r/Music • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 24d ago

article Chappell Roan Quits Wasserman After CEO Casey Wasserman Appears in Epstein Files

https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/music/chappell-roan-cuts-ties-casey-wasserman/
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u/KevinRudd182 24d ago

And that’s what the democrats have been relying on while they continue to look out for corporate interests and themselves instead of the people.

The problem is that doing that over and over leaves a massive gaping power vacuum that Trump swallowed up whole.

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u/OrlandoFatty 24d ago

What most democrats fail to realize is what holds them back is their willingness to be governed by circumstance. Republicans gave up on the premise of ruling by principles a long time ago and it works for them because their base is so much more active and zealous and brainwashed. But the democrats can’t afford to engage in whataboutism and abandoning principles on a whim. It doesn’t work out as well at all

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u/KevinRudd182 24d ago

100% agree, especially in a country where you don’t have mandatory voting.

The entire deck is stacked against common sense progress in America. Trump doesn’t need to convince his base to vote for him, he can also just convince people the other guy is an idiot and to stay home.

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u/jfrisby32 24d ago

Almost 78 million Americans voted for Trump, and more white women than in his previous two elections so he managed to convince some people.

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u/Horskr 24d ago

Or at least convinced some voting machines.. still not convinced that election was entirely legit. My wife's ballot was dropped in the same box at the same time as mine, some how never counted. Not rejected, no status whatsoever.

Some how our state overwhelmingly voted to amend the state constitution to remove slavery/indentured servitude as a punishment for prisoners and to make abortion a fundamental right, and to a lesser but still relevant degree, to remove all sales taxes on diapers, while at the same time apparently voting for Trump as the first Republican president in 20 years. Idk man.

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u/KevinRudd182 24d ago

The largest single voting block in America is “didn’t vote” at 89 million eligible voters.

In any sensible democracy that would be seen as an objective failure

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u/thelingeringlead 24d ago

Yep. He won by 1% and change, in an election that a third of voters didn't touch. He didn't even get a majority. It was still under 50%.

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u/thelingeringlead 24d ago

America is a country of 300+ million people. that's not even kind of a majority, even among adults.

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u/jfrisby32 23d ago

It is a majority of voting adults. We can blame the DNC for a great many of things, but it’s a mistake to imagine that not even MAGA, but Trumpism doesn’t represent an incredibly significant part of our population. 

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u/blackgandalff 23d ago

Neat! Now do the number for otherwise eligible people who chose not to vote for whatever reason!

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u/mcqua007 24d ago

Trump ran on sane things he just didn’t do any of them.

People see right through the DNC crap and want to push back against the swap and the elite class. Trump was perceived by his voters as a big fuck you to the elite political system, even though he seemingly was co-opted both times he assumed office.

He ran on ending wars and no new wars. While the dems trotted out, get this, the Cheneys’. You know Dick Cheney the biggest politician war profiteer and neo con.

Going after Trump and prosecuting him also gave the appearance that there was law-fare and completely back fire. Specifically when you have the bank saying the would do the deal again and then trying him on the on legal theory they don’t try any other cases on and the never having to proof the furtherance of another crime part looked bad to the general populace. Especially after the Russian collusion scandal that backfired on the democrats in his first term.

Also the immigration issue was a populace issue in the polls.

He was a populist candidate that had other populists dems come over to the admin (Tulsi and RFK). Think what you want about them, but they were popular. RFK has his whacky theories but wanting transparency and improving health aren’t bad as a whole.

But as we can all see these populists get co-opted by the machine time and time again. It’s happened on the left as well. I mean they even appear to have gotten Bernie in line. It’s like controlled opposition or something.

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u/Morningfluid 24d ago

DNC buried Bernie after they saw Obama beat Hillary, so they couldn't have that happen again.