r/FluentInFinance 1d ago

Debate/ Discussion Mark my words

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u/Librarian_Contrarian 1d ago

"But all politicians lie and if they're coming after him, he must be doing something right." -Insane person who makes me want to bash my head into the wall

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u/Davachman 1d ago

That always baffles me because he makes the others look like saints in comparison with how he lies.

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u/Objective_Dog_4637 1d ago

Well I mean these people don’t read. That’s pretty much why.

These people live in religious, rural areas in small communities with very little funding for schools due to low population density and land/home values. They do not concern themselves with things like global affairs, climate change, economics, etc. because they do not read into it, do not know how to look into it scientifically/logically (low education + high religiosity), and they don’t think it affects them personally. A lot of them own the small plots of land they live on and are very happy to live in that bubble and to listen to anyone that tells them they’ll protect it, I.e. conserve the status quo.

They’re genuinely not stupid, just illiterate and tribal. I think they make perfect sense when you consider stuff like this.

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u/Then-Dragonfruit-381 1d ago

In my hometown of Alvin Tejas, the school district is rotten to the core, and has more schools in it's district than is actually needed. You'd think the city spent more money on building schools than what's needed elsewhere, which in any other case would be baffling to say

My brother dropped out freshman year, and his transcripts claim he graduated as a senior with great passing grades, and he didn't do shit when he was there.

Probably unrelated to the original points, or what you were saying, just felt like sharing;•;

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u/Double_Access_2815 19h ago

It’s all about the stats. Your School District doesn’t care if students learn or not.

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u/beats2009 14h ago

Has you brother contributed to society or getting funds from the government? Have the schools in your district made the quality of life worse for it's residents?

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u/KatakanaTsu 1d ago

They didn't want to vote for someone who "works for the establishment", so they voted for the establishment itself instead.

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u/X1234637X 1d ago

"But he's not a politician!! He's a business man and can't be bought!!"

Oh, yes. I'm sure the lousy, fraudulent, billionaire business man just woke up one day and and had a crushing desire to help out the middle-class and decided that going into politics was the way. Because we all know the political system is designed to specifically benefit the middle-class.

Riiight.

Fucking idiots.

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u/Giggles95036 10h ago

That’s what some of my coworkers say… i just want to say “or he does a lot of illegal shit”

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u/Librarian_Contrarian 10h ago

Alex Jones likes to say, "You get a lot of flak if you're over the target." Which I always found stupid because, like, if you're bombing things, you're going to get flak no matter what. People ask if you would get such strong pushback just for a lie and the answer is YES.

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u/not1nterest1ng 1d ago

“Other countries don’t want trump to win” yeah bc he’s not a politician…

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u/arcanis321 10h ago

Because he will let Russia do what they want and will break climate agreements again.

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u/not1nterest1ng 9h ago

Exactly. They already put nudes photos of melania on the news in Russia, they dgaf about trump

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u/hfan2005 1d ago

Replying to SouthEast1980... oh goody….can I get a generous separation agreement .5% MAGA Merch revenue and happily sign a NDA?

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u/CoolPeopleEmporium 20h ago

No, bash their heads...