• garbagebagel@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      I mean, yes though. He was a huge influence on the reason the US is the way it is now and a big reason why so many young men think the way they do and elected the people they did.

      He accomplished a pretty huge amount of shit. Just not good shit.

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        I’ve heard some say “it’s better for someone to get into politics and disagree with me than to be apathetic”

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          19 hours ago

          On shit like tax burden and foreign policy not on who counts as a human being.

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              18 hours ago

              By letting horrible bigots have power, by not having actual protections against bad-faith actors, by tolerating hateful rhetoric despite the obvious cost to society.