• nullspace@lemmy.world
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    The US doesn’t already have a troll army? Every other country is doing it. With AI shitposting it’s never been easier.

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    Still, I’m begrudgingly impressed that someone working directly for Hegseth has the technical wherewithal to put together a database.

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      But I was told we were overreacting when we said Trump was a fascist and would do fascism.

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        Yeah, but it’s not like the fascists had their plan written down in a todo list or anything. Like a project or something. Scheduled for 2025 maybe.

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          And it’s not like they’d have some completely out of left-field right-field pick for some higher ranking position to write the forward to said book…

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    Isn’t it pretty easy in the US?

    For some reason people need to register with their government what their political affiliation is. Not sure if any other country in the world does this but it’s stupid as fuck for every reason.

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      You don’t need to register your political affiliation in the us. You can register as independent. As far as i know it just dictates what ballot you’ll get (which is silly)

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        That’s still registering your political affiliation with the government.

        Which is still fucked up.

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        It varies based on state. In Ohio, I select the ballot I want for primaries when I go to vote despite not being registered for any political party.

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        Who wants to bet we’ll see attempts to nullify votes that don’t fit the declared affiliation before the next elections are over?

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      Not all states collect political affiliations, but in any case, you don’t have to register a party. I have been an Unaffiliated Independent since I first registered to vote in 1977. I can’t vote in primaries, but neither party can count on my vote, and they have to earn it every election.

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      State of Michigan gives primary ballots with both major parties and tells you to only fill out one of the sides. Meaning your affiliation is not registered with the state.

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    Meanwhile, when I ask my mother her opinion about this: “but Hunter Biden made so many corrupt deals and he was doing crack!”

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    My political affiliation is try, convict, and execute every politician, except maybe a couple dozen. With due process. Pretty sure I can say that still.

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        I think you can freely change affiliations in those states prior to the election, as a lot of people join the other party to vote for the guy that they think is less electable when they know their own guy already is going to get it.

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          to vote for the guy that they think is less electable when they know their own guy already is going to get it.

          I can’t even compute why anyone would want to do that, much less imagine ‘a lot of people’ doing it. Is that, like, throwing a pity bone to the less-electable guy? Could this be how the US got Trump?

          Yall’s political shenanigans are fun, but you need ranked voting yesterday.

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            Oh it makes a lot of sense if the ones pushing the strategy know the electorate. The democrats don’t clearly. It is a part of how the prez got elected I am sure, but if done right it is quite effective.

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      Yep. Most states already do this and have for a long time. It’s not freely accessible and searchable, but you only need to know the information of the person to find more info on the states page.

      I’m a socialist liberal who thinks Donald Trump should be struck into a conscious but unable to communicate vegetative state. Ya fuck wits, register that.

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        I would love for him to get locked in syndrome for a few years before he dies. It would be hell on Earth for a narcissist.

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        I want the government to treat this epidemic of lead deficiency in our political and business class. With due process.

        Is there a party for that? That is going to be popular-er as we go here. The fuck all the politicians to death party if you will. With due process.

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      They are, technically.

      Do you have confidence the government would actually give them to the public?

      It never hurts unless you try, but I suspect filling a FOIA for them will land you on the list.