Unpopular Opinion
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Vote the opposite of the norm.
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Rules:
1. NO POLITICS
Politics is everywhere. Let's make this about [general] and [lemmy] - specific topics, and keep politics out of it.
2. Be civil.
Disagreements happen, but that doesn’t provide the right to personally attack others. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Please also refrain from gatekeeping others' opinions.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
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4. Shitposts and memes are allowed but...
Only until they prove to be a problem. They can and will be removed at moderator discretion.
5. No trolling.
This shouldn't need an explanation. If your post or comment is made just to get a rise with no real value, it will be removed. You do this too often, you will get a vacation to touch grass, away from this community for 1 or more days. Repeat offenses will result in a perma-ban.
6. Defend your opinion
This is a bit of a mix of rules 4 and 5 to help foster higher quality posts. You are expected to defend your unpopular opinion in the post body. We don't expect a whole manifesto (please, no manifestos), but you should at least provide some details as to why you hold the position you do.
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No. People care about accountability. Corruption was a big factor in this election. It shouldn’t be one or the other. They should be able to walk and chew gum at the same time.
To add to this, corruption can be linked to affordability. The Iran war and Tarriffs are driving inflation and Trump and co are profiting off that both by making corrupt stock trades before policy is announced.
How the fuck this isnt instant prison for life is baffling to me.
This is why there needs to be accountability and punishment and and not “moving on” or “sticking to norms”.
These people profited off death, suffering, and struggle of everyone but themselves. Fuck them.
So how do we actually get punishment ? An actual pedophile is in the whitehouse and has faced 0 repercussions. Actually he made billions.
Due process is in the constitution. Don't be like them. Let them be properly tried and convicted.
The fact that there's any question on whether they'll be convicted is the travesty.
Lmfao, no they don't.
They voted in Republicans after Citizens United and they voted in Trump after multiple impeachments.
The people should care about corruption, but they by and large don't ... unless they think that corruption is effecting the prices they're paying.
The people care about cost of living. Thats it.
Yup. It's a sad fact, but it's a fact.
$6 gas is the only reason we have an anti-war movement right now too, as evidenced by how unbothered Americans as a people were by the 20 years of War on Terror and torture, normalized by both ruling parties. Heck, our last president was the supposed progressive and earned the name 'Genocide Joe'.
I've literally never heard anyone call him genocide Joe. Honestly if you're hearing people call him that you might want to reconsider the people you talk to.
Well, your lived experience is clearly very insular.
You might consider crediting people with being genociders when they support a genocide.
So Trump won 2024 because he was accountable?