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TheGuiltySpark posted...

My parents lean really hard in one direction, right or left. But I'm glad I was allowed to grow up with my own ideas, ask my own questions, and discard anything I didn't believe/find value in.

Which is why I disavow the whole system in it's current iteration, as it stands in both political and social views in this year 2023.

D and R are giant shells running name brand, built-in, "do or die" fan bases. No one that is nominated is ever "the best the country has to offer". It is a club member that has paid their dues in service, money, their soul, or all 3. All of it bought and paid for, and we get to "choose" the results of tose nominees. The sticking points that they use to keep the voters divided between D and R, those hot topics... Yeah - they don't wanna fix those. If they do, what else are they gonna use to have you running back to the voting booths? Las Vegas casinos have more transparent and fair set ups than the government.

And I'm lauhging, LAUGHING at anyone who rushes in to vehemently defend the system that crushes and glides over the public slowly, like an iceberg - but never so graceful. People who figuratively and literally (for those who like to protest in the streets) prostrate themselves in front of the machines that would not, will not, stop because of their ignorance.
Human grease stains in the roads of time, and all they did was allow that which should have broken in half years ago, to get just a little farther.

Conflating Democrats and Republicans is its own brand of ignorance that ignores the many vast differences in their voting records. You can leverage tons of criticism against Democrats that I will agree with. It is wholly inaccurate to suggest that they represent two sides of the same system. American politics would be far less volatile with all Republicans removed. Abortion would not be threatened. More background checks for firearm purchases would be required. You suggest that "they don't wanna fix those", but the voting record displays otherwise. Would there still be an extreme amount of work to do to guarantee better for the American people? Yes. Would eliminating the further right party from the race benefit the American people on average? Yes.

It is an extremely shallow assessment to conflate them. Extremely.

Yes, I think 'running back to the polls' to attempt the reversal of a Conservative majority supreme court is something that shouldn't be admonished. Yes, I can want for better. Yes, I can recognize the shortcomings of the 'better' mainstream corporate party. Yes, I can recognize that a vote for them is more useful than prattling on online about the 'two sides being the same'. Seems like the people that say 'they're all the same' end up simping for some contrarian politician like Ron Paul or Tulsi Gabbard that performatively says the same thing and then go ahead and do all the shit they claim to be against.

also enjoy that your post is entirely unspecific language and metaphors based in emotion.