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by swed420 25 days ago
No it isn't.

It's safe to assume you've either drunk the kool-aid or have something to gain monetarily (even if falsely assumed) by allowing the illusion to persist. Either way, you're literally part of the problem, as is anyone else who still takes this system seriously.

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> It's safe to assume you've either drunk the kool-aid or have something to gain monetarily (even if falsely assumed) by allowing the illusion to persist. Either way, you're literally part of the problem, as is anyone else who still takes this system seriously.

Is it? Am I? As a former Sanders caucuser who didn't fall for his supporters' both sides bullshit, perhaps some self-reflection on why running a candidate who's only popular with white people in Iowa would inevitably lose is in order.

Are you kidding? Hillary was hated by so many demographics. Forcing her (in a blatantly unfair fashion, to anybody paying attention) twice was so absurd that it qualifies as a prime example of manufacturing consent for capital interests.

"Vote for our capital shill or else you're hitler" is demonstrably not a winning strategy, especially when her Pied Piper shenanigans as revealed by wikileaks ultimately delivered us Trump.