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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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    • If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
    • A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
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Viewable at all times by the public. They are allowed to turn them off in their own residences and maybe a few other places.

Any meetings or phone calls relating to anything that affects the People, public.

First of all, they'll be kept accountable. Second, we'll see how they like the constant surveillance state.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 16 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

"Once we have enough information on our elected officials, they will most certainly align with our interests" is a beautiful idea. But simply not born out in practice.

Far too often, you can have someone on camera dead-to-rights doing the most corrupt shit imaginable and... they'll win in a landslide in the next election cycle, because they're doling out the red meat to the right constituents.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 1 points 10 hours ago

because they’re doling out the red meat to the right constituents.

Caesar showed them how to do it with his Senate. It's a game as old as politics itself.