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This was the same promise in 2020. And yet here we are. Democrats should have done better than beg to save democracy one more time.

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Preserving democracy was never going to be a single-step solution process. It takes consistent, persistent work to not only expand, but to just maintain our liberty for all. It’s a tower defense strategy game.

At the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, a lady asked Benjamin Franklin “Well Doctor what have we got, a republic or a monarchy.” Franklin replied, “A republic . . . if you can keep it.” This existential threat has always been there and it’s something to always be wary of. It’s exhausting, but it’s worth it. Freedom ain’t free.

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It wasn’t really a concern until recently. We didn’t have constant threats against democracy from within our own government when I was a kid.

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Until recently? We had a little thing called the Civil War that was a bit of a speed bump, too.

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So, Nixon & Watergate wasn’t a threat?

Citizens United wasn’t a threat?

And don’t forget the constant attempts of voter ID laws in Republican states.

Gerrymandering by incumbent parties.

Poling booth closures and inaccessibility.

As five examples of an endless, constant stream from Republicans.

You just have no fucking idea what you’re talking about.

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It’s cyclical. There was an uncannily similar fascist movement in the US immediately prior to WW2. We had members of Congress on the Nazi payroll, for example. It’s happening again; fascism and authoritarianism are on the rise across the globe.

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You can just tell everyone you are an idiot instead of suggesting you know something they don’t.

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“You ever notice whenever the republicans do something terrible or prevent something good from happening, it’s always the democrats fault?” -Fucking idiots everywhere.

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Nina Turner said it years ago… our “choices” were a full bowl of sh!t or a half bowl of sh!t… https://youtu.be/X1ObX0iDRjo

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can you really call this two party system a democracy

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Yeah but we don’t have to eat shit to survive do we? So why the fuck are we acting like Biden was our only choice. What kind of stupid analogy is this?

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In 2028 a mummified version of Biden will be put forward as candidate until 2032, when a new act in place allow for digital avatars to be president and digital Obama comes back with Yes We Can, Again!

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And it will happen again and again since the DNC and DGA fund fringe GOP candidates as an ongoing tactic. But that unhappy fact will take a few more election cycles before the non-political folk catch on to the grift.

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The new existence of this fringe took everyone left of Lindsey Graham by surprise in 2016. It’s not conspiracies all the way down. These people exist and the sooner we realize the center is not where we imagined it was the sooner we can get on with governing and protecting the whole country and not just the little blue parts that like us.

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Uh, no dude, i’m talking about an existing tactic in use by the Democratic party, which you can find editorials on in like Newsweek n’ shit. Dems are doing this in the open, as it is not illegal.

I’m not deep webbin’ dawg, you are simply lacking info. Read something first. Then you are allowed an opinion.

Didn’t read it? Stop being a waste of everyone’s time

EDIT: clarity, grammar, extra “esteem”

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Not only that but what is Biden going to do for climate in the next 4 years? Like really… He sucks

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27 points

He’s still the best option as sad as that is

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4 points

Revolution is the best option.

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1 point

Hah

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19 points

Banning gas cars and giving more funds for green energy. Meanwhile orange man wants to increase the usage of fossil fuels. Could be more but could also be less.

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10 points

You realize Biden’s signature legislation added massive funding to the development of solar and wind power as well as funding a huge expansion of electric chargers across the country?

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More than what Trump will do.

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