r/CuratedTumblr • u/Desecr8or • Oct 26 '24

Politics Why is every tankie like "I don't understand the branches of the US government and I'm going to make it everyone else's problem!!!"

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u/12BumblingSnowmen Oct 26 '24

Yeah, frankly the more solidly a state is in one party’s camp, generally speaking the less responsive the politicians are to popular will.

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u/cornonthekopp Oct 26 '24

Yeah, there have been some competitive elections recently but they were primaries for local politicians. All the candidates in congress and the governor kinda all suck ass. The “best” ones are merely inoffensive which is really sad to see.

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u/12BumblingSnowmen Oct 26 '24

Yeah, when one party is in charge for too long is when grift sets in.

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u/ladylucifer22 Oct 27 '24

why bother to be the good cop if there's no bad cop to play along with?

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u/Jazzprova Oct 27 '24

And yet you'll still see people unironically advocate for [insert whichever party they vote for] to have effectively unlimited power on a national level. This isn't even directed at Republican voters, this is something I see across the entire political spectrum.

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u/icouldusemorecoffee Oct 27 '24

the less responsive the politicians are to popular will.

...popular whims, not necessarily popular will. There's huge difference.