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Bruce Brittain's avatar

Actually, the “shitheads” are the symptoms of the problem in D.C. The problem is a voter base untethered from reality who vote the shitheads into office. Our MAGA neighbors are responsible.

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R Mercer's avatar

There is a shared responsibility here.

People do vote this shitheads into office, but there are a lot of things going on that facilitate the shitheads being in position to get elected (and having the money and media support to get noticed and elected)... and who the particular shitheads are.

What most of these politicians don't realize is that they are easily replaceable. There are hundreds or thousands of people JUST LIKE THEM out there that would be able to fill their shoes, provided they get the necessary visibility and support.

This used to be provided by the GoP as an institution. Now a lot of it comes from the media and PACs.

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Bruce Brittain's avatar

Mostly agree. The media that makes MAGA voters possible is the large and profitable dis-information industry.

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R Mercer's avatar

It is this weird, almost incestuous cycle that just spins around and around and gets worse. It is kind of like dealing/using drugs.

It escalates because the dose that used to get you high no longer does.

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