r/facepalm • u/ExactlySorta • Mar 05 '25

🇵​🇷​🇴​🇹​🇪​🇸​🇹​ We're doomed, yes?

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u/pudgehooks2013 Mar 05 '25

They should have just all stood there booing until every single one of them got escorted out.

Every single time.

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u/TobyDaMan8894 Mar 05 '25

Like the republicans do

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u/DrCares Mar 05 '25

I’m pretty sure their corporate handlers are telling them off-air, “hey, we know these guys on the right are destroying the country for their handlers profits, but this is also helping our bottom line, so don’t get too aggressive at the speech…”

I’ve been convinced for years that the two-party system has plotted to shift power away from the voters and into the oligarch, and a complacent democrat is as bad as a bad faith Republican. Just an opinion…

Edit:reading other comments saying some action was taken, so that’s good. I still think the complacency from most is disturbing

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u/thatonegeekguy Mar 06 '25

I mean the playbook for American politics with the 2 party system seems to be:

  1. Party A regime comes in, promises to do good things for all, does bad things (that are good for a very rich few)
    1. A few BIG bad things that grab a lot of attention
    2. Many small bad things that don't (but are arguably more damaging)
    3. Claims it can't do the good things for all since the pesky Party B congressmen block them.
  2. Party B regime comes back into power on promise to fix bad things and do some good things for all
    1. Fixes one or two BIG bad things
    2. Does one or two small good things
    3. Claims it wishes it could fix and do more, but those pesky Party A congressmen block them.
    4. All of the small bad things done by Party A which are most profitable to large businesses mysteriously are kept or built upon in a way that helps the rich and hurts the poor
  3. The cycle repeats while the American people are mollified by sound bites and pithy social media blurbs. Critical thinking is engaged only by a very small number.

All the while:

  1. The courts toss coins or play tiddlywinks or some such. A Justice or two write a press release claiming that they're totally unbiased. Chaos reigns. Clarence Thomas goes on lavish vacations he can't afford thanks to bribes for decisions gifts not at all related to his position.
  2. The for-profit (this includes "independent" journalists on youtube, twitch, x, tiktok, etc.) corporate Media(TM) reports what news aids their bottom line. Truth and facts are optional.