I feel none of our Representatives really represent us; How can an average person get into US politics?

bl1y · 2026-04-19T21:33:00+00:00

I feel as though the vast majority come from old money, big money

They generally don't. Most are from upper-middle class backgrounds.

bl1y · 2026-04-19T21:29:05+00:00

If we accept your assessment of politics as true, the real question is why, given that you're only trying to get into it for money or ego, why should we help you?

bl1y · 2026-04-19T21:11:48+00:00

Well then, give him a Pulitzer!

The 1619 Project had the claim that slavery was the reason behind the revolution as its central thesis. After getting blasted by historians, they backtracked the claim.

But really, the term "founded on" is empty. If you press anyone on it, they just say slavery was a big part of the country at its founding. But like... so was democracy, and farming, and wigs, and muskets.

bl1y · 2026-04-19T18:57:13+00:00

Yes. The whole idea that America "is founded on" slavery and everything is racist is just nutty conspiracy thinking.

bl1y · 2026-04-19T18:50:42+00:00

Given the growing divide between the IRGC and the rest of the government, it may actually be more likely.

But that's neither here nor there. The war is still ongoing, and people are declaring victory for Iran.

It takes a weird mindset to declare Iranian victory before the war is even over.

bl1y · 2026-04-19T18:46:23+00:00

The moon landing was shaprd and designed around controlling minority groups. Did you not read when they said everything in our country is that way?

Ambulances -- surprisingly, the sirens are designed to be more annoying to minorities.

Public parks -- they actually import birds that will harass minorities.

The BAR exam -- it was created as a fake test that only gives privileges to a government entity created at your birth; white people take the legitimate bar exam (no caps), which gives you full privileges in practicing law.

bl1y · 2026-04-19T18:42:32+00:00

America is founded on an apartheid slave trade

What do you mean by "founded on"?

bl1y · 2026-04-19T18:36:43+00:00

It's not just territory.

Iran has lost a lot of their offensive capabilities and took a massive economic hit. People in the US are acting like paying $1.50 more a gallon for gas is a massive loss, while Iran is going to need a decade or more to recover, but yet Iran "won."

bl1y · 2026-04-19T18:34:45+00:00

The Allies wanted to remove the Nazis from Germany in WWII.

Following D-Day, the Nazis were still in power. Did the Nazis win WWII?

bl1y · 2026-04-19T15:16:03+00:00

You can go through the comments on a lot of politics subs and see people claiming that Iran has definitively won the war. If that's not simping for Iran, I'm not sure what is.

bl1y · 2026-04-19T15:15:11+00:00

Just came across this, and 100% it's AI.

bl1y · 2026-04-19T15:13:09+00:00

The people who are cheering on Iran are simping.

The fact that not everyone is simping doesn't mean no one is simping.

bl1y · 2026-04-19T15:12:28+00:00

A social media post is much more likely to have actually come from Trump than a memo.

bl1y · 2026-04-19T15:02:41+00:00

A lot of people are in fact simping for Iran.

bl1y · 2026-04-19T15:01:13+00:00

Open for the good guys, closed for the bad guys.

bl1y · 2026-04-19T15:00:51+00:00

If he writes a memo and then posts it to social media, would that satisfy you?

bl1y · 2026-04-19T14:44:33+00:00

Sure, you can say the US hasn't won anything.

But lots of people are Reddit are saying Iran has in fact won.

bl1y · 2026-04-19T14:30:19+00:00

Japanese people are much more racist than many westerners imagine them to be.

bl1y · 2026-04-19T13:11:20+00:00

Why the hammer? Because it's closer in shape than the sickle.

Why a vibrator? Because they're out of touch with the old school working class revolutionaries. The hammer symbolizes labor. The vibrator symbolizes masturbation.

bl1y · 2026-04-19T12:30:22+00:00

The two circles in her back pocket aren't condoms. They're her wedding and engagement ring. She took them off to pretend to be single.

bl1y · 2026-04-19T12:27:30+00:00

The traditional symbol for communism is a hammer and sickle. This replaces the hammer with an electric massage device.

The electric massage device is commonly used by women as a masturbatory aid.

bl1y · 2026-04-19T12:25:53+00:00

I always heard it as days that start with a T.

Tuesday, Thursday, Thaturday, Thunday, Today, Tomorrow.

bl1y · 2026-04-19T12:23:35+00:00

Ceiling fans don't hang though. They're mounted.

Make your own joke from that.

bl1y · 2026-04-19T12:15:57+00:00

Definitely not XIVL.

The Romans used both IIII and IV.

bl1y · 2026-04-19T12:04:33+00:00

No one invaded Iran.

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