• TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
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    3 days ago

    Now you know why Washington warned us about political parties. The OG was right about them:

    " However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion. "- George Washington

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      3 days ago

      He damn sure was right. Every time I’ve ever suggested parties should go away, someone dismisses that with a comment like “people need a platform to rally around”.

      The only thing trump supporters all agree on is the racism and the only thing Harris voters are 100% aligned in is avoiding trump. So I don’t think the idea ever was to give people something to “rally around”.

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        The only thing trump supporters all agree on is the racism

        Hey now… they have the misogyny, xenophobia, homophobia, and transphobia too!