I’m not in the US, but it seems to me that the Republicans keep breaking norms and procedures, including politicising impeachment and ignoring illegal, immoral and plain bad conduct.

They also seem to be fine with not applying the same standard across the isle.

On the other hand, either Democrats follow new precedent, with even more devolving, or they keep the old decorum and get their asses kicked by Republican foul play.

What ways out of this spiral are there?

  • FlashMobOfOne
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    We’re in ‘if you can’t beat them, join them’ mode.

    Invest every dollar you can spare, because that’s the only way to win in any of this. Both ruling parties care far more about your stock portfolio succeeding than they do about you.

    • @Anatares
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      No they don’t give a shit about you they care about their stock portfolio. This is true for both parties’ leadership. Consider inside testing in the debate/house with no legitimate oversight.

      Fuck you i got mine and all.

      Investing is the only way to get ahead on an individual financial basis, but it feeds the machine. They win more from it than you.

      Our capital to bargain with is labor and civility. This is why they want to replace us with AI while blocking alternate means to survive. If AI can do it we lose leverage.

        • @Anatares
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          I meant to say civility is a bargaining chip we can take away. I can see how that can be misinterpreted