• Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    The divine right of kings did not survive the invention of the printing press. Nation-states likely won’t survive the invention of the internet. I’m hopeful for that.

    We will then see it in the 2026 midterms and the 2028 presidential election, when Americans elect true leaders who care about working people and the common good.

    No we won’t. We’ll get milquetoast neoliberals and a few blue dogs. And they’ll control one chamber and get fuck all done. Americans are idiots who have always voted against their best interests to entrench oligarchy.

    I have no idea how someone with so much experience in politics could possibly think this is what will happen.

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      2 hours ago

      Is that your idea (the first thing)? Is there anything else about it? It’s so interesting.