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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I mean, couldn't you just endorse a progressive instead? Are you telling me there aren't any in Cali-fucking-fornia?

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

CA is essentially a corporatist technocrat oligarchy with leftist window dressing. But there aren’t any windows, because it’s a data center.

[–] Bgugi@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

there aren't any windows

Of course! That's up in Washington.

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 20 points 3 weeks ago

This is the real effect of Citizens United, making elections so expensive that the wealthy become the leaders by default.

[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

It's fucking bleak. Supposedly we're the most "commie" state but we have nothing really progressive.

And this is one of the reasons why I won’t move back.