• shoulderoforion@fedia.io
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      stupid which just kicked all the rest of us smart ass democrats out of any position to effect checks and balances in any major branch of the united states government for the foreseeable future, now with the power to change whatever they want, whenever they want to, including the laws governing elections. real dumb.

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        Yeah, populism is very effective. Especially if the schools are lacking, but also to everyone else.

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          Also to suggest that this is all from the genius of Musk, Trump and co. alone is a stretch. Years of Republican propaganda, lies, gerrymandering, erosion of ethics and laws, democrats sitting idly by, as well as building up an army of news organizations and influencers did contribute a lot to their rise to power. There are definitely some cunning people on the Republican side, and populists like Trump now profit from the environment they created.