And please try to do it with the less bias possible, left and right wing are meaningless terms for me, I only believe in 🐔 wings.

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    Older generations have entrenched themselves in institutional power, they cling to it to their very last breath. Whether it’s democratic power, corporate power, media etc.

    Having two old fucks like Trump and Biden slap-fighting for the throne is the ultimate manifestation of that effort.

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      There’s also an incredibly powerful cloak of bystander effect happening in America.

      There are literally hundreds of thousands if not tens of millions of people better fundamentally equipped to be the president of the United States than either Biden or Trump or any of the people working inside of the DNC or RNC.

      But, thanks to the bystander effect, which is where people will stand idly by and watch another person being murdered in broad daylight and not do anything to help them, all of America is standing in public watching our future being murdered in broad daylight and nobody is doing anything about it because we keep thinking someone else will do something.

      Add another layer to that, I don’t know what any one person could do to change this current path that we are on. If I could figure it out I would do it myself.

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          People who take that stance are worse than the bystanders.

          They are also bystanders but then after everyone finally reacts to the dead body they run around screaming, “Why didn’t YOU do anything?”

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            I’m just saying it’s not all bystander effect. The vast majority of us don’t have the time, energy, temperament, or most importantly the money to run for office. Or to do much beyond vote for our candidates and try to convince others to do so.

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        Yup. And a career in politics sucks way more than most people realize. It’s almost all fund raising all the time. On the phone begging for money. And when you’re not doing that, you’re dealing with belligerent morons like MTG.

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          “To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who most want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it.
          To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
          To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem.”