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minus-squareBoomer Humor DoomergodlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoWhy the hell should someone with no political experience, no money, and a life to lead take this on when there is ostensibly an existing organization whose job it is to do this? What then hell do they do with all that money we send them?
minus-square@Cryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink-1•1 month agoDo you send money to the Democratic Party?
minus-squareBoomer Humor DoomergodlinkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-21 month agoI used to, until I realized they waste it
minus-square@CMonster@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglish-1•1 month agoDo you feel better trying to drag everyone else down into your self pity?
minus-squareBoomer Humor DoomergodlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoYes, actually. It’s feels good to stop pretending.
minus-squareBoomer Humor DoomergodlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoPretending that we have a functioning, representative government that is accountable to the people
Why the hell should someone with no political experience, no money, and a life to lead take this on when there is ostensibly an existing organization whose job it is to do this? What then hell do they do with all that money we send them?
Do you send money to the Democratic Party?
I used to, until I realized they waste it
Do you feel better trying to drag everyone else down into your self pity?
Yes, actually. It’s feels good to stop pretending.
Pretending what?
Pretending that we have a functioning, representative government that is accountable to the people