forrgott

People are stupid. They can be made to believe any lie because either they want to believe it's true or because they are afraid it's true.

-Terry Goodkind, "Wizard's First Rule"

Hate to break it to you, it's not just religious people.

If they cared about victory, you'd be right. But it's becoming pretty clear they care far more about money. If they're paid to lose anyway, this tactic is utterly useless.

Meaning the current DNC won't work against a candidate willing to disclose all of it.

I kinda feel like this is giving 'em a little too much credit. However, I can't argue with your overall argument, nor the logic you present to get there.

That said, the general nature of the problem hasn't changed. The blatant corruption that is directly enabled by the vile (and, in my not so humble opinion, treasonous) Churches United ruling has redefined the playing field. Basically, only the corrupt have any realistic chance of election nationally, which completely undermines the democratic part of our government. (And yes, democracy only plays a part in a republic style government. The US has never been a "democracy".)

My own takeaway is to focus my attention more on local elections. They have always been far more important than most people realize (myself included), now even more so. If there's any chance of reversing the terrible damage being wrought, it starts locally. This is true whether you believe in working with, or against, the current system.

And again, this isn't meant as an attack on your own argument. I knew about the change in DNC leadership, but I've been overlooking both it's potential significance, as well as that of the current media framing - specifically the lack of "only other option" type statements. Thank you for your perspective!

Edit/P.S. The reaction to David Hogg's actions are a good example of why I continue to be skeptical of the DNC. On the other hand, what else could anyone expect, really. That man has definitely piqued my curiosity, though, and I hope we see more from him down the line.

Huh. I thought when it was listed it said physical only, but clearly I might misremember. Course no way to check, cause Nintendo are assholes.

Super Mario 3D All-Stars? Don't believe it was ever available digitally. They did like two limited edition physical runs, and that's it. Much like how they released Mario DDR back in the day.

Edit: And yes, fuck Nintendo. Just clarifying it was never really listed on their digital store, anyway...

Yeah, that's one of the dumber headlines I've seen recently.

None of that is an excuse to brush such a significant issue aside.

At least they didn't say "slammed"...? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I manually disabled all link types for the YouTube app, then went to the settings for NewPipe and enabled all supported link types to open there instead. That way I can use YouTube for the occasional video that fails to open in NewPipe, but clicking on a link will open NewPipe by default. It's tedious, but so worth it.

Moopsy!

Eh, please remove me from this timeline...