Powerman5000 for reply #5000.

And on a more contemporary note

Thank you.

Also, who wants to place bets on when and/or if civil war breaks out and how bad. Skirmishes with the military anyone? Trump is going to cry like a baby if he loses, and his white supremacist buddies will all come to his aid I'm sure.

You mean this hoax? Or do you mean the hoax Donald Trump was a part of it? And by saying "and the instigators will be brought to justice if we're lucky.", you mean Russia's Internet Research Agency will be brought to justice, correct?

I'm not so sure.

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Whose guns will the Democrats be using? The US Army, Navy, Marines, National Guard, FBI, state and local police guns. Those guns.

lmfao.

Which way do you think those organizations vote. go ahead. take five minutes.

I mean come on man. Try to think.

They're a lot more mixed than you think. Watch.

I voted absentee, along with my family.

You American punks better vote.

It's also worth acknowledging the Republican brass that has already came out against Trump and said they were going to support the Democratic candidate.

First Google result:

https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/601348/

So you believe that the Democratic Party and the Republican Party are the same party? Because Republicans are calling out Trump? And you think it's ignorant to believe otherwise? Maybe, just maybe, you should rethink your own logic.

Of course, I 100% believe that the party in power is just an illusion. The extremely wealthy are always in power. Democracy is just a gimmick to make most of us enthusiastic slave labor. But that doesn't mean that the parties are just a conspiracy. There is still a lot of power/wealth to be exploited from being a member of a government in power. There's a lot of competition to get that power and wealth.

To believe that they're the same party is absolutely ridiculous. They're not the same party. Trump is just that bad. Which is why so many long time Republicans are turning their backs against him and supporting the Democrats. Trump is a terrible person. He's the furthest thing there could be from a strong American leader. He's a pussy. He's wildly out of shape. He's obviously in very poor health. He doesn't pay his taxes. He used his wealth to get out of serving in the military several times. He is completely immoral. He had his people fire teargas and forcefully assault peaceful American citizens protesting in order to pose for a photo opportunity with a fucking Bible. You know he's not actually religious, right? You know he's the epitome of what the Bible says not to do.

He's a plutocrat. And not a very good one at that. If it weren't for handouts to keep him rich he'd have lost it all and probably died in a ditch years ago. But of course the system doesn't actually work. When you're rich and you fail you don't actually fail.

The Republicans that believe in honesty and integrity are turning against Trump, realizing that he could very well collapse the country, and may have already ruined the Republican Party. If you still support Trump after all of this, and you point to Republicans turning against him as being wrong, then you seriously need to take a look in the mirror, reexamine the evidence from some unbiased sources, and see if that doesn't bring about a change of heart and mind.

Chris, are you a QAnon believer?

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Apparently it doesn't work anyway though. I thought gifs were supported, but I'm probably thinking of another message board. I recall ML hated gifs for the spam they often produce in other message boards, but I'm pretty sure you've embedded ItsyRealm gifs before.

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That's not because they're the same party. That's because governments are bought and paid for, and the party in power doesn't matter as much as you'd think it should. Our Liberal government invested $12.6 billion in purchasing a private oil pipeline, despite the oil industry tanking (the company that owned it wasn't going to invest the necessary money to finish the project because it no longer made sense). The Progressive Conservative Party is the oil party in Canada. The only reason for doing that was to appease to the O&G lobbyists, as well as the O&G workers in Alberta who are all out of work because the oil industry no longer makes sense in Canada.

Meanwhile, Canada is nowhere near being able to reach its internationally agreed upon emissions targets even as they try to introduce some new legislation to help. We're still looking at about a 3 degree Celsius increase in global average temperature by 2050. For reference, our target is to keep the increase to less than 1.5 degrees Celsius. Which is not a perfectly stable climate even then. It's still bad for the planet, and many people will die as a result, and many species will go extinct, but it's a realistic goal to achieve in time if we try. 3 degrees is on the extreme end of the spectrum. If it comes true it could mean mass extinctions, major changes in the balance of power on our planet, major loss of human life, and perhaps an irreversible snowball effect that gets worse and worse.

Essentially, the powers that be are seasoned professionals at exploiting government. They're not working for you and I. They work for corporations and the wealthy elite. They only need enough support from us every 4 years to get in power. In between elections they're busy cashing in on their power for wealth and powerful friendships.

Absolutely the Democratic Party is not a good party for America. No more than the Liberals are a good party for Canada. But you know what else? The Republicans and Progressive Conservatives are even worse. They deny climate change, they've been denying the dangers of COV-19, they've been denying the systemic discrimination that is still prevalent in society and in law enforcement. It's not that the Democratic Party is the best choice for the people of America. It's that they're the best that you can do right now.

I've been contributing to the Green Party of Canada for about a decade now, and we've been growing significantly, and gaining seats in parliament too. Nationally and provincially. That said, we're still a long ways away from having Green Party members with serious power in parliament or Queen's park. America has at least as far to go, and probably much further. Vote Democrat in 2020 only because Trump is a horribly unfit leader, and America might not survive another 4 years of him. But at the same time you need to start pushing for other options to be taken seriously, while also trying to dismantle the clear sabotage from within each of the parties.

2 parties is too few to function. It's far too easy for a single, biased group (on either side) to gain too much power and influence. That's not how democracy is supposed to work. Get involved. Pay attention. And push for significant improvements to your entire electoral system and within your parties power structure as well. You don't have to trust that they got it right the first or second time. There's always room for improvement. In 2020 there's a LOT of room for improvement in both of our systems. Don't settle for status quo. Demand better. Ultimately, the government is only powerful because of us. And they're supposed to represent us. But they won't unless we force them to.

Fracking is extremely harmful to the environment and ecosystem. So no, it's definitely not a solution to climate change. Matter of fact we're trying to ban it in Canada.

Nuclear isn't a perfect option either because of the inevitable radioactive waste that will permanently pose a risk to the environment and humanity. Nuclear is also not necessarily considered renewable (practically, today, not).

There's much more potential in other, truly green options. Solar has major potential, but obviously requires some large-scale coordination to workaround the day/night cycle issues (e.g., an international grid that shared energy across the entire planet, so that which ever side has the Sun can fuel the rest).

Ultimately there is no switch we can flip to go Green overnight. Our entire civilization is currently built on fossil fuels. You can't just abandon them overnight. You'll need to use fossil fuels to develop and bootstrap the renewables initially. It is a long-term goal to phase out the fossil fuels. We'll never get there if we don't seriously invest in it and commit to a truly clean solution.

We don't have much choice either. Fossil fuels are literally threatening our existence. If predictions are correct and a snowball effect occurs we'll be pretty much doomed. Of course, it doesn't really hurt selfish people today to dismiss the possibility. They likely won't be the ones suffering, and likely won't endure the end times. But that's little comfort for the generations to come that will need to endure these changes.

Climate has shaped our planet, and a changing climate will inevitably reshape it. America may be generally pretty comfortable now, but what if everything South of Michigan becomes too hot to handle year round? Suddenly Americans have no place to live? War is inevitable, but you're not the only big army in the world. And a weakened America from internal division will be easy prey. The future is most certainly uncertain.

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