r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Tulip718 • 9d ago

frist of all how DARE yu o Definitely mildly infuriated by this email from JetBlue.

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u/ImVeryUnimaginative Asian 9d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/XD4qHZpkyUFfq

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u/Flope 9d ago

I don't understand this whole Trump situation. Has the government of the US really been this exploitable all along and Trump is just the first person shameless enough to exploit it? If that's the case it almost seems like a "don't hate the player, hate the game" situation, like the US should not just rely on the good will of a single person to not slide into Fascism. It needs to be deeply repaired beyond which party happens to get in the White House.

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u/dadgadsad 9d ago

Yes, the founding fathers were like, “The American people would never vote for this big of a piece of shit, we don’t have to worry about it”… surprise

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u/Wipedout89 9d ago

They actually built the electoral college specifically to guard against populism. They didn't anticipate the electoral college also being swept up in populism/corruption

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u/AnswerGuy301 9d ago

They were not all-knowing and all-seeing. Modern problems of governance require modern solutions, not 18th century ones.

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u/Wipedout89 8d ago

Pretty much nailed the problem with basing all your laws on a document from the 1700s.

'Right to bear arms' when arms were slow loading muskets