I decided to try this with my gf, now am homeless, please help

I’m getting 2018 vibes again, where so many people got excited, hanging on to the edge of their seat, wanting to see a functioning congressional justice system.

Legend says some are waiting until this day.

Then in 2021, people were sure there would a restorative trend to heal many of the crimes and corruption. Lead by a new president.

But there were some complications.

Now it’s 2026. Things will surely happen now. I have a good feeling. It is fine

That is hard to predict if a democratic president will be better, other than a sense of national normality. There are some weird national changes I do not understand; and future democratic governments may decide to ignore or even embrace.

The Trump years did not occur out of a vacuum. There are very real forces that are shaping a collapse of the federal government, beyond who is in the white house

Probably best Democrats can do is some compromise related to killing more non Americans in exchange for a few more years for ACA, with an expiration date set to be renewed about when the gop comes back into power

If your state is counting ballots in a way you do not understand, it’s not democracy but faith it is accurate. Many smart writers over the last two centuries have eloquently explained how faith has no place in a democracy

Organizations rot from the head, and there is often no way to change a company after 4 layers of management is hired by the bad leadership.

The usual discussion is always vote or not: but never how the ballots are counted; the lack of exit polls; few recounts; statistics showing alarm bells; and the very act of counting is often a trade secret.

Not only that but it’s such a wide variety of experiences that the USA has areas of actual democracy, areas where voting is political satire, and everything in between.

I’m honestly proud I know this reference without looking it up. Feel educated

If they change the ceo, they are not going to fire most of his hires; company is ruined long term

As a time traveler, this confused and scared me for a minute

If this snake existed, I would be in very serious trouble

Most democracies do not use voting machines because it’s impossible to trust anyone with creating and maintaining it.

If there is a way to change the vote tallies, then clever people will use it to enrich themselves.

The only way to circumvent most cheating is by paper ballots recounted manually in front of representatives of all candidates: recounted as many times as asked; and the ballots must be kept in public view until a winner is declared.

Putting the ballots into any other device negates some or all of the above.

And I would only have to say this in American political posts. But Americans are married to voting in ways that cannot be verified, except in some states. So most likely what’s seen as common sense in most of the world is either ignored or viewed with suspicion here.

Ask any student in the uk though; and I’m just echoing what has been taught in school to young children

I do not use AI to code; but I have been programming for two generations now.

I’ve taken a few breaks in that time, and switched technologies at least ten times also, and it’s very easy for me to forget a lot.

Programming is like any skill, it requires constant practice.

Am I a good programmer? Probably not that skilled, but I’ve written over a million lines of code and have run the gamut of architecture from: “Break this large file into 500 lines each, now we call that as a function” to “all numbers are object oriented” to “if it works great”

Middle America has a lot of unmet needs, with a horrible health care system and food insecurity. Most will gladly embrace anything that may help.

What many see as crazy politics is a desperate attempt to latch onto anything remotely promising.