I would just like to point out that it can still get so, so much worse.
Veggitale facts
Submitted 8 months ago by LodeMike@lemmy.today to [deleted]
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HK65@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 8 months ago
might be right, might be wrong, but I’ll be fucked if I take my news from a bunch of christofascist vegetables.
THEY DON’T EVEN HAVE ARMS!
LodeMike@lemmy.today 8 months ago
They don’t have arms so they can’t self-pleasure (it is a “sin”)
prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Which means they can only pleasure each other.
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mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 8 months ago
yeah they’re left with mouths, vaginas and anuses AS GOD INTENDED VEG TO BE lol
Avatar_of_Self@lemmy.world 8 months ago
THEY DON’T EVEN HAVE ARMS!
Confirmed, VeggieTales is anti-2A.
Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Are we using christofascist as a way to call Christianity fascist now, or did I miss some fascist messaging in VeggieTales?
solsangraal@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
depends on perspective. if you’re a billionaire, it’s right on track.
LordWiggle@lemmy.world 8 months ago
That’s what the French and Russian aristocrat’s thought right before the French and Russian revolutions.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 8 months ago
Wouldn’t it be, like, 50 failed states? 🤔
nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
Yes, but some of the states are more failed than others.
andros_rex@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Come check out Oklahoma! Where you can be both the Secretary of Transportation and head the Turnpike authority (at least for a year, until the attorney general gets off his ass)! You can opt out of complying with state law (the Open Meetings Act) if you really really want to bulldoze thousands of family homes to build a toll road and don’t like that people have opinions on it.
There’s no guarantee that your kids teacher is even background checked, much less that they are qualified to teach the subject they are teaching! Thousands of dollars in COVID funds earmarked for education went to buying Christmas trees and TVs. We also are trying to be national leaders in ignoring the first amendment and establishing a religious online charter school!
AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I mean, it’s still in the top 30% of nations to live in. The US is nowhere near its potential for a great place to live but it’s still above average.
bitjunkie@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I don’t entirely disagree but I think at this advanced stage, it’s largely due to inertia.
Allonzee@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I agree, this is just leftover momentum.
Reaganomics was a bullet to this nation’s brain stem. Citizens United was just the capitalists pissing on the corpse for fun.
Fades@lemmy.world 8 months ago
advanced stage
this country is still very young
Beaver@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
The United States is a cruel mockery of a developed nation especially when looking at the Mississippi
urquell@lemm.ee 8 months ago
What’s up with Mississippi?
cheers_queers@lemm.ee 8 months ago
it’s full of shit.
Stretches of the Mississippi River within the park corridor exceed water quality standards for mercury, bacteria, sediment, PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyl), and nutrients. Unfortunately, these “impairments” can make the water unsuitable for fishing, swimming, and drinking. Mar 6, 2023
Beaver@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
The state has the highest obesity rate, is the least developed state, the life expectancy is at age 74.4, has the lowest high school graduation rate, one of the lowest tax rates in the country, one of the lowest unionization rates, the state government has been under republican trifectas since 2012.
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Fades@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Mississippi has been known for poverty and a lack of education and safety standards for quite some time now, not to mention the rampant sexism and racism.
abbadon420@lemm.ee 8 months ago
It was fun while it lasted, but it’s time for the crown to bring the colonies back to order.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 8 months ago
Thr UK is worse.
exu@feditown.com 8 months ago
“The UK political system is like the US, but whimsically worse” - John Oliver
From his piece on the UK elections. Probably not 100% correct, but should be somewhat close.
FelixCress@lemmy.world 8 months ago
UK political system needs a complete overhaul but it is not worse.
Sternburgexport@feddit.org 8 months ago
Incorrect.
The US are 50 failed states.
CptEnder@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Nah, California could happily carry on by itself.
GladiusB@lemmy.world 8 months ago
But every other state despises that we can. It’s a real nut punch when other states are jealous of our GDP.
BilboBargains@lemmy.world 8 months ago
These vegetables have spoiled.
MehBlah@lemmy.world 8 months ago
You helped veggietales. You tripe rotted the brains of many young Americans.
DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Yeah right, I’ll only believe this it it comes from the Globgomgabgalab. He is the yeast of thoughts and minds.
Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Ok, but now who would bring back the Aztec empire?
Lizardking27@lemmy.world 8 months ago
“These are the children of Israel!” “Hello, children! It was nice to meet you, now go away!” youtu.be/WtoozRVFfgw
FelixCress@lemmy.world 8 months ago
That’s just a fact. The whole US political system should be scrapped and re-developed to make it a democracy.
Beaver@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
You can fix the american democracy by upgrading it ranked choice voting, abolishing the electoral college, ending citizens united, giving all prisoners the right to vote, reforming the supreme court, make Washington DC and Puerto Rico states.
YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub 8 months ago
Eliminating the senate, massively increasing the size of the house, making registration automatic, executing anyone caught disenfranchising voters, etc
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
I thought PR just hasn’t gotten 51% in favor of statehood?
drapeaunoir@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
you can’t fix the foundation of blood and suffering that the house was built on top of
jared@mander.xyz 8 months ago
It would be so cool to be a part of a true democracy.
suction@lemmy.world 8 months ago
You guys (Americans) need to stop with the personality cults. It was cute and funny when it was sports stars and actors, but it slipped down the slope when it’s dangerous malignant narcissists like Trump and Musk. The attitude is the same, though, stop glorifying other people so much, whether it’s on the left or right. No amount of democracy will fix that loophole for populists.
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Remember that you enter a revolution with the culture you’ve got, not the culture you want. Think on that very carefully before you roll those dice.
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
I seriously think that all constitutions should have expiry dates.
InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Do you have any idea how many rich and powerful people would dream of such power vacuums to take advantage of?
This comment reads like it was written by the Koch foundation.
Fades@lemmy.world 8 months ago
And exactly how peaceful do you think the scrapping of the entire system will be? Will you sign up for the inevitable fight? Or do you just like talking big?