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[–] Hildegarde@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

I would be much less bothered by governemt shutdowns if it shut down the entire governemt instead of just the parts that I like.

[–] Gigan@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just want more One Piece memes

I said it before. I was so prepared to hate Live action One Piece.

I can't believe how good it is and I'm surprised Netflix pulled it off.

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And all the good little 'centrist' voters will believe them.

[–] TubeTalkerX@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

wHy DiDn’T tHe DeMs MeEt ThEm In ThE mIdDlE???

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[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

of course. they blame the democrats for everything.

They even blame the democrats for republicans giving handjobs in crowded theaters.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Republicans are literally the people who shoot a pregnant mother in the head, and with gun still in hand, smoke fresh from barrel ask..

"Why did Obama do this?"

[–] dbilitated@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

you guys are having another shutdown? wow

[–] Chickenstalker@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The American government weirds me out. Why have an executive President when he can't do shit. Why these deadlocks can happen if a party holds a majority? In my cuntry, the party with the most seats will run the government. By dint of having a majority, any bills proposed by it will almost always pass. Should a bill to fund the country fails, the ruling party in effect lost a motion of no confidence and the opposition can force a snap general elections.

[–] WorldWideLem@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

The President can do plenty, they just can't do everything and that's a good thing. Trump did a lot of damage in his short time in office, but he could have done a lot more without the balance of power between branches of government in the US system.

That said, right now the gridlock is because the House of Representatives has a Republican majority. They're the ruling party in that house, and you need that house to do a lot of things. They're the party with "the most seats" while the Democrats have the slimmest of majorities in the Senate.

[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

They always have, but it's never actually worked out for #GOP at the polls.