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[–] [email protected] 143 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I’ve been voting. Doesn’t seem to work.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It only works in aggregate. Like how a drop of water won't quench anyone's thirst, but a 20 gallon barrel generally will.

[–] [email protected] 93 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

This is why I hate group projects

[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 day ago (2 children)

One person puts in all the work

Five people don't

Everyone fails

:) :) :) :) :)

(please kill me)

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

College in a nutshell. Fuck you steve, thanks for phoning in your part of the final.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

One thing I learned early in my academic career was that if I wanted a good grade on a group project it was easier to just do everything myself.

The sooner I can fuck off to the middle of nowhere and not deal with any of you anymore the better.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I thought the system was to dump the barrel out at the top of a hill so you can proclaim how much you're doing for the thirsty person at the bottom.

Trickle down, but for voting too!

Oh, and I guess that's what Trump literally did with the water in California, except they were different hills altogether.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Thats piss in that barrel, not water. We are not a society thats content to just leave everyone else alone if they arent affecting you.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

pugjesus,

Are you proposing that the voice of individuals is being represented well against the voice of wealthy donors/business owners? That doesnt seem realistic, right?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Did you not fucking read the article

[–] [email protected] -1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

I read a lot of the "fucking" article (your words). It attempts to disprove a number of studies at once with flimsy analysis. The conclusion of their line of reasoning is that the will of the people is being represented just fine in congress. Seems false on the face of it to any observer of congress's actions, and the events of the last election. Hence my question. Did YOU read the article.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

It attempts to disprove a number of studies at once with flimsy analysis.

... it only rebuts one study, and it does so by citing three others.

So you didn't read the article. Or even skim it.

The conclusion of their line of reasoning is that the will of the people is being represented just fine in congress.

Lord.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Have you tried the second amendment?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago

I cant get behind that idea because the logic doesnt check out.

What good is a small antipersonnel device against tyranny thats so well staffed? Seems to me like suicide. Do you figure your neighbors will join you? Seems doubtful to me.

Is taking someone down with you some sort of comfort? If it comes to it, running for your life seems a significantly better option. What are you fighting for, your country? your housing lot? our "way of life"?

[–] fuzzy_feeling 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

that's that what they call every week, when a mass shooting happens, right?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Boardrooms not classrooms

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Show me the part where it mitigated giving the entire government to nazis

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not exactly a ringing endorsement.

“This is super important but will ultimately fail and you’ll have to shoot the Nazis anyway.”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

mit·i·ga·tion noun

the action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something.

"the emphasis is on the identification and mitigation of pollution"

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

Are there not Nazis in charge of our government? How was that at all mitigated and not just delayed?