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@stux Really? Wow, I never would have thought you could support someone like Biden, yikes.

I honestly would have expected you to lean towards a candidate more in line with european ethics than someone like biden...

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@freemo @stux
Current choices are only 2, so its about better rather then the best

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@mur2501 @freemo Exactly, Trump is like.. uh.. a fucking fuck face. Sorry, I only have hate for the guy

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@stux

Not sure what trump has to do with anything either.. there are more than 2 candidates on the ballot for president, there are 4, more in some states....

@mur2501

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@freemo @mur2501 Alright, but from our (euro) perspective there are only 2 guys who can be the next President correct?

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@stux

No, that's not correct. Any of the candidates on the ballot can be the next president. If you get enough votes you become president, and all 4 are eligible to vote for them, so all 4 are eligible for president.

@mur2501

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@freemo @mur2501 But why does it looks like it’s a ‘battle’ between red/blue aka Trump/Biden?

Isn’t it also very important on what ‘side’ you vote? In this case literally red or blue?

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@stux

as for if it matters what side you vote.. not sure what that means.. you vote for people not parties. In the american system the party doesnt make a huge difference as there are no coalitions as in other governments.

@mur2501

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@freemo I see, so kinda the opposite of what happens here I guess. Surely there’s a prime monster blabla, but the party is more important and in the US it’s the person instead?

That’s kinda fucked up.. Everyone is so different and how can one hooman make good calls on everything, that should be a team effort

@mur2501

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@stux

members of a party in the USa will often side with their party. This is done partly because if they dont then they may not get votes next year since presumably it was people registered with their party who voted for them and thus the party ideals reflect the ideals of their voting base.

But thats about as far as any pressure from their party goes.

@mur2501

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@freemo
You have 0 idea of what you're talking about. Absolutely zero.
@stux @mur2501

Follow

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@TonyStark

What a convincing argument you just made, lol.

I am fairly well educated on US politics. Any specific points I make you want to discuss feel free, but you have literally added nothing to the conversation other than lobbing some random insults and providing no other value of any kind.. so..

@stux @mur2501

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@freemo
You've proven yourself time and time again to have zero knowledge of the subject.

I just enjoy pointing it out every so often because for some unknown reason, Stux listens to you. Nobody else does.

@stux @mur2501

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@TonyStark

"Stux listens to you. Nobody else does." ... I've got over 15K followers, you sound like a fool.. Feel free to disagree with me, feel free to call me wrong. But it should be obvious, if nothing else, that people **are** listening to me.

It actually caused me to burst out laughing to hear you say that considering I'm in the top 5 users with the highest following count on this service last I checked.

@stux @mur2501

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@freemo
Follower count is no indication of success in life. I'm embarrassed for you, honestly, for relying on something so trivial.

Some of the most interesting people here have very few followers.

And judging by the interaction you get, about 99% of them ditched.

Have a nice day!
@stux @mur2501

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@TonyStark

Is ee reading comprehension isnt a skill of yours either... At what point did I state or even suggest follower count had anything to do with success at anything, let alone life? I also never said it had anything to do with if i was interesting or not... Try reading what I said again and then respond to what I actually said rather than some random nonsense you disagree with that I never said.

@stux @mur2501

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@freemo
Uh, "I've got over 15K followers, you sound like a fool..."

Honestly.

@stux @mur2501

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@TonyStark @freemo @stux @mur2501 Whoever wants to say a, anyone other than Biden or Trump can win at this point is fucking crazy.

Or that they're the same. If we lose our health insurance, my mom dies. Biden will expand the number of people insured. Trump will kill any insurance programs. Therefore, my family.

Don't insult Americans. We don't all think the same or suck.

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@PixxburghGirl

Well considering I never claimed anyone other than Biden or Trump would or could win seems I'm safe then.. In fact I pointed out very clearly that americans would never vote for a high quality candidate on the ballot, and thus did not feel any of the high-quality candidates (which are pretty much anyone other than Trump or biden) stand a chance of winning, so in that regard we agree.

I wouldnt say their the same though, they are both just as bad, but in different ways.

Ironically Insurance is the very reason I had to leave the USA. When ObamaCare was initiated my insurance costs increases by 4x, and worse yet, most of the time insurance now refuses to cover me at all for most treatments and many doctors refuse to accept any insurance of any kind. For example thanks to ObamaCare it is now virtually impossible to get a Psychiatrist in PA in any reasonable amount of time (some have very long multiple-month waiting lists) while on insurance.

So not only did my insurance costs increase four fold under obama, not only am i forced to pay out of pocket now for much of my care, but Obama even required me to have insurance even if the insurance sucks and wont cover me i still MUST have it and pay for it.

In fact the one thing trump did for insurance while in office (he didnt change it much) was remove the requirement that people have insurance at all. So now if insurance is shit and wont cover you as it did with me at least you can drop it entirely.

So yea I agree Insurance is very important and needs some significant reform, and Biden sure as hell wont be helping there he is literally the guy who broke insurance to begin with. Not that I think Trump will make it right honestly, frankly I expect he would screw it up too if he had his way.

But at least if i judge on the actual results of what bidens contribution was to insurance and what Trumps was so far... Trump while doing very little what he did do was a marked improvement, and biden, biden was on the team that made health insurance in america somehow actually worse!

Also just to be clear, I do agree there are some amazing americans who dont suck. but they are like 0.01% of the population. As an American myself I can attest that virtually all of us do, in fact suck. The exceptions are rare and few between and im willing to accept that perhaps your one of the exceptions.

@TonyStark @stux @mur2501

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@TonyStark @freemo @stux @mur2501 I only have 127. Guess I’m worthless!!!

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@MJ

No. you're not🙂
in someway it's just numbers. when you look at it you may feel good or bad. but more important is have people listen to you and agree with you.:)

@TonyStark @freemo @stux @mur2501

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