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Haven't voted for either wing of the political duopoly for 30 years (starting with Perot in '92), except duped in '08 by Obama. So I feel qualified and compelled to note how many of my neoliberal acquaintances often bemoaned Trump as an embarrassment to the US. But Biden's not, in the opinion of this delusional crowd. Beyond this obvious denial is the key point that you make here, namely that the president is a figurehead, a puppet of his or her capitalist masters. And that federal elections are largely meaningless indulgences into celebrity-style popularity contests, battles of bloated bullshit backed by the big moneyed interests who actually run this insanely deceptive illusion of a first-world society with a dysfunctional sociopolitical system that is really not very much better than those of third-world countries run by authoritarian dictatorships. Actually, it's probably worse because that endless river of sweet-sounding BS creates the illusion of logical governance, which so many willingly buy into to assuage their personal angst.

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Things that should be obvious:

Americans live in an oligarchy.

Both parties represent the donor class to maintain the status quo.

Corporate media serves the same function.

Our military is a wasteful bloated mess that serves as the armed wing of the petroleum industry and does not "protect our democracy."

Israel is a racist Jim Crow democracy inflicting an illegal occupation and has no "right to exist" in its current form.

Billion dollar deals to "defend Israel" are a scam to enrich arms manufacturers and cow opposition.

Saudi Arabia is not talked about and can murder whomever they like, all because of oil.

America is the greatest meddler in foreign elections and politics.

American intelligence agencies are completely out of control.

Stuffed crust pizza is a terrible idea.

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“We won't stop working to ensure that LGBTQ+ people from all walks of life – especially transgender candidates, non-binary candidates, LGBTQ+ women – are being considered in every position throughout government,” he said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/how-joe-biden-became-the-most-lgbtq-friendly-president-in-u-s-history/ar-AALb7kJ?ocid=msedgntp

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I forgot to mention, glad to see inclusion of Israel's assault on Gaza. The Palestinians send balloons with a bit of fuel. They send jet fighters and level buildings with bombs. Killing many women and children along the way. Peace

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Joe was *such* an obvious choice for DNC that Trumpfuhrer actually started focussing on him well before, (nearly a year before) the primaries! Lo and behold it comes to be. what a democracy. what a sham.

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I read an article this AM saying how that the two largest owning groups, or investment firms, Blackrock and Vanguard, also own the major media, and, that also owns the big pharma. Vanguard is super secret, IOW, it's takes lots of time to dig out the major investors. Blackrock is the one most folks know of. Vanguard includes the Rothschild's, the Bush's, Rockefeller's, banks, etc. Literally $trillions of capital. They control the COVID narratives; the *vaccine* narratives, the purging of cheap, readily available medicine that helps greatly to allay the severity and actual hospitalizations. When I looked into it on Google it was all suppressed. Now tell me about narratives and how fucked we really are. There is no way to fight this and today I feel a bit powerless. Nice points all. Peace, The Ol' Hippy

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