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ancianita

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19. Sure. But at first you said "all politics," leaving out the word 'democracy,' which is what I responded to.

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #16)

Mon Sep 22, 2025, 03:55 PM

Sep 22

Are you sure? Is that how The People's transactional politics works? Maybe in theory
But right now in practice we're not in "democratic politics"...
Polls have shown an unmistakable gap between what people want and what current majority republican politics is delivering (maybe 2025 dark corporate $ lobbying, not sure).
There's lot of distracting culture war headlines that intentionally muddle the People's known will, for another.

I'm kinda surprised you'd say trump is "all politics" when he's easily perceived as psychotic, demented, and only allows cameras to get his headline grabbing narrative(s), some of it scripted, and some of it spontaneously black hearted. Unless his being a tool of chaos is the point.

Just sayin. Just thinking out loud.

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All politics is transactional. tRump is all transactional. He has politics Bernardo de La Paz Sep 22 #9

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Not all. Some of it exists to do the will of The People, so there's that important element. ancianita Sep 22 #14

The Will of the People is the whole transactional point of democratic politics Bernardo de La Paz Sep 22 #16

Sure. But at first you said "all politics," leaving out the word 'democracy,' which is what I responded to. ancianita Sep 22 #19

Politics includes democracy Bernardo de La Paz Sep 22 #20

Okay, now that you put it that way I understand better. ancianita Sep 22 #21

Ghost of Jobs Bernardo de La Paz Sep 22 #17

OOPS. Here. ancianita Sep 22 #22

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