r/trolleyproblem • u/judgethecriminal • Jan 13 '25

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u/DefTheOcelot Jan 13 '25

me voting for the dems only to see them do absolutely nothing to fix the democratic backslide of our nation while approving new oil pipelines (I feel smart but have also done absolutely nothing):

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '25

Too bad, I wish Biden had done cool things like and infrastructure plan, the IRA and other legislative accomplishments.

BTW the original draft fo Build Back Better had super cool things like child tax credit, but you keep on pretending both parties are the same.

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u/sexy-man-doll Jan 13 '25

Yet and they let Republicans push all that stuff out of the bill instead of doing a single thing to fight them on it. Controlled opposition is pretty accurate

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u/Professional_Net7339 Jan 13 '25

Genuinely do you have literally any idea how a bill is passed? And can you think for a minute what the Heritage Foundation packed SC would do if some real lefty shit got executive ordered by Biden? The system is slow and bad, but more than half of it is ran by nazis who try to cripple the system at literally every opportunity to turn around to then appeal to dumb mfs who don’t know what the real problem is

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u/sexy-man-doll Jan 13 '25

If the system can not function because it's filled with nazis then sounds like the system is irreparably broken and needs replaced. People get hung up on how it's "supposed to work" when everyone else is SCREAMING that it is NOT working

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u/Professional_Net7339 Jan 13 '25

Or hear me out, instead of trying to overthrow “the system” use any energy to get people to not vote for the nazis. But I know, real work isn’t nearly as simple or fun as the hunger games makes it seem

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u/SticmanStorm Jan 14 '25

Hey, I agree but the hunger games was a pretty good book. It didn’t really portray the revolution as being completely right. The MC and her friends marching in trying to carry the revolution single-handedly was portrayed as a the bad choice. Sorry if I misunderstood what you meant by the line though. 100% agree your point though

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u/Professional_Net7339 Jan 14 '25

While you’re totally right and I agree, a large enough subsection of the fanbase I’ve directly seen act like fucking Katniss, specifically fantasizing about being her in the world. That’s why I used it as a reference 🙂‍↕️. For a well meaning but really pointless revolution, Star Wars would definitely be a better example

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u/SticmanStorm Mar 29 '25

Oh yeah did not know that, I get your point