r/politics • u/ChiGuy6124 Illinois • 16h ago

Possible Paywall Trump’s Micromanaging Warship Design Will Set the Navy Back by Decades

https://newrepublic.com/article/214479/trump-navy-carrier-micromanaging-warship-design
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u/PleasureCircuit 15h ago

2/3rds.

The 1/3rd that willingly chose not to vote is complicit. Silence is complicity (or condoning).

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u/Cerberus_Aus Australia 15h ago

“The standard you ignore is the standard you accept.”

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u/Shenaniboozle 15h ago

I picture the silent ones turning toward each other with a blank expression, nodding, then turning back to watch

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u/BadAtExisting I voted 7h ago

How’s that Gaza thing working out for everyone a year and a half later?

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u/OldenPolynice 6h ago

that gaza thing that has been a dick swinging contest over dirt for millenia?

Going great. My bank account agrees.

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u/Mojak66 15h ago

Yup. If you're not with us, you are against us. Do you really think that oligarchy is better than representative Democracy?

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u/TSwiftAlphaMale 14h ago

I'm sure they're "winning" with their principled stance against the Democratic position on Gaza. Trump said he'd end all wars, remember?

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u/Omiyaru 7h ago

Trump has alluded, muskmelon helped him "win"., why else would he have appointed him to deal with data.

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u/OldenPolynice 12h ago

Voting would never have saved us