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• bandario@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Australia. I don’t have a TV so most of my exposure to US politics is from various internet sources and podcasts.

  I could be wildly wrong but it does seem there’s growing sentiment that your major political factions just don’t share enough common ground to work together any longer.

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  • FabioTheNewOrder@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Well, one of the two parties available is bent over in respecting corporate interests while eroding societal safety nets, the other is doing the same but with an accent on religious authoritarianism in service of an orange Cheeto.

    There would be more than enough space for them to cooperate on common ground but, unfortunately for the oligarchs, the latter party seems to have lost the script of the standard political play and is now giving it’s leading roles to real nutsacks who are (unwillingly) exposing the inner workings of the political machine for everyone to see. As I see the situation from Italy this can only be a good thing as seeing the innards of a broken machine is the first step to start its necessary maintenance

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