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IRS employee who voted for Trump doesn't learn his lesson and is fired
this post was submitted on 21 Feb 2025
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Yes and no. Conservatism is supposed to be (ideally, in theory) a ratchet that keeps the wheel from freely spinning in either direction. Conservatives are to preserve the status quo, which is the position currently taken by Democrats and not Republicans. We don't have a counterbalance to the Repubs, which is why the wheel is slowly clicking to the right.
I used to assume this was more 'both sides are the same' shit but looking at how fast Trump is moving while the democrats spent years getting very little done really puts it into perspective.
oh no, I know Trump and the republicans are much, much worse. I know that they are so terrible, that any vote to keep them out of office is better then to not vote "out of protest".
I've just also been paying attention long enough to be cynical about the democrats. I remember when the democrats had majority during Obama, but a hand full of sellouts would play hot-potato voting against any progressive movement. Any one of them would vote for progress most of the time, but enough of them voted against that noting ever got done.
This is really good. Thanks for posting!