• zaphod@lemmy.ca
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    14 hours ago

    And yet Republican candidates and sitting legislators are pushing hard for them. They really don’t seem to be reading the room well.

    We’re seeing the same thing in Canada, too. The typical alignment between corporations and the right wing seems to not be serving them well this time around…

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      14 hours ago

      They’re reading the room just right, you just don’t get who’s in it. They’re doing what they’re told by their tech masters.

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        13 hours ago

        I get that but they also need to be elected unless their goal is to pad their pockets as quickly as possible, now, before they get kicked out of office (which, hey, for some, certainly possible).

        Personally, I suspect they’re so deep in their own bubbles, and so used to a mindless right wing base that will vote for them no matter what, that they don’t see what’s going on.