Message from @Catboi

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2019-11-18 14:34:36 UTC  

Mor apathetic

2019-11-18 14:34:36 UTC  

I didnt say *I* didnt get that it was hyperbole

2019-11-18 14:34:46 UTC  

but invigorated by Trump not being as retarded as he seemed

2019-11-18 14:34:52 UTC  

and the Dems being more retarded than ever before

2019-11-18 14:35:23 UTC  

I don't see how ANYTHING he does besides start a war or crash the economy is going to cost him votes

2019-11-18 14:35:39 UTC  

I really can't even think of what I think it would take for him to cuck up for me to not vote for him.

2019-11-18 14:35:42 UTC  

What's my fucking alternative

2019-11-18 14:35:48 UTC  

throw it away on a thirdparty

2019-11-18 14:36:08 UTC  

> Have you suggested every tactic? I dont think you've been here that long
Lol. Okay fam.

2019-11-18 14:36:42 UTC  

I don't get what you think is going to make people apathetic about voting.

2019-11-18 14:36:45 UTC  

Like I said before, it's a strategy wholly dependent on Dems playing to a shrinking, extreme base

Oh that. I was mocking you. I figured you'd pick up on that bro. Thought you meant the wall

2019-11-18 14:36:45 UTC  

Start looking for a failed painter war hero?

2019-11-18 14:37:02 UTC  

And it has to last beyond this election

2019-11-18 14:37:31 UTC  

Trump basically needs a proper successor, or everything gets reversed in 4 years

2019-11-18 14:37:47 UTC  

That happens no matter who is president

2019-11-18 14:37:50 UTC  

And needs the Dems to be retarded to a point that will probably crash their party

2019-11-18 14:38:01 UTC  

I know you were. That's my point.

2019-11-18 14:38:33 UTC  

I think I get @Unironic Ohio Supremecist POV, but I don't get what your point is @Beemann

2019-11-18 14:40:49 UTC  

>I took it seriously and literally but I know you were just mocking me

My point is that the discussion is still happening on a 4 year time block. At the end of the day, this won't be a successful model because you're working against the incentive structure of the modern political apparatus. I think you've got to find a way to reverse that if you *really* want to make some headway, because already I suspect that the thing stopping the apathy tide is the Dems, and I wouldnt want to depend on a strategy that must include my opponent making the worst decisions at all times. Eventually they will make a "suboptimal" bad decision and I will suffer losses

2019-11-18 14:41:15 UTC  

So what's your time scale?

2019-11-18 14:42:00 UTC  

Part of this is just the modern world and perverse incentives. I know one way to fix Congress.

2019-11-18 14:42:12 UTC  

Depends on your issue. Overall? Probably 10 years for review/adjustment periods, since most of these processes will be slow and intangible on a smaller timescale

2019-11-18 14:42:14 UTC  

Reveres the change Senator per every 30k people, not the bullshit we have no.

2019-11-18 14:42:29 UTC  

All the important shit is really local governments and congress

2019-11-18 14:42:31 UTC  

TBH

2019-11-18 14:42:39 UTC  

But your plan would need to be a multi-decade one

2019-11-18 14:42:39 UTC  

Congress can do a lot of shit to fuck with the president

2019-11-18 14:42:42 UTC  

as we've already seen

2019-11-18 14:42:50 UTC  

My plan would be to hang congress and start over

2019-11-18 14:43:23 UTC  

Revert the Permanent Apportionment Act

2019-11-18 14:43:27 UTC  

I dont know about that, given that congress is basically there to limit power in the oval office

2019-11-18 14:43:30 UTC  

get rid of government Pensions

2019-11-18 14:43:48 UTC  

The President really doesn't have that much power

2019-11-18 14:43:54 UTC  

it's that Congress is full of cowards.

2019-11-18 14:44:08 UTC  

I would rip power out of the fed in general though, given political god powers over the 'states.

2019-11-18 14:44:09 UTC  

You need to read the constitution again.

2019-11-18 14:44:42 UTC  

a lot of what we're seeing with the executive actions is just because Congress is full of cowards

2019-11-18 14:44:54 UTC  

I'm talking about a situation in which congress is removed.

2019-11-18 14:45:01 UTC  

as well as congress likes it when he bombs melinated individuals in shithole countries

2019-11-18 14:45:19 UTC  

I'm not talking about removing the institution just the institutionalized

2019-11-18 14:45:34 UTC  

Ah okay, I misunderstood then