jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 21 hours agoIdaho state senator tells Native American candidate to “go back where you came from”www.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up1621arrow-down16
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minus-squaredrunkpostdisaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up39·edit-28 hours agoHow does someone like this become senator?
minus-squareRagingRobot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up37arrow-down1·8 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-up3·4 hours agoAdditionally, the dumb relate to the dumb (and are easily manipulated), hence why they get votes.
minus-squaredubious@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·8 hours agoand there’s only one way to get rid of them
minus-squareChaotic EntropylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·7 hours agoTrick them in to thinking that the senate building is haunted.
minus-squareochi_chernye@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 hours agoI’m sure that’ll work, provided there aren’t any meddlesome kids about!
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 minutes agoPretty sure the mystery gang would help out with such an operation. Remember they mostly dealt with rich people.
minus-squaredrunkpostdisaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 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-up1·3 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.
I’m sure that’ll work, provided there aren’t any meddlesome kids about!
Pretty sure the mystery gang would help out with such an operation. Remember they mostly dealt with rich people.
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