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      yes, those are the fall guys. that’s in the interests of the capitalists, that you only hear that part, friend. the red vs blue culture war is theater.

      don’t get me wrong: if you or me wanted to run for house of reps and change things, we’d probably be signing up as blue. there’s probably some good-hearted farmers doing the same, signing up for red because those are their cultural “good guys”.

      we’d all be naive and we’d all be drowned in the corruption, most likely.

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        yes, those are the fall guys. that’s in the interests of the capitalists, that you only hear that part, friend. the red vs blue culture war is theater.

        Yes and no. There are legitimate, progressive leftists that don’t suckle on the billionaire teat and don’t serve capitalist interests on the blue team.

        Also, not relevant. If you care about justice for those on Epstein’s client list then those who were willing to hide it need to be named and suffer consequences. Then you make it come up again and do the same thing regardless of whoever obstructs it again, red or blue. Do it until justice is served. Name and shame them afterwards, don’t let the world forget.

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        Okay, but the red guys did it, right? They could a made the blue guys do it, which would’ve pushed the feudalistic billionaire breakdown of America easier for them, but… They didn’t? Why not?

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          Probably would have been team blue if Biden was in office, but it doesn’t make sense for the republicans to defy their president

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            Why doesn’t it make sense? All I see is Republicans blocked it, and Democrats didn’t. Why wouldn’t they make the Democrats look bad?

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              You’re assuming corporate dem leadership is different than corporate republican leadership. More than anything, they care about power and money….

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                Okay, I still don’t understand anything other than the Republicans voted to protect child sex predators, and the Democrats didn’t.

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                  we know. you’ve made that clear. you’re on team blue. you bought into the theater.

                  im not denying that there’s genuine good guys on the blue team, i’m just saying that there’s also going to be a significant number on team blue who are super fucking relieved that republicans shut it down. that’s pretty dangerous, dont ya think?

                  being aware of when we’re being pitted against one another is NEVER a fruitless endeavor. you may not like that we’re not playing the red vs blue game and that’s fine. but you’re going to keep getting screwed if you only get mad at half of congress for failing to protect its people.

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                    You said they were working together, but the Republicans voted to block it. Why didn’t they make the Democrats vote to block it, it would make them look better?

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              Seriously. If the Rs played chicken and voted yes (at least most of em), the dems would be forced to blink and that would be a slam dunk and the republican party wouldn’t have to 180 so hard on epstein right now.