GiddyGap

joined 1 year ago
[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

The problem with a winner-take-all system like the Electoral College is that if you do not vote for the Democratic Party, you're just underpinning the Republican Party. The unfortunate truth is that every progressive who sat out the November election for various reasons helped put Trump back in the WH. The Electoral College has to go for a third party to be viable.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Switzerland has a wealth tax as one of the few countries in the world, and wealthy people are flocking there. I can be done when you do it right.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 17 points 2 weeks ago

They also claim that they want more equality, universal healthcare, less student debt, etc. And then a ton of them proceeded to vote for Donald Trump. I can't take anything they say seriously.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

"Yeah, but it's Biden's fault"

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 23 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Pretty sure the carafe was meant to be shared and he could have poured some into a glass. Lol

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I would have preferred shoes on in this situation. Ideally, keep your shoes on and feet on the floor.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Also, older people were more prone to dying from Covid. That left a lot of room for conspiracy theories regarding what actually killed them. Heard of lot of conservative family members say "oh, it was probably just a bad flu that killed them." And when the vaccines came out that quickly changed to "the vaccine killed them."

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 91 points 2 weeks ago (15 children)

Quite the difference from how half the US population reacted to a Covid vaccine. The power of political propaganda and social media conspiracy theories.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm going to point out that you edited without editing.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

Switch to pull string.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago

Not gonna happen. Too many fundamental differences between member countries and too many very powerful anti-EU groups in the individual parliaments and in the EU Parliament. The Amsterdam Treaty of 1999 also ruled out and prohibits the idea of a federal, EU-wide citizenship. The EU will always be mainly a trade cooperation.

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