Edit: Image is from this Reuters article deconstructing Trump’s latest rally.

114 points

The neat part is that they don’t even need to get the most votes to elect a president. They have the advantage of low population density, which means their votes count for more.

Yay democracy.

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I mean in that particular example it’s specifically a limit that was put on our democracy. Which is to say, make sure your state joins the national popular vote compact if they haven’t already:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact

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That’s not the only example. The Senate and House also give low population density states outsized influence. So we’ll end up with a popularly elected president thwarted by an undemocratic congress. Oh, and senates at the state level have the same problem.

The entire system is fucked and I’ve given up thinking it’s going to do good things. I’ve been burned too many times.

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More like “yay fuckery”, since this is obviously not democracy.

The electoral college is fucking draconian.

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Almost like withholding our labor is the only option left.

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Oh no! Less dog walkers and internet forum moderators? How will society get by??

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They really do view politics as team sport. I mean just look at how they dress and present themselves in public. If they can’t make a show of their trump worship there’s probably no point for them. They don’t care about policy or ethics or making their lives better, they just want daddy trump to smash a homerun over the left wall and beat them libruls.

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The guy on the left looks like a mid 60s Spider-Man villain.

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21 points

He’s dressed like a brick wall.

Has he never seen The Wall? Makes me want to spray paint lyrics on his stupid ugly fashy suit.

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What should we call him? Brick Suit, Wall Man, The Brick Layer…

Here are all the others as reference

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/60213/visual-guide-all-37-villains-batman-tv-series

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4 points

Bill the wall, obviously

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4 points

Bill the wall?

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First thought is Les Claypool as an end of level boss in super Mario Bros underground level

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38 points

So this is what oxygen deprivation looks like

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That’s a lazy explanation for shitty political views. It completely ignores the lead poisoning and fetal alcohol syndrome mixed in there, too. Not to mention the inbreeding.

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What is with the brick suit?

I should say too… roll back the clock 20 years to these bitches mocking John Kerry for getting wounded in Vietnam:

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I think it’s-a-me, MAGArio.

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Wait so if they’re the brick, can we smash them? I’m down to stomp some goombas.

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I’m guessing it’s “the wall” that Trump always talks about building

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What is with the brick suit?

Had similar question. I guess “build the wall”?

Possibly “🎵 He’s a brick…HOUSE. Mighty mighty, just letting it all hang out🎵” ?

Hard for me to get into the mind of some of these characters.

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Cause they’re fucking dumb as bricks.

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