• oortjunk@sh.itjust.works
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      To be fair, Trump would be nearly as effective as he is if he weren’t surrounded by a swarm of people who also have no redeeming qualities whatsoever.

      Let’s also not let the body politic who put him there off the hook either; redeeming qualities pretty rarefied among them too.

      How about the redeeming qualities of his opponents? Are they both legion in number and high in quality? No?

      In fact, a disturbingly large number of your country is irredeemable, or very nearly so. A basket of deplorables, if you will.

      • Aljernon@lemmy.today
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        “Now, there’s one thing you might have noticed I don’t complain about: politicians. Everybody complains about politicians. Everybody says they suck. Well, where do people think these politicians come from? They don’t fall out of the sky. They don’t pass through a membrane from another reality. They come from American parents and American families, American homes, American schools, American churches, American businesses and American universities, and they are elected by American citizens. This is the best we can do folks. This is what we have to offer. It’s what our system produces: Garbage in, garbage out. If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you’re going to get selfish, ignorant leaders." -George Carlin