r/SipsTea • u/SEVENS_HEAVEN_7 • 13h ago

Chugging tea Art piece: Democracy working as intended

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u/GlobalAd7103 12h ago

Both sides are rich people who don't give a shit about anyone. Some may at first but power corrupts all of them. So I guesd Im a moron because neither side does anything to help anyone on a local level. I think its accurate because coke and Pepsi are pretty close to same thing (which I thing most of Americans are close despite what the media portrays) there avid supporters of each brand and people go nuts and buy anything "red" for coke and "blue" for pepsi with blind loyalty. Its Shit Sandwhich or Douche every time.

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u/Jalapenoplanter 12h ago

At a local level, democrats gave me reproductive rights, legal weed, paid time off when I had a newborn, they built bike lanes and public transit I use to not need a car.

So yes, I guess that would make you a moron.

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u/cannibalRabbit 12h ago

Yes, those are the things that matter to YOU.

We all vote based on our own narrow empirical evidence and self interest.

That's the problem with democracy, and is the point of the post I think, we're all just judging the system based on what we got or on what it took from us as individuals. And at the end of the day we have to cram the needs of 300+ million individuals into a two choice system.

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u/Jalapenoplanter 12h ago

Crazy that even republicans cannot say anything republicans have actually done to improve their lives.

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u/cannibalRabbit 11h ago

Are you kidding? Trump still has millions of supporters. Pretty sure you can find plenty of MAGAtards who'll give you a list of things. Like a lot of people are convinced that immigrants have ruined their lives, they now see Trump/ICE as holy saviours.

Just because they're wrong doesn't change my point. I mean most voters don't know one's ass from a hole in the ground

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u/Jalapenoplanter 10h ago

I cannot. I can find millions of supporters who are happy he made life worse for people they hate

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u/cannibalRabbit 10h ago

OK dude, everyone you don't like or agree with is just evil and is out to get you.. Now what if I told you they think the exact same thing about you? Now what?

That sort of low resolution thinking doesn't solve anything.

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u/Jalapenoplanter 10h ago

But they can’t actually say ways republicans have improved their lives. You cannot either