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    elon is the kind of dipshit who probably holds the belief that the commoners’ cancer can be compensated with a higher birth rate. People are just a resource to him.

    Nauseating to see this tiny man claim to want to go to mars when he can’t even crawl out of his own ass.

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    I knew he was going to hurt poor people, trans people, immigrants, US citizens born of immigrant parents, US citizens of color, women, children, and even people in need of healthcare and research. that was all fine. it was fun, actually, i made fun of them online, and tried to rub it on their face after the election as much as possible.

    … but I didn’t think he would also hurt this very specific portion of them which also affects me.

    fuck cancer, and fuck this guy. this guy is cancer.

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    Why would you expect that he wouldn’t? He defrauded a KIDS cancer organization. He doesn’t give a fuck about anyone that isn’t him

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    It’s time for a lot of Americans to start to learn some German: “Ich hab es nicht gewust”. Because this is just the tip of the massive pile of shit which is about to come down on everyone.

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    You know what might have been a clue? The past!

    • March 2017: Proposed $5.8 billion (18%) cut to NIH funding, targeting cancer research indirectly.
    • February 2018: Proposed eliminating the John S. McCain Childhood Cancer Foundation.
    • June 2019: Revoked the Clean Power Plan, weakening air pollution controls linked to lung cancer prevention.
    • 2018: Delayed asbestos bans under the Toxic Substances Control Act, linked to cancer risks.
    • 2017-2019: Repeated attempts to repeal the ACA, threatening free cancer screenings like mammograms.
    • February 2020: Proposed $3 billion cut to NIH in the 2021 budget, while increasing defense spending.
    • July 2019: Reversed proposed bans on flavored e-cigarettes, undermining tobacco-use prevention.

    If people are surprised, it’s because they aren’t paying attention, or they just think Trump is BASED until the ramifications show up at their doorstep.

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    At least she voted.

    Yeah, you know who I’m talking about. Where y’all at now? Fucking crickets.

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      Think of it this way.

      You’re a wage worker who’s just sat through eight years of the Federal Government, under both parties, doing absolutely nothing to mitigate the struggle of your daily existence. Are you going to choose to miss a badly-needed day’s pay to vote?

      No. You’ve already observed that there’s no point.

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        There are countless examples of Democrats trying to make lives better, and Republicans denying bills and voting against it.

        They are not the same at all, and idiots who vote R or don’t vote are the reason Rs are allowed to continue to run the US into the ground.

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          There are countless examples of Democrats trying to make lives better, and Republicans denying bills and voting against it.

          People can’t eat excuses. Maybe next time put some Democracy back into the Democratic Party instead of crowning a candidate who let it all happen. Those of us who don’t hang out in an echo chamber could see this coming from a mile a way, hell, Harris couldn’t even win a primary against Tulsi Gabbard.

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        Well that fifty bucks cost us any forward progress or even retaining past progress so great job. Non-voters fucked us all by not giving a shit. People died to give everyone the right to vote, throwing it away for “a day’s pay” is insanity especially because the law states you get to vote - with pay. Anyone who doesn’t see the radical difference in the parties is trying very, very hard not to

        And to be clear, we have defeated ourselves. Name the cause you want to highlight, but not voting has stopped all progress and rolled back even more.

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          Non-voters fucked us all by not giving a shit.

          No, they didn’t. Partisan voters fucked us all by not caring about politicians’ records. For 40 years straight.

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        People understand this, they are just saying that there was a choice between having a vote for the same, or voting for trump. And between those two chosing not for the same means voting for trump, even by not voting.

        If they end up worse afterwards, don’t complain. That one day of much needed work hopefully pays for the years that come afterwards.

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          If they end up worse afterwards, don’t complain

          Until the Democratic Party and their voters develop empathy for workers, they’re going to continue to lose elections.

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            Your voting is messed up and needs to change. I’m not going to say Australia is perfect, but we have compulsory voting and they do their best to make it as easy as possible for every single person to vote. The fact people would have to even CONSIDER missing work to vote is an absolute joke.

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              The fact people would have to even CONSIDER missing work to vote is an absolute joke.

              You’re right. Voting is made arbitrarily difficult here in the States because we’re ruled by the wealthy, simple as that.

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            The fuck? Which party has ever done anything for workers?

            ANY legislation that supported workers came from the Democrats. Don’t give a shit and consign us to demented fascism through your careless inaction but saying garbage like that is BULLSHIT. Learn something.

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          Also some states/employers already do this.

          Yup, your rights in many parts of the country vary significantly depending on your zip code, and unless you’re a billionaire or okay with achieving notoriety by following in the footsteps of a particular Italian gentleman, there’s nothing you can do to change it. (At least outside of your local community.)

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    “We never expected that the guy who told us to fight Covid by eating horse paste and shoving UV lights up our butts wouldn’t know a damn thing about science.”

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      I genuinely believe that the best case scenario for America is that it all goes to shit SO FAST that even his most ardent supporters have to say “No, this is fucked. He needs to go.”

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        At least 30% of the population has drunk the Kool-Aid and is so deep in, nothing, not anything, will turn them from their God King.

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          30% of voters

          Don’t forget there’s a whole separate worse category of people: those who refuse to vote or learn about “politics”

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            Nah, I can understand apathy way more than I can the racism and hatred of the fascist Republican voters.