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Elizah Huge said:
I can’t because I don’t care about politics like that. I could answer just about any sports trivia question you got though.

Fact is, regardless of who is president our lives won’t change much if at all.
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I generally agree with this but over time the president and Congress can do things that have devastating effects. The massive deregulation of the mortgage industry in the 80's and 90's, one little step at a time, generated the 2008 housing collapse causing thousands to lose homes and jobs. I was one of them, got laid off then had to sell on a short sale. The systematic reduction in taxes in corporations and the wealthy from the 60's all the way up to today has lead to the huge federal budget deficit and reduction in social services including the threat to dismantle social security. The refusal to truly enforce anti-trust laws over the past 2 decades has lead to massive oligopolies and price gouging driving our current persistent high prices in many areas of the economy despite actual inflation beginning to decrease. So yes, generally who the next guy is most likely won't have a huge impact on our lives just in the short stint of their presidential term, but it could have far-reaching effects depending on how they govern and what legislation they push for and how they influence the federal agencies to actually do their jobs and keep things like monopolies in check. And in this over the last 50 years our leaders have generally been ****** as ****.

But Trump is something unique. He spurred the only outright rebellion against actual rule of law in our country's history at least since the civil war. He also stacked the deck and influenced the supreme Court to pass heinous changes to settled law and give the president carte blanche for commiting crimes in office. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. The threat he presents is clear and present and it's awful ****ing hard to deny that.
 
LogGrad98 said:
I generally agree with this but over time the president and Congress can do things that have devastating effects. The massive deregulation of the mortgage industry in the 80's and 90's, one little step at a time, generated the 2008 housing collapse causing thousands to lose homes and jobs. I was one of them, got laid off then had to sell on a short sale. The systematic reduction in taxes in corporations and the wealthy from the 60's all the way up to today has lead to the huge federal budget deficit and reduction in social services including the threat to dismantle social security. The refusal to truly enforce anti-trust laws over the past 2 decades has lead to massive oligopolies and price gouging driving our current persistent high prices in many areas of the economy despite actual inflation beginning to decrease. So yes, generally who the next guy is most likely won't have a huge impact on our lives just in the short stint of their presidential term, but it could have far-reaching effects depending on how they govern and what legislation they push for and how they influence the federal agencies to actually do their jobs and keep things like monopolies in check. And in this over the last 50 years our leaders have generally been ****** as ****.

But Trump is something unique. He spurred the only outright rebellion against actual rule of law in our country's history at least since the civil war. He also stacked the deck and influenced the supreme Court to pass heinous changes to settled law and give the president carte blanche for commiting crimes in office. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. The threat he presents is clear and present and it's awful ****ing hard to deny that.
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This might be the most informative post I’ve seen on here so far. Thanks for not name calling and presenting your beliefs in a non-biased way. I feel like you are great at that. Thanks for the thought provoking words.
 
Sardines said:
My life won't change much at all, I'm a middle aged married white man. The trans people I know might have a tougher life than they already do. People speaking Spanish in public might be more likely to be accosted by racist Karens telling them to leave the U.S.. Poll workers might be targeted for harassment from thousands upon thousands of Trump supporters. Women will lose more of their reproductive rights. Muslims might be treated worse.

But yeah, I'm gonna be fine so who ****ing cares?
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Unfortunately, 99% of people only care about how they are going to be affected. Andrew Yang was getting some support just solely based off of his UBI idea. Same with Bernie Sanders and his loan forgiveness idea.
 
Elizah Huge said:
This might be the most informative post I’ve seen on here so far. Thanks for not name calling and presenting your beliefs in a non-biased way. I feel like you are great at that. Thanks for the thought provoking words.
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Wish you would have come in with a similar presence. I like your stuff generally but you pissed me off. I have zero patience for people who either directly or indirectly support The Rapist but the fact that you made a general insult toward everyone on here was what chapped my hide.
 
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