Jameson Lopp on Nostr: American presidential terms are 4 years and now we're spending 2 of those years ...
American presidential terms are 4 years and now we're spending 2 of those years worrying about the next election.
During those 2 years we spend $17 billion and drive half the country into frothing madness, but thanks to the electoral college it always comes down to the same 50,000 voters in the same three states.
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