Shiggles

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[–] Shiggles 30 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sorta, but that’s not the whole story. We have two legislative bodies, the House of Representatives and the Senate. In the senate, every state gets two senators. In the house, every state gets at least two representatives, plus some amount based on population - california has 52, for instance.

The original idea was to “make sure rural voices were heard”. In practice, it very much has been what you stated - if you’re educated but not rich enough to benefit from republican policies, you flee red states en masse, leaving mostly rich assholes and uneducated chucklefucks who are hurt most by the very people they elect. They then have a massively disproportionate effect on policy versus any joe schmoe in california.

[–] Shiggles 8 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Educating people is a lot easier than fixing the system. No reason we can’t try to do both.

[–] Shiggles 10 points 10 months ago

If only there were people desperate for a better life here, alive now, perhaps in a neighboring country or even entire other continent bordering the states.

[–] Shiggles 1 points 10 months ago

It’d be neat if there was like, “time adjusted best”(this is probably close to what “Hot” on other sites). After an hour or two, posts are weighted based off of votes divided by time since posted.

[–] Shiggles 14 points 10 months ago (6 children)

Battery fires are significantly worse than combustion engine fires, that’s not unique to Teslas. I like EVs but let’s not pretend they’re fireproof.

[–] Shiggles 1 points 10 months ago

Read “Nationalism” as “your comment is inconvenient to the tankie narrative”

[–] Shiggles 25 points 10 months ago (1 children)

People like to touch silly places on statues. Maybe the intent translates better in German culture, but it’s a swing and a miss to me.

[–] Shiggles 8 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Man, you gotta just pity this guy. Is he desperate for attention? Screaming into a void? The world may never know.

[–] Shiggles 30 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Realistically, while Trump might be more outwardly “anti-china”, he’s also anti-america, so it’s a net gain for them.

[–] Shiggles 8 points 10 months ago

It’s not a job description, it’s a skillset. Any public face would want it.

[–] Shiggles 2 points 10 months ago

Much as american “liberals” don’t really fit the moniker, “conservatives” are much more reactionary in america - actively trying to revert society rather than simply being content to impede progress.

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