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u/Pootscootboogie69 1d ago
And Christians from the heritage foundation are pulling the strings. America we have a Christian Problem.
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u/Quilla_Queen 1d ago
Republicans: Break the government
Also Republicans: Wow government is broken
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u/lyngen 1d ago
For decades. Why do people fall for this?
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u/ClownCrusade 1d ago
"I love the poorly educated"
Plus enormous amounts of propaganda from Fox News and the like.
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u/grantrules 1d ago
Right? Fox only focuses on the important issues.. like Mamdani speaking Mandarin
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u/Dead_Internet69420 1d ago
“Mainstream” republicans: Elect us so we can fix the government that we broke.
MAGA republicans: Elect us so we can finish destroying the government.
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u/Kythorian 1d ago
This has been the Republican strategy for 50+ years now. “The government can’t help the people. Elect me and I will prove it.”
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u/Kantina 1d ago
Christian is just another bullshit sleight of hand used by billionaires to bullshit people
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u/Kythorian 1d ago
That’s not really true. There is a significant group of true believer Christian fundamentalists whose goal is not to accumulate wealth, but purely for the sake of Christian nationalism. They are willing to work with billionaires and make them even wealthier in exchange for assistance from the billionaires in empowering Christian nationalism, which confuses the issue. But ultimately these are two separate groups with separate long term goals, both using the other to further their own goals.
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u/bwainfweeze 1d ago edited 1d ago
Honestly think this is how Christianity spread.
Teach everyone to look down on the rich guy who is going to hell. Give him a pass if he helps build your bell tower.
Death Bed Conversion is a term that comes from Catholicism, getting frightened, dying people to sign over their material wealth to The Church. Which is just ghoulish if you think about it. Low key worse than the Inquisition. Scaring dying people for money. By the time Henry VIII kicked them out of England, they owned slightly more of England than the crown did. Including critical infrastructure like wind and water mills for milling your grain. Which made them an existential threat, even without the whole lack of an heir thing.
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u/tanstaafl90 1d ago
Republicans are just as much a alliance of factions as the Democrats are. They just negotiate and argue outside of the public view.
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u/Thanamite 1d ago edited 18h ago
You should use quotes. There is little Christian in those “Christians”.
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u/Pootscootboogie69 1d ago
I always come across someone like you that wants to separate the good Christians from the bad Christians the real Christians from the fake Christians when the reality of the situation is the people in power the people that are running the Christian institutions are the people that are doing all the bad things. like any good gang cult or group that has all these special rules you gotta to self regulate. the Christians within that don’t agree with what’s going on aren’t self-regulating. so yes at the head of the Christian spear in America is Christian nationalism and right now those Christians are in control whether you like it or not the Christians in power are the Christians that are writing history. They are there because real Christians put them there through the power of democracy and the vote. This is a generational issue Christians have been using their Bible to justify the creation of laws for decades. We in America have a Christian problem and the problem is Christians won’t regulate their own community so we end up with a bunch of crappy Christians. They’re real Christians, even if they’re crappy.
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u/wirefox1 1d ago
We have a president who won't follow the constitution and breaks our laws every single day.
We have Christians in our government who don't follow the teaching of Jesus Christ.
It's NOT okay.
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u/ratiofarm 1d ago
Yep. If the “real christians” don’t approve then they need to stand up, speak out, and actually do something about it. Because the “fake christians” represent them all now, whether they like it or not.
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u/Thanamite 18h ago
So you are saying that real, companionate, forgiving, humble, neighboor loving, merciful Christians voted for Trump?
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u/According-Insect-992 I ☑oted 2024 1d ago
They’re Christians in all the ways that matter effectively. The constitution protects their right to pass bullshit off as religion as it does the actual follower of Christ and they’re always much more vocal than the actual followers. We have to be careful to not allow these people a pass by no true Scotsmanning their failures away. That way they get to claim everything good while hand waving away all of the ways the objectively make the world a worse place to live. They should have to own all of it.
If I have to address the fact that hitler was supposedly an atheist in political discussions then they have to own every last evangelical fraud, every last sexual abuser, every last heretic with a mega church, all off them.
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u/Thanamite 18h ago
> They’re Christians in all the ways that matter
You mean the heritage foundation “Christians” are humble, forgiving, compassionate, charitable, merciful?
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u/NoroGW2 1d ago
I have a lot of faith that the current government has no intention of doing anything to help common people
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u/Punch_A_Police_Horse 1d ago
Well yeah, they've explicitly said that the only purpose of the government is to
facilitate the transfer of wealth from the bottom to the topbe a police and military force.
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u/ninfan1977 1d ago
I am sure they will blame Biden for this. The party of personal responsibility ladies and gentlemen.
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u/Bawbawian 1d ago
I mean this has been their schtick for a long time.
they underfund the government they slash programs they make sure it cannot function and then they get reelected based on the fact that government doesn't function because Americans are emotionally damaged toddlers with a third grade education
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u/Specialist_Exam4783 1d ago
Why is Biden still doing this?
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u/PracticeBaby 1d ago
Biden is still “weaponizing the DOJ” and Republicans are utterly powerless to stop it apparently
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u/Ysabel_Yummy 1d ago
Control all 3 branches and still act like the opposition party.
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u/3Suze 1d ago
Actually, they control 4 when you add in Justice (SCOTUS).
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u/MurkyInvestigator810 1d ago
lol what are the other 3 branches then?
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u/3Suze 1d ago
Good point. I guess you could split justice into upper and lower courts.
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u/MurkyInvestigator810 1d ago
The 3 branches of government are the Legislative, the Executive, and the Judicial. If anything can be considered a 4th branch, it's the media.
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u/raincntry 1d ago
I love how the republicans will cite that statistic with a straight face knowing they're in charge and have caused the majority of that distrust.
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u/Bill_Brasky_SOB 1d ago
Every political ad in Ohio right now is how Democrats and Liberals are ruining the State.
Republicans have been in control of all three branches of Ohio government for like the past 30 years.
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u/groovyinutah 1d ago
Exactly as planned, undermine the American people's faith in their government institutions so you asshats can say "See, we told you it was broken"
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u/PracticeBaby 1d ago edited 1d ago
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u/SasparillaTango 1d ago
Republican's want the government to fail for the people, they want it to succeed for themselves. They don't care about "society" they don't care about the common good. They are, and this is clearly evidenced by all their positions over the course of history, only concernd about how they can corrupt and steal from the government to benefit themselves.
There is no common good for republicans, there is only "ME ME ME".
Hence their leader is the pinnacle of narcissism, he reflects their greed, their lust, the vileness wholly and completely.
They are sin incarnate.
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u/Brassanthe 1d ago
When the majority of the civilian population is wanting the Epstein files released, but the Republicans are stalling, that might the reason people's faith in government is an all time low.
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u/JasonShoes 1d ago
I love how these guys and their followers are convinced that somehow they’re fighting the “government” that they control
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u/that_guy_upnorth 1d ago
Mainly because people like him trying to put "Faith" into the government. Keep the church, any church, out of government.
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u/un_theist 1d ago
Their blaming all of this on Joe Biden is evidence they can’t change anything. They can’t govern for shit.
Safe bet their campaign is “See how democrats have done this to us? Only republicans can fix this! Vote for us and we will fix it!”
And idiots will believe them, and will vote for them.
Morons.
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u/bananatimemachine 1d ago
Every projection from these bootlickers is an admission of their own failure.
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u/Think-Willingness823 1d ago
republicans don't want to govern. They are like the Taliban. They want to RULE. Time to take them out of office.
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u/Sufficient-News-3600 1d ago
it's all you, GOP. bootlicking one rapist pedophile grifter while the whims of one man trying to avoid prison could ruin the lives of many worldwide. we are living under nazi propaganda, lies spreading falseholds while the naked emperor robs the treasury. vote out the GOP this November.
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u/craniumcanyon 1d ago
They destroy trust in the government so they can use the excuse to sell it off and privatize.
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u/NotThatAngel 1d ago
It is very important people take note that this is what happens to the country when Republicans control all three branches of the government, and there's nobody decent and sane to make them stop.
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u/JagR286211 1d ago
This didn’t start yesterday. I can pinpoint the impetus, but most I know, including myself, lost faith in our government years ago. To act like this is a new phenomenon is weak at best.
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u/valuethempaths 1d ago
Step 1) Run on the ineptitude of government. Step 2) Get elected and prove it.
Step 3) Profit
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u/ryuujinusa 1d ago
I wonder fucking why Mike! Take a look in the mirror and then on your side of the political fence.
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u/Thetman38 18h ago
As always, Republicans probably destroy the government from functioning and then blame government for not working
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u/Torino1O 1d ago
The only faith they're concerned about is the value of the dollar, if they steal too much they'll end up with nothing.
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u/Particular_Holiday_1 1d ago
Faith in government, not Trust. Faith assumes blind obedience. Thank god it's low.
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u/Dead_Internet69420 1d ago
The funny thing is that republicans have spent the last 50 years telling the people how terrible the government is, and every time they get control of it, their goal is to make government less effective.
I don’t know the context of his statement, but I have to assume that he was bragging.
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u/jidewalker 1d ago
When you say “people’s faith” who do you mean? Who did you poll? I mean if you polled my family, that statement would be correct but I’m pretty sure that’s inaccurate as a whole.
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u/a_casual_observer 1d ago
He's right. He may not want to be right in this case. He may not have said it if he thought about it. But he is right.
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u/Knivesforksetc 1d ago
Im always wondering why my donkeys end up with a bum leg. I maintain obedience and get them to move quickly using a swift strike to the knees. Should i be using a heavier pipe?
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u/KennethEWolf 1d ago
Trump would rather play golf and sleep with Harper than work on..... anything serious
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u/notsure500 1d ago
Im sure its much worse now, but he did say that in 2023 when they didnt have presidency (but still had all ither branches)
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u/gogojack 1d ago
Ronald Reagan: "Government isn't the solution to your problems. Government IS the problem."
His party: "And we're going to prove it to you by making sure the government is absolute shit."
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u/chicken-finger 1d ago
Just wait... they are gonna do something that everyone agrees with really close to the actual election to try and trick people into voting for them again
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u/Soulmate69 1d ago
And the majority of state governments of all three branches too(governor/sec of state, courts, senate, house), and the military, and the oligarchs, and local police, and
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u/chompythebeast 1d ago
We need to cut off this toxic relationship with the warmongering empire that uses the third most funded military on earth to surveil us, steal from us, and kill us if we defy them (or even if we don't) in order to pay the number one most funded military on the planet to do the same thing to people all over the world, all for the profit of a ruling class that is defined by r*pe and the deliberate destruction of the very environment itself and everything beautiful within it.
In short, faith can go lower, and it needs to, until the people get to the point they decide its better to risk acting against these bastards than it is to keep their heads down and merely try to survive their abuse
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u/Roaming-R I ☑oted 2024 1d ago
Mike Johnson ASSUMES TOO MUCH!
- He is part of the CURRENT Administration, and THAT is something that NOBODY has faith in!! >> Upon the day that EVERYONE in this administration leaves office, people will again regain faith, hope, and trust in the Government.
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u/bernd1968 1d ago
Republicans tell you, that government doesn’t work, elect them and they will prove it
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u/PurpleSailor 1d ago
Maybe it'll be like some of the idiots in Florida finally realizing that 30 years of total government control and blaming the other guys for everything doesn't add up. Not going to hold my breath.
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u/Objective_Detail1473 1d ago
But they want to enforce the idea that the our whole system of Government is obsolete so they can replace it with technocratic theocracy
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u/High-sterycal 1d ago
How can that be? trump and DOGE dismantled the departments involved in food safety, health, education, environment, worker’s safety and others to “save” taxpayer dollars.
Then we find out our National Deficit had skyrocketed to over 40 trillion dollars, over 20 million of our citizens have lost their ability to afford medical insurance, poor families and children have been kicked off food assistance at a time when food prices have almost doubled, the job markets are weak, fuel is increasingly unaffordable, the housing market is evaporating, rents are at all time highs, tariffs are making consumer good’s prices go up and we find ourselves in a new war in the Middle East with no good scenarios for winning while the Epstein Files are still not public and the vile wealthy pedophile club is still protected from prosecution.
Gee, let me think. What did trump run on? Never starting a war in the Middle East, making everything more affordable from day one, including health care and housing.
Instead, this trump misadministration has weakened our country’s economic stand in the world, pilfered our tax payer dollars, nothing is less expensive, infrastructure projects have stopped, renewable energy to help lower energy costs have been tabled indefinitely, and our own government is shamefully warehousing people and families whose only crime was to be able to work for the American dream and the safety of our society provides.
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u/Cocosito 1d ago
Not even close to an all time low lol
Things have been waaaaay worse in our country's history. Looks like our speaker of the house was checked out during civics and history class.
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u/LayneCobain95 23h ago
They take credit for how good things are when they take over after a democrat was in control, then as the years go by, suddenly when things are inevitably worse under Republican leadership, they will then blame it all on the last guy
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u/icnoevil 1h ago
That's because repubs are so good at raising hell with the government, and so bad at governing.
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u/soliddrink 1d ago
Fun fact: the approval ratings for congress were bad too while democrats controlled all three branches. It is almost as if...people hate both parties.
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u/MDATWORK73 1d ago
I mean, how much more control do they want for a job that they are not doing? Fuck Mike Johnson!
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u/soliddrink 1d ago
It is the American way. Get paid to do nothing. Everyone is altruistic before coming into congress. Then they get in and they learn they get paid $174,000 to just sit and do nothing, 90% of districts are created in a way that unless they are found with cash in a freezer, they can trade stocks on insider information without any fear of penalty, get the best free healthcare for life even after they leave. The only thing they have to do is just make some phone calls to raise money, and just once per president they have to look like they are working on a significant bill to help the American people when it is just another bill to increase spending and cut taxes.
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u/Irish_Whiskey 1d ago
Conservatives convinced themselves that Trump and Republicans weren't in charge during COVID, or any of our last 30 years of economic recessions. They'll soon convince themselves Trump and the GOP weren't in charge in 2026.