literally not capitulate on this. Why does the voice of the voter no longer matter?

    I dont like this trend of demanding votes without having to earn voters. We are creating a culture of zero accountability to the voters.

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      “So,” said Arthur, hoping he wasn’t sounding ridiculously obtuse, “why don’t people get rid of the lizards?” “It honestly doesn’t occur to them,” said Ford. “They’ve all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they’ve voted in more or less approximates to the government they want.” “You mean they actually vote for the lizards?” “Oh yes,” said Ford with a shrug, “of course.” “But,” said Arthur, going for the big one again, “why?” “Because if they didn’t vote for a lizard,” said Ford, "the wrong lizard might get in.”

      Douglas Adam’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

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        At this point I think we deserve our clusterfuck of a system. Conservatives and neoliberals have really made a mess of it all. One is malicious and the other is inadvertently enabling.

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        Half the people upvoting you are exactly who Adams was making fun of. Of course you and I know that, but these people are dense.