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The temperature is definitely rising. I'd be lying if I said I'd be cool with Republicans succeeding at keeping Harris (or whoever the Dem pick is) off the ballots in any state - we have a questionable democracy right now... we'd definitely not have a democracy then.
There is a party of people that will argue that we are not a democracy or never were.
And there is a majority of Americans ready to tell those dumb nerds to shut up with their boring nonsense
But since they've got a broken electoral system and the billionaires on their side it could go either way
It was founded as a democracy for some. That's what they want to go back to.
And those same mendacious, disingenuous fuck-knuckles get pseudo-patriotism boners when Trump whips out the "I took a bullet for democracy" line, without an ounce of shame or even self-awareness.
From. From democracy.
I assure you, the people who are aware of the US's history and don't recognize it as a democracy (or more specifically, recognize it as a bourgeoisie democracy), are not patriotic or pro-trump.
A simple test for who the US government represents: Does it's actions favor the people or the bourgeoisie?
They kept Lincoln of the ticket in some southern states.
Your definition of democracy seems to hinge on your own whims.
Your desperation to invalidate democracy based on a switching of candidates shows two things… 1 shit happens… not too different as the decades pass, and 2 you don’t understand the meaning of “democracy” and are desperate to just talk shit…
Dems switching candidates doesn’t invalidate democracy it just shows how desperate you are to discount it…
What? I'm talking about Republicans suing to keep a democrat off the ticket - that's a much different ball game than the convention. I want an open process in both arenas without tampering.
Way to completely miss what he said there. He said "with republicans SUCCEEDING AT KEEPING HARRIS OFF OF THE BALLOTS". How the fuck does this drivel have so many upvotes when it completely misses the argument.
Good last line there