• PugJesus@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    It only works in aggregate. Like how a drop of water won’t quench anyone’s thirst, but a 20 gallon barrel generally will.

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        One person puts in all the work

        Five people don’t

        Everyone fails

        :) :) :) :) :)

        (please kill me)

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          One thing I learned early in my academic career was that if I wanted a good grade on a group project it was easier to just do everything myself.

          The sooner I can fuck off to the middle of nowhere and not deal with any of you anymore the better.

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      I thought the system was to dump the barrel out at the top of a hill so you can proclaim how much you’re doing for the thirsty person at the bottom.

      Trickle down, but for voting too!

      Oh, and I guess that’s what Trump literally did with the water in California, except they were different hills altogether.

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        Thats piss in that barrel, not water. We are not a society thats content to just leave everyone else alone if they arent affecting you.

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          pugjesus,

          Are you proposing that the voice of individuals is being represented well against the voice of wealthy donors/business owners? That doesnt seem realistic, right?

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              I read a lot of the “fucking” article (your words). It attempts to disprove a number of studies at once with flimsy analysis. The conclusion of their line of reasoning is that the will of the people is being represented just fine in congress. Seems false on the face of it to any observer of congress’s actions, and the events of the last election. Hence my question. Did YOU read the article.

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                It attempts to disprove a number of studies at once with flimsy analysis.

                … it only rebuts one study, and it does so by citing three others.

                So you didn’t read the article. Or even skim it.

                The conclusion of their line of reasoning is that the will of the people is being represented just fine in congress.

                Lord.