• 4grams
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    1139 months ago

    and half this country wants to see these kind of headlines coming from ours. 😢

    • @kescusay@lemmy.world
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      999 months ago

      Not half. Never forget that the insane, reactionary conservatives are a minority in this country. They’re just extremely loud.

      • @scarabic@lemmy.world
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        199 months ago

        They’re a solid 30%. Which means they’re life or death for their party. Which means they get their way. They’re as influential as any other group, or even more successful than others with similar numbers. I don’t see how we can just wave that away as “they’re a minority.”

      • 4grams
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        69 months ago

        Oh, I know, speaking in euphemisms. Maybe I should have said half the electorate (which I know is still not completely accurate). Point is, there is a real chance he gets elected and if so, we’re fucked. I’m not taking chances by downplaying the danger.

          • @uis@lemm.ee
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            9 months ago

            When someone wants turn your country into shithole that iy is they are reformists. Reformists and conservatives aren’t good and bad. In some countries (15-ish former republics) conservatives are left-wing.

            • @Tinidril@midwest.social
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              19 months ago

              The conservative movement traces directly back to royalists following the French revolution. They looked at the same world as Marx and decided to go the exact opposite way. Ultimately, conservatives are feudalistic.

      • 4grams
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        169 months ago

        You are right, apologies, I’m talking from the US perspective but we aren’t alone, same could be said from several…

    • @Phegan@lemmy.world
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      189 months ago

      We assumed way too much that our country is split in half. Conservatives are much less than half but due to gerrymandering and voter suppression tactics are not targeted towards them. They are cheating to make you think it’s half.

      • 4grams
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        59 months ago

        Right, but that’s what I’m talking about. It may not be half, but we need half to overcome it based on their cheating. I wasn’t speaking mathematically, more in terms of the power structure.

      • 4grams
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        89 months ago

        US but IMHO there’s several places that could say the same.

    • @sizing743@lemmy.ml
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      29 months ago

      “This country” This is world news thread, and even then is a UK news article. Americans and their damn elections …

      • 4grams
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        39 months ago

        You are right, and I apologize again. Once again through I will say, while it came from an (admittedly self centered) American point of view, there’s plenty of other places that it could have just as easily come from.