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moviefreakedmind
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Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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8-Jul-2018, 9:56 PM

Jay said:

Who has it worse now than before Trump was president?

Undocumented immigrants for sure. American citizens that are children of undocumented immigrants. Muslim Americans, or just Arab Americans regardless of their race. Public-school students thanks to Betsy DeVos. Women in college are getting Title IX protections revoked thanks to her too.

Jay said:

TV’s Frink said:

Jay said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Jay said:

While there’s more to quality of life than just environmental threats and humans are still better off today than at any other point in history,

Do we have to make this pointless statement every single time we criticize Trump?

Do we need to pointlessly mention how terrible things are the world over every single time we criticize Trump?

P.S. - Things aren’t terrible.

Things are quite terrible for many people now though.

This is always true at any time. Until someone invents free energy and the Star Trek replicator, the world will be a terrible place for some people, but hopefully in ever-decreasing numbers (which has been the general trend throughout history).

Okay, so do we just do nothing? I don’t understand this notion that there will always be suffering so let’s actively do as little as possible to better the lives of our people. I genuinely don’t get it. Maybe you’d feel less complacent if you weren’t a well-to-do white guy.

As for keeping people like Trump from winning, I’d say we abolish the electoral college. The only reason people like it now is because it gives unpopular Republicans a better chance at winning the presidency without having to get the most votes.