Darth_Reagan [they/them, comrade/them]

The media is also controlled by those same donors. The people believe what they’re told to believe, and then given candidates that only align with what they’re told to believe. Anyone outside of the norm for the parties and donor’s ideology is systematically portrayed as unserious and delusional. It is not in the interest of a party to win with a candidate that disagrees with their core beliefs. Which is why establishment democrats prefer to lose when the party is forced to run a leftist. You can see exactly this phenomenon in the NYC mayoral race.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_model

People don’t vote for policies in a western democratic republic, they vote for candidates that are pre-approved by parties and donors.

Intelligence is not stored in the balls

the 2010s science bazinga man being the reason all the cool science gets cut is darkly funny.

It was the worst part of a great film

they always have such a unique way of communicating over text

farmers will rotate crops because they leech and release different nutrients from/into the soil. its common to follow up certain crops with beans because they release nitrogen or something into the soil. i’m sure someone else has a better understanding of how it works.