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overwhelmingly

Well that's a bit much. They might throw a bone here and there sure.

Bilb!

They both orbit a common center of mass called a barycenter. I assume that's what the 26% said.

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It's sad most people don't believe this. Team blue isn't your friend. As you said, every once in a great while they might do something that's in your best interest. But it's more likely it's in their best interest and coincidentally also in your interest.

Diplomjodler

Trump delivered the Gettysburg address, obviously.

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hurr durr hurr durr both sides the same

its all i see RUSSIANS OR RUSSIAN PROPAGANDISTS saying le BOTH SIDES OR THE SAME or blaming everything on le DEMS or leftists or u know any if the 20000 ways u can tell someone usnt a native english speaker by the way they phrase their bs

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In what context is there a difference? "Orbit" and "revolve around" are synonyms.

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The irony of implying I have poor command of the language in that barely-intelligible rant would be funny if it wasn't so sad.

Also, anyone who's lived in this country long enough and paid just a modicum of attention knows that federal elections are always about choosing the lesser of two evils - about choosing your preffered flavor of corruption.

And really - Russian Propagandist? Again, the irony of your implications is palpable. Though I don't think you're a Russian agent or any such nonsense; I suspect you're just a kid who hasn't learned the importance of eloquence nor has had enough life experience to have a fully-informed political opinion.

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US citizen here, all the world maps the teachers had on the walls in school placed the North American continent in the top left, with the Prime Meridian running along the center or very close to it (sometimes things were adjusted a bit so that Siberia would be entirely on the right side of the map instead of straddling both edges). North American-centric world maps might very occasionally show up, but only in contexts where it made more sense to divide Eurasia than the Pacific.

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trolllololo

48 year old who aint got shit to prove to a "both sides are the same" imbecelic cretin

sorry i hurt your head, Ivan

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I think that, because so many other people are saying "both sides are the same", a lot of lemmy users are misinterpreting comments saying that the democratic party is bad as saying that both sides are the same

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"Revolve" is a scientifically accurate word to use.

https://physics-network.org/what-is-difference-between-rotate-and-revolve/#What_is_a_revolution_in_physics

KubeRoot

If you want to make that argument, you have to account for all the other bodies in the solar system... Which I think then becomes a hard problem to predict the movements thereof in the long term?

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Oh, I completely agree that the issues plaguing us are driven by class disparity, not political or ethical disagreements. And yes, there's no doubt that Team Blue trends more toward progressivism than Team Red.

They play to different demographics, but ultimately, they're just different shades of conservative and only out for themselves.

That being said, given no other choice, I'd rather have the politician who pretends to care over the one who doesn't even try to hide their contempt for common decency.

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Money, to a degree, is power. If you decide that everyone with any power is against you, you’re pretty much consigning your side to total powerlessness.

“Good news, everyone! I seized enough power to give us universal healthcare!”
“But now you’re an elite! Fuck off!”

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still think the “elite” is Harris/Wal

Wait, a Midwestern governor and a Vice President aren't "elite"? What on earth qualifies?

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It's tiresome to see any kind of "X% of people don't know Y" with no citation.

You can just say anything and people will believe worse.

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Funnily enough, the barycenter of the earth and sun is inside the sun iirc

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Never fight uphill me boys