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https://www.stopkillinggames.com/

This is the first I've heard of it 🤷

I wish we had a mechanism of voting a deeply unpopular president out early. I think that's a loophole that needs to be filled if we ever get another election

Not always, but usually. We can hope!

There's a great deal of real news that goes through the app. It's the majority of the content I see.

https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2023/09/27/updated_race_data/

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States

this is the data that racists (like Kirk) use to justify white supremacy. But the wrongful conviction rate is proven to be nearly the same.

https://eji.org/news/study-shows-race-is-substantial-factor-in-wrongful-convictions/

The report, Race and Wrongful Convictions in the United States 2022, reviewed the cases of 3,200 innocent defendants exonerated in the U.S. since 1989 and found that Black Americans are seven times more likely than white Americans to be falsely convicted of serious crimes. This is true across all major crime categories except for white collar crime, the report said.

We didn't end slavery, just made it palatable to the masses by labeling it "punishment for a crime". They just need people to feel superior to those being exploited. Claiming it's because whites were superior stopped being effective for the majority, so they made it so it seems they do more crime instead.

Additionally, there is more crime in predominantly black areas, but it's not because "black people are more violent" or whatever the hell, it's because racism has made it crazy difficult for black individuals that aren't born rich to progress. They were only sold houses or given apartments in certain areas, forced into poverty by lack of given opportunity, and while (I hope) that's less today, there has been a lasting effect on the general population. When you have to do crime to keep you and your family safe and fed, you do crime.

Anyone notice how long it took for that one image to paint? Thing must be like 70MB. Far beit for me to expect any amount of web optimisation from this admin

Cute dog, but honestly you might want to have them looked at, that amount of dilation isn't normal 💞

That's how it should be then. If it's down literally every day, maybe people would begin to realize how frequent they are.

Who am I kidding, they dgaf

Does that mean straight? Like, 1x gay, same gender attraction, 2x gay, "opposite" attraction again?

I feel like I remember saying the exact opposite actually... Hold on, let me check.

I'm going to vote for the lesser of two evils because doing anything else is pointless,

But I'll continue doing my part in hopes that I'm wrong.

Yep turns out I did. Yes, I absolutely have concerns that it won't make a difference, but I'm not delusional enough to think doing absolutely nothing is a viable option. I think there's a chance we can recover, but I'm also afraid we might not.

I want the two party system to die, but right now our only option is to try and vote in true progressives until they remove the parts of the system that keep the status quo. Yes, I said vote them in, because I think it's still the best current option. It's slow, and it sucks, and there will still be a ton more damage done before anything (hopefully) changes for the better, but I'm not giving up. Just expressing my fears and thoughts. Iowa's recent election shows that voting still works, at the very least, in the smaller elections.

To reiterate: I, and everyone capable of doing so, should still vote. Who knows, maybe we can get enough independent Congress seats filled to eventually have an actual say in what happens.

But you can understand my frustrations right? These people are breaking the law, refusing to follow scotus rulings, committing war crimes, and a great deal of people are cheering for it, and not a single consequence is being dished out to those who deserve it. The rule of law has never to my knowledge been so flagrantly ignored in American history.

I'll continue to participate in democracy, but I won't truly believe it's working until crimes and behavior is answered for, and those currently in power are properly held to account.

There's also not-insignificant evidence coming to light suggesting out voting is already compromised. Several counties have ridiculously anomalous voting patterns based on their investigation. Congress is already borked, and the Senate never seems to make a good decision, and the supreme Court is bought and paid for. I'm going to vote for the lesser of two evils because doing anything else is pointless, and also maybe is that vote. I highly doubt the people are going to be allowed to continue their voting fraud investigation, or make anything happen to those responsible even if the evidence becomes insurmountable.

I'm personally afraid that there's no coming back. Trump (take 2) is the result of a broken system, not the cause. But I'll continue doing my part in hopes that I'm wrong. I can't afford to expatriate.