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“Let’s go Brandon” was kinda funny at first (self.unpopularopinion)

submitted 8 months ago by Gullible to c/[email protected]

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For a week, it was worth a giggle. A flustered trackside nascar reporter attempting to avoid cursing on the news? That’s hilarious. Like every joke and/or horse, it was rapidly beaten past death. The body still receives unironic thwacks to this day.

Then it was revived as satire and resumed being funny for a fresh week or two. This was over a year ago. The horse is not just dead, it is not even a paste or powder, it has been completely aerosolized in a closed crimson room where people fan it back and forth in remembrance of beating its corpse.

Biden’s the best chance for continued democracy in the US, but I've been breathing in Brandon particulate since 2021 and I’m afraid it will give me lung cancer.

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[+] [email protected] -7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

But the real question is why would you want continued democracy as it currently exists? Choice between bad or mediocre. No parliamentary representation proportional to the people. No votes of no-confidence. Infinite corporate money in lobbying and SPACs.

Why are you trying to save that?

Let it fail. Replace with better. Use your time and energy post revolution to shape a real country or countries going forward.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Anybody who is aware of what happens during the collapse of democracy would be desperate to save it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Or smart enough to leave it before hand. It's not about collapsing democracy. That's red herring. It's about collapsing governments of any kind. A falling democracy, theocracy, or cult leader commune all have the same hallmarks.

[–] Gullible 2 points 8 months ago

I once caught a foreign influence campaign this big. If the options are ok or hellfuck, I choose ok. You’re better off locating the addresses of lobbyists if you’re already considering things post-collapse.