• Serinus@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    the 2016 election was good for your democracy.

    It was not. The damage done in those four years far outweighed any lessons learned. Hell, we were supposed to have learned with W.

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      5 months ago

      Hell, we were supposed to have learned with W.

      and this is why I have no confidence in our system. With how bad bush was, it should’ve completely destroyed the republican party then and there. Instead republicans get worse and democrats do nothing except insist that they must only be slightly better than republicans so that elections get as close to 50-50 as possible.