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RE: Dems vs Repubs = no difference? Which party is more wed to power than to any issue?
October 23, 2016 at 5:07 pm
>wants to comment how messed up politics in the US are
>realizes the situation at home is the same or worse
>sadness
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RE: Dems vs Repubs = no difference? Which party is more wed to power than to any issue?
October 23, 2016 at 7:01 pm
As far as I'm concerned, Bernie Sanders was the "3rd party candidate" in this election cycle. I wonder what happened to him...
When US presidential candidates have to spend hundreds of millions of dollars and a year and half of campaigning to be considered a serious contender, I don't think there's much of a chance of any 3rd party candidate having a shot at the presidency. The American public likes familiar candidates who speak in quick and easy sound bites that are easily digested on social media. I don't see that changing any time soon.
Anyway, the robots will take over in the next century or so, rendering the idea of a 3rd party candidate obsolete.
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RE: Dems vs Repubs = no difference? Which party is more wed to power than to any issue?
October 23, 2016 at 9:46 pm
Some Bernie fans had seemed to be going to Trump, though. Never really understood that.
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan