Re:Record-High 89% in U.S. Say Government Corruption Widespread
by tstrimple on Friday September 04, 2026 @10:46PM
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Sounds like you’re completely ignorant to US history post civil war. You seem to know nothing about the daughters of the confederacy. Know nothing about segregation and Jim Crow. You have no idea that conservatives fight to this day to maintain monuments to literal traitors to the country. Or that they still routinely fly the flag of traitors to the country. Or more likely you do know about all of that and agree with it and just want to white wash conservative history in the US.
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Re:Record-High 89% in U.S. Say Government Corruption Widespread
by 0xDEAFBEAD on Saturday September 05, 2026 @02:04AM
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I know that stuff happened, but I don't think it's some sort of universal explanation for everything which happens in US politics.
Re:Record-High 89% in U.S. Say Government Corruption Widespread
by tstrimple on Saturday September 05, 2026 @04:03AM
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I'm sorry you're too dense to see why "The Party of Lincoln" is defending the confederate flags and confederate monuments. They must just really believe in states rights except where it actually helps people. Sort of like the confederates who pretended to be about states rights while demanding other states return their "escaped property". And it doesn't explain everything in US politics. I never claimed your strawman. It explains US conservative's degeneracy. Their complete lack of shame or civility. They never had any.
Re:Record-High 89% in U.S. Say Government Corruption Widespread
by 0xDEAFBEAD on Saturday September 05, 2026 @04:26AM
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>"The Party of Lincoln" is defending the confederate flags and confederate monuments
I think the obvious answer here, insofar as that's true, is that historical continuity is simply not as strong as you are assuming. I mean you've basically admitted it yourself. In 1860 would you vote for the Democrats or the Republicans?