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If you could change one thing (with the exception of the President) about the country you live in what would it be?

Changing the President is excluded to try to avoid wading too far into politics. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!
 
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A unified reality. Like, science is a thing. Truth is a thing. All whataboutism is recognized as bullshit silencing attacks. False equivalency is always called out.

Fake news and alternative facting results in community service and fines.
 
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A unified reality. Like, science is a thing. Truth is a thing. All whataboutism is recognized as bullshit silencing attacks. False equivalency is always called out.

Fake news and alternative facting results in community service and fines.
You had me at Truth. I vote yes to a reality where we can recognize objective truth and accept subjective interpretations without denigrating one another.

If you’re going to throw in the death of false equivalence and bullshit then I nominate you for president.
 
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Citizens united.
I’m curious which meaning you had in mind. We’re you thinking of citizens uniting together for a common goal or overturning the citizens United decision? Or maybe a 3rd meaning that I have not mentioned.
 
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I’m curious which meaning you had in mind. We’re you thinking of citizens uniting together for a common goal or overturning the citizens United decision? Or maybe a 3rd meaning that I have not mentioned.

Overturning the CU ruling, but I'm all for people not being so eager to jump down each other's throat, too.

Getting money out of politics is my biggest issue though, because it affects all other issues. Nothing will change, nothing will get better for this country until we stop the legalized bribery. The billionaire class makes decisions for all of us, and it's ruined us.
 

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Overturning the CU ruling, but I'm all for people not being so eager to jump down each other's throat, too.

Getting money out of politics is my biggest issue though, because it affects all other issues. Nothing will change, nothing will get better for this country until we stop the legalized bribery. The billionaire class makes decisions for all of us, and it's ruined us.

Hickenlooper is trying to unseat US Sen. Cory Gardner (CO), and it’s with small donations.
I gave $20, and it was part of a fundraiser, so I got access to a concert (online) last night.
I was impressed that “couch cushion score” levels of giving got the same as four and five digit giving.
 
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Overturning the CU ruling, but I'm all for people not being so eager to jump down each other's throat, too.

Getting money out of politics is my biggest issue though, because it affects all other issues. Nothing will change, nothing will get better for this country until we stop the legalized bribery. The billionaire class makes decisions for all of us, and it's ruined us.
Agreed.

I thank Bernie Sanders for bringing this issue to the forefront. Before he highlighted it in 2015 I was not aware.
 

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Agreed.

I thank Bernie Sanders for bringing this issue to the forefront. Before he highlighted it in 2015 I was not aware.

I've known my entire adult life, and I've never participated in an election which wasn't paid for by billionaires and corporate interests.. so in all reality I've never cast a vote for a president who actually represents Me, or the people of the country. They represent money. That's about it.
 
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I've known my entire adult life, and I've never participated in an election which wasn't paid for by billionaires and corporate interests.. so in all reality I've never cast a vote for a president who actually represents Me, or the people of the country. They represent money. That's about it.

Agreed. Citizens United locked this into place for years to come. If we could fix that one thing it wouldn’t fix everything but it would give the regular American citizen a voice in Washington.
 
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Hickenlooper is trying to unseat US Sen. Cory Gardner (CO), and it’s with small donations.
I gave $20, and it was part of a fundraiser, so I got access to a concert (online) last night.
I was impressed that “couch cushion score” levels of giving got the same as four and five digit giving.
Who was the concert?
 
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Living in a different part of the world, I would probably change the speed of changes - global heating, economic development, social acceptance etcetera. I find the contentment with status quo is too high in Denmark. It's probably a result of life being too easy at times. Improvements could be implemented much faster.
 
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Partisan politics n the rabid hatred it inspires. I am pretty much in the middle, far as political shit. There are some very left leaning things I am for, and some moderately right leaning things I am for. Enough so for the rabid left and right to both hate me. Overall, bit left o center and that is unlikely to change, considering how much I get hated by a whole lot of people.

Included with that, the vote X no matter what, even if the politician is a shitty representative of what are generally considered the ideals of the party. But better X than *gasp* someone not belonging to red or blue.
 
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Partisan politics n the rabid hatred it inspires. I am pretty much in the middle, far as political shit. There are some very left leaning things I am for, and some moderately right leaning things I am for. Enough so for the rabid left and right to both hate me. Overall, bit left o center and that is unlikely to change, considering how much I get hated by a whole lot of people.

Included with that, the vote X no matter what, even if the politician is a shitty representative of what are generally considered the ideals of the party. But better X than *gasp* someone not belonging to red or blue.

Standing ovation to the death of “Vote X no matter what” mindset. I reject that mindset entirely. It’s demeaning to whichever demographic is being courted because it gives nothing in exchange for your vote. They expect you to vote based on fear alone.

Both sides do this.
 
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Bunch of Colorado connected folks and random populists, from Willie Nelson to Jeff and Jamie Hanna and Ross Holmes of the NGDB, to a bunch of local players.
That’s a good “free” concert. We need more politicians giving out free concerts for donations than giving out favors to Wall Street & the like.
 
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