the best part of american elections is that no matter what one side loses and you get to watch the cope grow over the course of the evening so much time spent building confident narratives of whispers and lies, at least one of which gets destroyed forever by vox populihttps://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1455694316093861890 …
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of course the lies begin anew. typically before the vote even begins at this point, with modern polling technology but for for one brief shining moment you get to see half the political establishment staring blankly at screens, eating their words and watching their dreams ruined
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the cherry on top is that the losing party whoever it has to bear see their misery play out on the national news in realtime. utterly humiliating. donors watching their money burn yet still having to spend more at the bar to drown their sorrows i live for these storiespic.twitter.com/EsC8TyxdGF
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i wonder if either side is capable of regarding an election outcome as unfortunate, valid, but unremarkable or due to the simple back and forth of tides not related to specific policies.
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i think the professionals are but they cant tell their base that
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i'm substantially less sure. i think the professionals are even more divorced from reality, frankly. for them it's a game but the signs of error are more subtle, almost religious.
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hmmm you might be right but i hope your wrong simply because i would prefer being ruled by machiavellians to being ruled by people high on their own supply
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Replying to @thesravaka @eigenrobot
my location obviously grants me special authority on this matter, unless you want to surrender authority on autonomous zones and tricycles.
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no no ill swallow the bitter pill
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