The program, known as the Electronic Registration Information Center, was arguably the best nationwide tool states had to catch people trying to vote twice.
I suppose now, after years of the left saying there’s no wide spread fraud to the right’s dipshit allegations, when we point out the inevitable suspicious activity in these states without adequate oversight they’ll throw our own words back at us. Fuck i hate these idiots.
this, explained thusly: democracy works pretty well when we all play by the rules. fascists know this, so fascists subvert democracy by not playing by the rules. this breaks democracy.
To paraphrase Marco Rubio, “Let’s dispel with the notion that [these fascists] don’t know what they’re doing. [They] know exactly what they’re doing.”
We like to think they’re dumb Bible-thumping hicks, when the people doing this are well-connected Ivy League graduates who have been planning this destruction for half a century now. They know words mean fuck all, they know rules mean fuck all, they know all that matters is exercising power, and the sooner Democrats wake up to the fact that they aren’t playing the same game, the sooner they can fight.
I mean, they won’t, because best case that would involve growing a spine, worst case they have similar interests (benefit the wealthiest and most powerful), but it’s nice to imagine.
I suppose now, after years of the left saying there’s no wide spread fraud to the right’s dipshit allegations, when we point out the inevitable suspicious activity in these states without adequate oversight they’ll throw our own words back at us. Fuck i hate these idiots.
They’re not all idiots. Many of them are malicious and completely aware of what they’re doing.
Our institutions basically run on trust and dreams. Republicans are willing to ignore that and operate outside of established law.
this, explained thusly: democracy works pretty well when we all play by the rules. fascists know this, so fascists subvert democracy by not playing by the rules. this breaks democracy.
more info: The Alt-Right Playbook: You Go High, We Go Low
To paraphrase Marco Rubio, “Let’s dispel with the notion that [these fascists] don’t know what they’re doing. [They] know exactly what they’re doing.”
We like to think they’re dumb Bible-thumping hicks, when the people doing this are well-connected Ivy League graduates who have been planning this destruction for half a century now. They know words mean fuck all, they know rules mean fuck all, they know all that matters is exercising power, and the sooner Democrats wake up to the fact that they aren’t playing the same game, the sooner they can fight.
I mean, they won’t, because best case that would involve growing a spine, worst case they have similar interests (benefit the wealthiest and most powerful), but it’s nice to imagine.