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by abraininavat 4855 days ago
This is making me angrier than almost anything I’ve heard since Aaron died. I finally figured out why: Because I worked my ass off to elect the Obama administration in 2008. I helped these people get in power

So stop being a chump. Stop voting in the same career politicians from one of two sides of the same political coin. A coin that's entirely beholden to corporate interests and only nominally beholden to the people.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results

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> Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results

I think insanity has to do with how one perceives reality, rather than one's aptitude for inferring future results based on past ones. Wouldn't this more aptly be characterized as naivety?

It's a commonly referenced quote. I didn't coin it.
It's as if choosing between a douche and a turd sandwich.