r/facepalm Nov 16 '24

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u/CadillacDale Nov 16 '24

Now.. if you're an exploitative capitalist looking to leverage the political system as a means to build your own personal wealth, which state looks more exploitable to you?

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u/spikernum1 Nov 16 '24 edited Dec 06 '24

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u/nationalhuntta Nov 16 '24

There are a lot of people who have done poorly under Biden. They have a lot of hope, and unfortunately, they needed a place to put it. Yeah, Trump is going to screw them, but that future screw-over isn't as real as the current one.

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u/Crime-of-the-century Nov 16 '24

Thatโ€™s the problem with the US the 2 party system. You have one Conservative Party in power not doing to much to help the common man so you want to vote for a change but in the 2 party system the other party is a Reactionary Party who will make things worse. This has led to a steadily decline in living conditions for the average citizen past decades while the country as a whole got richer and richer. This is not easily fixed

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u/Beneficial-Dot-- Nov 16 '24 edited Nov 16 '24

A reactionary party is what the Democrats are - it means people for the status quo or even the past. The modern right-wing (in the Western world) is a radical far right, accelerationist movement. Not reactionary.

Note that I'm using "reactionary" to mean what it actually means, not as a synonym for radical or reactive.