jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 1 day agoIdaho state senator tells Native American candidate to “go back where you came from”www.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up1652arrow-down18
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minus-squaredrunkpostdisaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up42·edit-219 hours agoHow does someone like this become senator?
minus-squareRagingRobot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up41arrow-down1·19 hours agoPeople in power usually aren’t smart. They just have money from their parents or grandparents. This isn’t a meritocracy. Idiots rule the world
minus-squareStarshotJohn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·15 hours agoAdditionally, the dumb relate to the dumb (and are easily manipulated), hence why they get votes.
minus-squaredubious@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·19 hours agoand there’s only one way to get rid of them
minus-squareChaotic Entropy@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·18 hours agoTrick them in to thinking that the senate building is haunted.
minus-squarecrank0271@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours agoGreat, now they’re diverting all the tax revenue to churches to pay for exorcisms.
minus-squareChaotic Entropy@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours agoDon’t read in to the fact that the priest receiving all the tax payer money looks like the senator but with a goatee, and you never see them in the same room.
minus-squaredrunkpostdisaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·19 hours agoI get that. But you would think that a senator would at one point be in the same room as a history book
minus-squarenaught101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 hours agoSure, but that’s a long way from reading it
How does someone like this become senator?
Protest votes.
People in power usually aren’t smart. They just have money from their parents or grandparents. This isn’t a meritocracy. Idiots rule the world
Additionally, the dumb relate to the dumb (and are easily manipulated), hence why they get votes.
and there’s only one way to get rid of them
Trick them in to thinking that the senate building is haunted.
Great, now they’re diverting all the tax revenue to churches to pay for exorcisms.
Don’t read in to the fact that the priest receiving all the tax payer money looks like the senator but with a goatee, and you never see them in the same room.
I get that. But you would think that a senator would at one point be in the same room as a history book
Sure, but that’s a long way from reading it