This type of thing goes through my head constantly. Im kinda surprised trump is even trying to hide epstein given how well just breaking laws and being openly corrupt has been for him/they/them.

  • HubertManne@piefed.socialOPEnglish
    24·
    24 days ago

    Oh that ludicrous. The spoiler effect gave us bush over gore and trump1. There are plenty of chances to get the canidates running but when it comes down to the wire not choosing better over worse fucks everybody.

    • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
      6·
      24 days ago

      there will always be another trump so long as people keep failing these litmus tests.

      • Maeve@kbin.earth
        2·
        22 days ago

        Mmm, tell me again how Clinton got elected and balanced the budget. Tough on crime and austerity for low income is what I recall.

          • HubertManne@piefed.socialOPEnglish
            11·
            22 days ago

            I think its a reference to him being vilified for his adult affair when he did a pretty decent job as far as presidents go. Thats my take anyway.

            • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
              2·
              22 days ago

              enabling a genocide in the balkans sounds very much like enabling a genocide in gaza to me.

              • HubertManne@piefed.socialOPEnglish
                1·
                22 days ago

                see now I don’t get that in the context of the chain. I me I get it, but it sounds like a non sequitor.

                • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
                  1·
                  22 days ago

                  clinton & nato gave the croatian government weaponry to help croatia to ethnically cleans serbians from croatia.

                  biden/trump & nato give the isreali government weaponry to help isreal ethnically cleans palestinians from gaza

                  clinton broke campaign promises to fuck over marginalized groups and his own base.

                  trump broke campaign promises to fuck over marginized groups and his own base.

                  clinton and trump took different approaches, but both ultimately wanted the same thing; enforcing american hegemony.

    • Nakoichi [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      4·
      24 days ago

      That is demonstrably false. And even if it were true it doesn’t change the fact that these parties are complicit in all the same shit. Maybe they should appeal to peoples material needs. They never will though because that is not their function.