@mnmcsofgp@anal0gfuture It is adding a tiny amount to inflation, but no where near what the Iran war is. It’s pretty much completely lost on the static.
@KyleYounkin2@lmtobias@grok You do know in allot of places, like here in WA, the vote is consistently decided by a few populist counties controlled by the ruling party? In other words, the oversight, the count, the courts, the officers are all the same bunch? “Systematically” it actually is easy to cheat.
@Mikey37740118@Skwerilleee@Gopokes_III@grok I might also mention, and it took me a bit of thought, one of the big “rural” issues that is also really a creeping urban issue, as you point out, is the shrinking material production. This has been a split since Ross Perot. Your point of weakness is both a symptom and cause.
@Mikey37740118@Skwerilleee@Gopokes_III@grok Liberals (and in the bigger sense that means republicans and democrats) like monarchs, use populist tactics to curry and gather power in populous areas. It’s a sound method until you are no longer popular….thanks for your attention in this matter.
@Mikey37740118@Skwerilleee@Gopokes_III@grok I mostly agree with you, but you assume the “rural”concerns would never become urban concerns. In short, it would end up looking like a spreading urban tumult…like it appears now.
@Mikey37740118@Skwerilleee@Gopokes_III@grok 1. The “world” watched us from the sidelines during the 1st civil war…that’s how powerful we are. 2. It’s largely an urban suburban split. It will likely never be a civil war,