One Party Rule, Forever

[Esq.]

The only sport I ever really watched was football. That was conveniently taken care of a couple years ago when all the kneeling for the Anthem bullshit started. Of course it only got worse in 2020. Haven't watched an NFL game in several years and don't miss it.

I figured as much with you, but the sentiment about all of life being about politics needs to be said and understood.

[Arik]

I've never really understood this.

Politics IS LIFE.

From the damn time you get up in the morning every day until you die and are buried your entire LIFE is ordered around political decisions.

How much water does your toilet use? The toilet paper you use-the timber used to make it, where did it come from and how was it harvested? How about the chemicals in your air conditioning system? The amount of money you take home. What your children are taught in school. How much are the taxes on the gas you use to go to work? The wood used to build your house- how much does the inspection of it add to the cost? How many airbags does your car have and what about the backup camera and the bumper strength and that little light near the back roofline that tells morons your vehicle is stopped?- How much extra did that add to the cost? How long do you have to work to pay for that? The shoes you wear- did you buy them online and not pay sales tax? The carpet you walk on- what is it's fire rating and again, how did that affect the cost of it? The apple you ate for lunch- what pesticides can be used to grow it, what labor force was used to harvest it, how many times was it inspected, how was the cost of it's travel throughout the retail chain affected by fuel taxes? Paper (deforestation) or plastic (Plastic pollution) or Burlap grocery bags (Would you like a side of Covid with that)?

EVERY GODDAMN THING YOU DO, EVERY SINGLE DAY IS POLITICAL.

People who ignore this fact, I'm sorry, I can't understand it. I really can't. It's why things are the way they are. People just "tune out". How about instead of "tuning out" with sports and other bullshit, you get PISSED OFF about it and DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Then, maybe, you CAN tune out because the problem is solved- instead of ignored while you do mindless shit.....

It's easy. Do you ALWAYS talk/read/write/discuss about the same thing? Literally the same thing. Like you've never ever not even once talked about something besides politics?

Food is also LIFE. And probably more important than politics yet no one is focused on only discussing sandwiches, meat, vegetables...etc.. and only that for their whole life l. Oxygen is even more important than food so in reality we should only ever talk about oxygen



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[duece71]

“Working within the system” is gone forever. Until conservatives will allow themselves to behave like the opposition, our society will stay the course that it is presently on. People still have too much to lose to suddenly “rise against”. Actually, most people don’t even care.

[Uni-Vibe]

Are we going to sit around and kid ourselves, or get real?

In a recent election in Wisconsin, Republican had a majority in the state legislature. They did this with only 39% of the statewide vote.

Republican presidential candidates have won the popular vote once in the last seven elections. But they've appointed six of the nine Supreme Court justices.

Democrats and Republicans are split in the US Senate. But Democratic senators represent 41 million more citizens.

In a fair election, Joe Biden won seven million more votes than Donald Trump. But his victory turned on 45,000 votes in three states.

Democratic California has one senator for every 20 million people. Republican Wyoming has one senator for every 350,000 people.

Gerrymandering, voter suppression laws, electoral college, Supreme Court hostility to voting rights statutes.

It's just laughable to suggest that Democrats are a permanent minority-rule party. It's obvious that the Republican Party has almost, not quite but almost, achieved this status.

[Esq.]

Are we going to sit around and kid ourselves, or get real?

In a recent election in Wisconsin, Republican had a majority in the state legislature. They did this with only 39% of the statewide vote.

Republican presidential candidates have won the popular vote once in the last seven elections. But they've appointed six of the nine Supreme Court justices.

Democrats and Republicans are split in the US Senate. But Democratic senators represent 41 million more citizens.

In a fair election, Joe Biden won seven million more votes than Donald Trump. But his victory turned on 45,000 votes in three states.

Democratic California has one senator for every 20 million people. Republican Wyoming has one senator for every 350,000 people.

Gerrymandering, voter suppression laws, electoral college, Supreme Court hostility to voting rights statutes.

It's just laughable to suggest that Democrats are a permanent minority-rule party. It's obvious that the Republican Party has almost, not quite but almost, achieved this status.

The issue isn't democracy, the issue is that we are a Republic. None of what you cite makes a shit of difference if certain rights are inviolable regardless of how many votes you have.

Example- IF we could get enough votes, do we get to say all White people are now slaves? No? Why not? We have the votes.

See how that works?

I don't give a Flying F what the "majority wants". There are certain things that are not open to a vote. Period.

“This may be considered as the true palladium of liberty…. The right of self defense is the first law of nature: in most governments it has been the study of rulers to confine this right within the narrowest limits possible. Wherever standing armies are kept up, and the right of the people to keep and bear arms is, under any color or pretext whatsoever, prohibited, liberty, if not already annihilated, is on the brink of destruction.”
– St. George Tucker, Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England, 1803

[Esq.]

It's easy. Do you ALWAYS talk/read/write/discuss about the same thing? Literally the same thing. Like you've never ever not even once talked about something besides politics?

Food is also LIFE. And probably more important than politics yet no one is focused on only discussing sandwiches, meat, vegetables...etc.. and only that for their whole life l. Oxygen is even more important than food so in reality we should only ever talk about oxygen



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Politics controls food. Ask the Kulaks. Did you know there is a Federal Standard for how much rat shit is acceptable in your Cheerios?

Oxygen, also politics- Ever heard of the Clean Air Act? How does the Clean Air Act affect how much your electricity costs- cause it damn sure does.....

So, even when you ARE talking about those things- you're talking politics- but people don't SEE it that way-- And they should. The lens of politics should be superimposed on everything- because it is, whether we acknowledge it or not. Acknowledging that fact, instead of ignoring it- is the first step to FIXING IT and getting politics OUT OF EVERYTHING where it doesn't belong. It's a different way of looking at things I admit but I think it has merit.

[PatrioticDisorder]

Are we going to sit around and kid ourselves, or get real?

In a recent election in Wisconsin, Republican had a majority in the state legislature. They did this with only 39% of the statewide vote.

Republican presidential candidates have won the popular vote once in the last seven elections. But they've appointed six of the nine Supreme Court justices.

Democrats and Republicans are split in the US Senate. But Democratic senators represent 41 million more citizens.

In a fair election, Joe Biden won seven million more votes than Donald Trump. But his victory turned on 45,000 votes in three states.

Democratic California has one senator for every 20 million people. Republican Wyoming has one senator for every 350,000 people.

Gerrymandering, voter suppression laws, electoral college, Supreme Court hostility to voting rights statutes.

It's just laughable to suggest that Democrats are a permanent minority-rule party. It's obvious that the Republican Party has almost, not quite but almost, achieved this status.

Fair election is very much in dispute, it’s disingenuous to suggest otherwise.

[Leuthas]

Is that really an example of people being easily distracted or just people talking about things other than politics. Politics everywhere gets old fast.

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Celebrity gossip is little more than a vein through which narrative is fed to the public, in my experience.

[Esq.]

Celebrity gossip is little more than a vein through which narrative is fed to the public, in my experience.

Are you saying that Greg Popovich or Lebron James or Alec Baldwin might have an agenda? Come on, man! Really? You think?

You see, that's exactly the point. Even when people just "tune out" and watch what they think is mindless shit.....the signal still is being delivered....every day in a million little ways....

[vicious_cb]

Are you saying that Greg Popovich or Lebron James or Alec Baldwin might have an agenda? Come on, man! Really? You think?

You see, that's exactly the point. Even when people just "tune out" and watch what they think is mindless shit.....the signal still is being delivered....every day in a million little ways....

Every facet of entertainment and sports has been subverted for a while now. Ive been calling it out since 2015 and people here are like: "Dude, its just Star Wars." All your sport stars and fictional heroes have been destroyed. And you wonder why the newer generations all want to be tiktok stars and youtubers. To think there isnt some larger agenda at play is just foolish.