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   Thorwegian ❄️ (thor@berserker.town)'s status on Friday, 08-Mar-2024 08:52:48 JST Thorwegian ❄️

   Trump or Biden. Whatever. Over here in Europe, I can't for the love of God understand why America — a country of 300 million people — can't do better for presidential candidates than two geriatrics. It's like Pinkie and the Brain. One is an idiot, the other's insane... 🎵

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     @thor We absolutely can, they just don't let us.
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     @thor The bosses of the two major political parties.
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     Thorwegian ❄️ (thor@berserker.town)'s status on Friday, 08-Mar-2024 08:54:03 JST Thorwegian ❄️

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     @allison Who are "they"?

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     @thor In theory, yes. In practice, voters don't have any leverage over the parties at all and especially the Democrats are essentially beholden to whatever party bosses say whether or not it's anything the voters actually want. GOP individual voters *do* have some leverage and that's how Trump 2016 happened, by exploiting the resentments of the Gamergate and Ron Paul 2012 crowds to clinch the nomination and then run against the most poorly considered candidate in recent memory to win the general election.
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     Thorwegian ❄️ (thor@berserker.town)'s status on Friday, 08-Mar-2024 09:00:22 JST Thorwegian ❄️

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     @allison Yeah, but aren't they compelled by the voters?

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     ☻ (mrsaturday@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 08-Mar-2024 10:06:01 JST ☻

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     @allison @thor It wasn't just that, it was lingering resentment over rural and lower-middle class Americans being left to die of drug addiction, and jobs being outsourced and migrants filling positions to the point that what could give you a house and a decent car 20 years before now got you a two-bedroom apartment and a beater.
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     @mrsaturday @thor Yeah, that's more general election tho, I was talking about his early base during the primaries