• WatDabney@sopuli.xyz
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    22 hours ago

    Remember when the government was shut down specifically because the Democrats refused to go along with a bill that ended the health insurance subsidies, and they had the Republicans up against the ropes because no matter how much they tried to dodge the responsibility, the majority of people blamed Republican intransigence for the shutdown?

    Then remember how the Schumer-led Democrats just completely folded, passed the bill, then stood idly by as the chance to extend the subsidies vanished?

    Every single one of those stinking traitorous shitbags needs to be primaried.

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        Of course not. Don’t be a simpleton.

        The Republicans rather obviously bear the lion’s share of the blame.

        However, that was the Republicans’ designated role from the start. Their job was to represent the interests of their plutocratic cronies and patrons by killing a program that spent money to benefit poor people, so they were just doing what they were meant to do and what they were expected to do.

        On the other hand, the Democrats’ job was to protect a program that benefitted poor people, and they miserably failed at that job. In fact, they didn’t even simply fail - they forfeited. They gave up even trying.

        And they very much deserve condemnation for that.

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      22 hours ago

      So, the problem is the “primaried” thing isn’t enough at this point. People are going to die because of these choices. Eye for an eye.

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            21 hours ago

            Fuck Palantir, it’s Google that’s the devil.

            Don’t fear the state, fear the profit driven corporations.

            They’re the future, and it begins now.

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                I am fairly confident that’s what all these AI companies and GPUs are for to make their own Palantirs or just to run their software. Palantir is basically creating Skynet or any of those cyberpunk type movies where a cop plugs in a persons name and it gives every detail of who they are and a summary of what they did the last week.

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          14 hours ago

          The political violence has already been perpetrated upon us. What we are talking about now is political defense against a violent aggressor.

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          20 hours ago

          You only say that because you’re in favor of, or not directly affected by, the direction we are currently going.

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      Yes, primary all of them, but ESPECIALLY primary Schumer and Jeffries. They are absolutely toxic to democracy. If someone is claiming it’s a bad idea to primary them, that person is working against the people on behalf of the rich and corporations. Just like current Dem leadership.

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      13 hours ago

      What? The media was making the democrats out to be the ones shutting down the nations airports.

      Go ahead and turn on the democrats and further empower the republicans. You might be a russian troll…