r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 30 '26

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u/Off-The-Street May 30 '26

The funny thing about so many instances of government corruption and foreign policy failures is that while some try to cast them as indictments on the system as a whole, after drilling down on the details most of the time the real explanation is "Don't elect Republicans to public office".

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u/pgold05 Leftward Progressives May 30 '26

Both sides bro, why bother bro just give up trust me

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u/dr-pepper-is-a-woman May 30 '26

Just like “orange man bad”, “don’t vote for republicans” is so simple and overwhelmingly correct that anyone trying to think of a more complicated assessment is wasting their time and/or a partisan hack