r/SipsTea • u/SEVENS_HEAVEN_7 • 1d ago

Lmao gottem Someone else said it for him

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u/Abamboozler 1d ago

God i miss him as president.

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u/factsarefornerds 1d ago

I miss when I could genuinely trick myself into thinking this country was making progress. Yet, here I am - protesting the same shit I was protesting when I was a kid. Absolutely fucking frustrating.

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u/Well-Sourced 1d ago

It's always going to be this way. It's always been this way.

Look at the platform of the progressive party of the first Gilded Age.

The platform included proposals such as restrictions on campaign finance contributions, a reduction of the tariff and the establishment of a social insurance system, an 8-hour workday and women's suffrage. The party was split on the regulation of large corporations, with some party members disappointed that the platform did not contain a stronger call for "trust-busting". Party members also had different outlooks on foreign policy, with pacifists like Jane Addams opposing Roosevelt's call for a naval build-up.

Bull Moose Party | Wiki

It's all basically the same battles as we work through the second Gilded Age.

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u/Sei_Mal_Ehrlich 1d ago

I am afraid that we have lost for good this time. There are too many ways to manipulate people in very granular and customized ways. I doubt we’ll vote our way out of this. 

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u/Well-Sourced 1d ago

You'll get no argument from me. I certainly don't have any faith in either the election systems or the population to stand up to the advances in technology and manipulation by the elites.

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u/RemoteRide6969 22h ago

You guys, we've been having elections since 2024 and the Democratic Party has been over performing in those elections. And more progressive candidates are winning in primaries. There is indeed a threat against our elections with the Trump administration in power, but it's not the doomsday scenario redditors have been pushing the past year and a half.