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Military spending is up, social and economic funding is down since Biden took office. (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean yes but that’s nothing new

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, the machine operates the same no matter who pulls its levers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That’s one way of seeing it. Another way might be “the years conservatives are in control in Congress are years with lower social service funding”

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

If you like, but because of the way the electoral system is set up they have a structural advantage that can only be overcome by economic collapse and social disruption. We never have a Democratic majority without a major disaster under Republicans.

I guess it's "fortunate" that every time Republicans get elected, major disaster follows.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I feel like a crazy person “arguing” with you that it shouldn’t be this way but here we are, both of us presumably sobbing right now out of sheer frustration