even if we magically fixed every bad thing in our voting system tomorrow, what you said will always be true
Every candidate sucks in some way, now and forever. Every democracy that ever existed and ever will exist, will only ever be exactly as you describe
But if enough just give up on it, we just lose democracy, and then we get far far worse
Ben Royce 🇺🇸🇺🇦 Don't Boo: Vote /
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2024-05-19 23:02:25
in reply to nevent1q…zynt
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