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  1. Comment on An extended look at Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon in ~games

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    The corporate-ruled dystopian world of the series definitely hits different as an adult

    The corporate-ruled dystopian world of the series definitely hits different as an adult

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  2. Comment on Tildistas in the US, who do you support in the 2020 Democratic Primary? in ~talk

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    I like the things Warren says, and I like her, but I'm very nervous she's not as progressive as she makes herself out to be. The dems under Obama controlled the legislative and executive branch of...

    I like the things Warren says, and I like her, but I'm very nervous she's not as progressive as she makes herself out to be. The dems under Obama controlled the legislative and executive branch of government, and still didn't achieve change. Obamacare didn't go nearly far enough, and Obama made the Bush era tax cuts permanent. Let alone drone strikes and keeping our country in all these awful wars. This might sound stupid, because she's not Obama, but I'm using him as an example of someone who is much better at appearing to be a progressive than acting like one. My fear is being hoodwinked again.

    My nerves might be misplaced, but I just have no issue trusting Bernie to aggressively take on the billionaire class in this country. The man marched and was arrested during the civil rights movement - you just don't get more authentic than that. He's been preaching the same message since the 80's, as the country became more and more polarized, and wealth disparity increased, and only now are people catching on. I feel like Warren, like many of the primary candidates, has adopted lots of Bernie's positions - Bernie truly moved the democratic rhetoric to the progressive left in 2016, and I think we can all thank him for that. I wonder if Warren would be pledging free public college, healthcare for all, and student loan forgiveness if Bernie didn't make these ideas mainstream when he did.

    If I'm getting things wrong here, happy to be corrected. I like Warren, she's my senator and I wouldn't trade her, but the media is just so fucked these days I feel like I can't trust anything. She's absolutely my second choice after Bernie too, I should say.

    Lastly, in regards to the "winning" factor thing, her and Bernie are both beating Trump in polls AFAIK - I definitely think Bernie can do it. Even Trump supporters I know generally admit that Bernie comes off as incredibly honest - even if they disagree with everything he stands for.

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