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    The choice words:

    The graphic Eilish reposted gave context for that level of wealth by naming a number of actions that could be accomplished using that money: ending world hunger, saving endangered species, and rebuilding Gaza. Eilish shared multiple slides from the graphic before adding her own thoughts: “etc…. fucking pathetic pussy bitch coward,” she wrote.

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      Dude bought Twitter just to ban randos from speaking bad about him.

      He is thin skinned little shit

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        He bought twitter to punish his trans daughter for being trans because he thought twitter radicalized her.

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        He is a little shit, but come on purchasing Twitter was textbook fascism media control. Far more than just petty reputation protection. This was a major power grab.

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        He likes to pretend he’s not a fragile little bitch, but his need to be adored is so transparent

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      He cares what people think in general. His need for validation is more voracious than his need for ketamine. Grimes could twist this knife and make him cry.

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    That’s great and all but what we need are people with some real power (politicians, federal prosecutors) to put fElon in his place.

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          And he became the main character of global politics for a decade

          Now imagine if he rose to fame by promising to tax billionaires instead of from racism?

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        Because she’s not a politician, doesn’t want to be one, and probably wouldn’t be anywhere near as good at it as she is at music.

        I know you were being facetious, but (especially) Americans REALLY need to stop suggesting that everyone sympathetic and admirable run for public office.

        There’s already a shitload of EXTREMELY unqualified people calling the shots in American politics, and the “popularity to politics pipeline” is the second-biggest reason for it after people buying political power.

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          Americans REALLY need to stop suggesting that everyone sympathetic and admirable run for public office.

          You don’t seem to understand how desperately we need someone sympathetic and admirable to unfuck things

          It’s probably not Eilish or Steward, but if sure as hell isn’t Gavin Newsum or Kamala Harris… And those are the options being presented to us. The Democratic establishment even gave Hunter Biden a test run, they are desperate to avoid any form of progress

          If you don’t think it’s appropriate to call for random public figures to run for president, I don’t think you really understand where politics in this country are right now

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            You don’t seem to understand how desperately we need someone sympathetic and admirable to unfuck things

            I do. That’s WHY I’m speaking up against suggesting people who are both but don’t have the skill set, experience, and other requisites for being good at politics.

            It’s probably DEFINITELY not Eilish or Steward, but if sure as hell isn’t Gavin Newsum or Kamala Harris either

            Fixed it for you.

            If you don’t think it’s appropriate to call for random public figures to run for president, I don’t think you really understand where politics in this country are right now

            On the contrary: I know that it’s not appropriate BECAUSE I know American politics well enough to know how fucked up things are.

            As I pointed out already, random public figures being drafted for/inserting themselves into politics is a HUGE part of the problem, going back to Reagan, and likely further still.

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              Do you think what we need is a competent administrator? Fuck no, what we need a symbol to rally behind. Look at Trump… He doesn’t do shit

              We need a populist figure that will attract progressives who do know how politics work, and not the Democratic party picks, who are consultant brained cowards who resist change

              Reagan was bad because he was the face of a bad movement. Same with Trump. It doesn’t matter that they were on TV first, they had the same evil cabal behind them

              At the end of the day, bad things are bad and good things are good. You’re misdiagnosising the problem

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                Do you think what we need is a competent administrator?

                To do the job of competently administering things? Funnily enough, I do.

                Fuck no, what we need a symbol to rally behind

                Look at Trump… He doesn’t do shit

                Case in fucking point!

                We need a populist figure that will attract progressives who do know how politics work, and not the Democratic party picks, who are consultant brained cowards who resist change

                Agreed on all counts.

                Reagan was bad because he was the face of a bad movement

                And because his charisma and fame far outstripped his competency and integrity.

                His image made the movement possible just like Trump does now. Giving incompetent (at the ACTUAL job) figureheads a lot of power tends to cause a shitload of trouble for everyone else involved, and often themselves.

                At the end of the day, bad things are bad and good things are good.

                Which is why I would love for Michael Phelps to perform surgery on me! After all, good is good and he was REALLY good at transporting himself through liquid swiftly!

                You’re misdiagnosising the problem

                Nope. You’re endorsing a big part of the problem as a solution.

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      For real he’s a Bernie Madoff Elizabeth Holmes Frankenstein monster running a pyramid scheme on the entire world