• @ikapoz
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    -239 months ago

    Fault and fairness are irrelevant; they’ve never had anything to do with how government functions and damn sure don’t look to start mattering any time soon. A two party system this polarized simply will. not. work.

    • uphillbothways
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      189 months ago

      Which is exactly why it’s important not to bail the republicans out of their self imposed ongoing schism. They need to be broken up and that can’t happen unless they repeatedly fail to caucus together on even simple procedural tasks like electing a speaker. This is an ideal problem brought upon themselves to show they are already not a single unified party. Just a loose agglomeration of shit stirrers. Two bad kids in their granddad’s trench coat.

      • @ikapoz
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        -99 months ago

        I certainly wouldn’t say that bailing them out is the best choice, either from a moral or a practical point of view. My point was merely that the eight nutters here are not the real problem. They are merely symptom of much more grave and perhaps systemic threats to the governmental system.

        • Zorque
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          129 months ago

          … which Republicans have a large hand in perpetuating.

          I’m not saying Democrats are the saints and angels, but they’re a damn sight better than their red-faced counter-parts. What little enabling their members do pales in comparison to the enabling of the Republican party.

          Wholesale change needs to happen. And moving The Leftovers party out of it’s middle-of-the-road approach is part of that, but it’s not even close to a majority. Trying to lump the two together as some sort of “everyone in government is bad!” approach is disingenuous and antithetical to seeking change.

          If you want to see a solution, stop trying to generalize the problem. We’ve had generalized “solutions” for decades, and it’s done nothing but slow the degradation a little bit at best.

          • @ikapoz
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            -39 months ago

            Your assumption that I’m making an argument to moderation is fundamentally incorrect and a little insulting.

            • Zorque
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              49 months ago

              My assumption is that you’re casting too wide a net because you’re just tired of the status quo, but you don’t really know who to really blame. So you’re blaming everyone.

    • @[email protected]
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      19 months ago

      They are relevant when it comes to elections. And that’s all that ultimately matters in our system.

      • @ikapoz
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        09 months ago

        Lol. Tell that to Al Gore.

        • @[email protected]
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          19 months ago

          ?

          He was blamed for being boring, which he was. That was his fault. He didn’t contest Florida enough. That was his campaign’s fault.

          • squiblet
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            19 months ago

            I think the concept was that he lost even though he won.