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ProudNewEnglander's avatar

Disagree, especially if those companies are the same ones that have just dramatically increased their prices.

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Andrew's avatar

The problem is our bark doesn’t have bite. It’d probably come off as whining while Trump comes off strong but he will fuck a company up. As pro-business as he truly is, he will make an example of someone. It’s the whole double standard where Dems rule with intelligence while the GOP rules with fear. We all know which one works better.

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ProudNewEnglander's avatar

Democrats could do something about that.

I firmly believe that billionaires and corporate CEOs *should* fear the government. That's the only way to prevent them from doing things that screw everybody else.

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Andrew's avatar

Mmmmhhhhhmmmm. That’s what makes Trump so troublesome bc he’ll cut corporate taxes while also saying to corporations, “If you fuck with me, I’ll cut you.” Dems are in quite a pickle with matching this energy. Overall, we aren’t assholes. And, we used to rely on unions for backing up our populist messaging and they increasingly don’t like us.

My dad got fed so much anti-green energy messaging in the “news” that matches up with auto union workers worrying about going too fast on electric cars. Then, it is also trans rights, which is a manufactured problem that we fall hook line and sinker for. Guilty as charged bc I also love arguing about something I know I’m right about. The GOP just ignores questions they’ll sound dumb answering and they pivot to something else they can win on. Dems could do that, too. Dems dont need to talk about prisoners getting sex change surgeries for crying out loud. It’s a gotcha question and we fall for it every time bc we just looooove being right. We don’t have to be wrong, we could just pivot like they do.

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Andrew's avatar

Oh shit, I didn’t even see the giant thread below about trans issues being too big a topic this election. Let’s go dive into that.

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ArcticStones's avatar

Answering such absurd gotcha questions are the equivalent of denying you’re a pig-fucker. Yes, you may be right, but the damage is done.

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Andrew's avatar

No it’s not. It’d be that everyone is saying pig fucking is fine and when the reporter asks you why you think fucking pigs is wrong, you change the subject to how we should feed and treat those pigs who get fucked in a more humane better so everyone at least gets the best squeal out of it.

Note: I didn’t choose the pig fucking analogy but I went with it.

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ArcticStones's avatar

No, that’s from LBJ.

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Andrew's avatar

Lmao, now I see your point. I was being too literal and didn’t like comparing trans rights to pig fucking. Still, I had fun crafting my response!

Thus, concludes our perfect example of how liberals jump to conclusions and immediately want to correct people. Thank you to my unwilling participant.

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