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minus-squaredrunkpostdisaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up38·edit-22 months agoHow does someone like this become senator?
minus-squareRagingRobot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up40arrow-down1·2 months 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-squaredubious@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoand there’s only one way to get rid of them
minus-squareStarshotJohn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoAdditionally, the dumb relate to the dumb (and are easily manipulated), hence why they get votes.
minus-squaredrunkpostdisaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months 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-up1·2 months agoSure, but that’s a long way from reading it
minus-squareKalysta@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoRacists are allowed to vote and do so en masse
How does someone like this become senator?
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
and there’s only one way to get rid of them
Additionally, the dumb relate to the dumb (and are easily manipulated), hence why they get votes.
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
Racists are allowed to vote and do so en masse
State senator, not real senator.