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If the requisite information were as readily available more of us just might.

Excellent point

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As he always spit out of his poorly educated mouth............ I LOVE THE POORLY EDUCATED! WHY? You got that right, because as his Wharton Professor said, He was the Dumbest Student I ever had.

They had the facts and felonies that were of public record.

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There’s an idea: fantasy politics. I bet that if someone started it and set it up like fantasy football people would actually do this and who cares if it costs them money or they’re gambling about it, if it gets us going in the right direction I’m here for it.

Touché

SAD BUT SO TRUE ...

Truth

True this

Human fail the system. Just like they do the market.

Amen

Not all of us play fantasy football

Facts

Valid, for most.

I can’t agree with you more ! 💯

Americans put so much attention toward wealthy sports and celebrity figures, and ignore the most important aspects of our government. We are in trouble and will fall as the Roman empire did.

Fantasy government league. This is a great idea. Has no one done that before or am I just out of touch?

Try dat

You tell ‘em, Captain. <goPats>

And yet we treated it like professional wrestling and voted for the heel.

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... the shoe analogy... www.instagram.com/reel/DBPBbM4...

I ALWAYS research candidates in every election.

This is how male oriented sports fans do things I guess because they are young and follow it voluntarily.

I think this all the time. I mean, we know batting averages.We know field goal percentages. We know specific FACTUAL minutia about entire leagues! But will listen to news sources we know full well are lying to us but just don't give a shit about the planet or the future compared to our team.

No lie detected!

Your fantasy team doesn’t have a billion dollars spent lying about your players

Can I get a witness..??? Truth!!!

I doubt that much of the voting public knows how to research or would take the time. They vote on appeal (to them) and their pocketbooks.

Yes!

I spent 45 minutes last night agonizing over the best quality tool cart. In the end, I decided none of them would work and I should try something else. If people would spend this much energy on their elected officials we'd have a better government. Alas, no tool cart.

Amen

It’s to fool the American people.

Trump’s looking to make elections a fantasy.

If only. Wake up people!

Well said

Does it really matter anymore? Look at almost every maga scum …. It didn’t matter about research it’s the propaganda that was given

Amen

And free Healthcare, Affordable medicine, Lower prices due to stopping monopolies, And about a hundred other benefits to having politicians that work for we the People instead of corporations and their self interests.

No kidding

Followed!

I like sports. I hate that the obsession with it has been a way to avoid having substantive conversation about issues that affect all of us.

Funny, sad but true!

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Ballotpedia is one small way of searching the position of people on the ballot. I also just joined the League of Women Voters some I can become more informed. If we taught critical thinking...

I had this thought with education, and I think it could apply to politics too, but game-ifying education in ways that make educating yourself addicting would probably have HUGE benefits to society. I played computer games that taught me math growing up. Maybe we can do the same with politics?

So true

I have to disagree based on the amount of people I encounter who draft picks based on their own fandom

You nailed it !👍🏻👍🏻

Hmmm. I wonder if there is some way to take advantage of our love for games.

We do. White Privilege has a way of getting a pass. People of color running for office or being nominated get all the mud thrown at them! You know that, though.

Candidates today say the quiet part out loud. Everyone knew exactly who Trump was when they voted for him. These people are assholes right in front of the camera, and they still win elections. People vote for them BECAUSE they're assholes.

They didn’t put a lot of research in it, but, www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12...

If only citizens felt as enthusiastic about their government as they do for football teams.

Very true

Now THIS is thought provoking!

🔥TRUTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Right, but it's the same thing with projects be it purchasing all-encompassing manufacturing system or powerplant, the WANTs go way ahead of the NEEDs.

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If we paid our teachers, health care providers, daycares, etc a fraction of what our Football players make…

No kidding

They will still disappoint you.

Shows you what people's priorities are.

Now that’s an angle I hadn’t thought of. Perfect

True, Jack. Imagine if we studied candidates’ policies like player stats, our democracy would thrive. Research, vote, and invest in the future like it’s the most important draft of your life. Small efforts create big wins for all of us. 🗳️✨ #VoteWithIntention

Both politicians and my fantasy football team seem to enjoy screwing me over

Do I keep Watkins though?

This says it all.

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Too many "citizens" have their priorities all screwed up.

Apparently a large enough section of America doesn’t care about “baggage” of their candidates.

But, how could they with every bit of information about all candidates available online?

Mic drop.

Americans just want to be entertained.

FYI: billionaires count the ballots..

True, but how are you going to a) convince people to do it and b) ensure they have access to real facts as opposed to misinformation?

Then we would have to use facts and that’s just absolutely no fun.

One of Caesar's biggest successes was learning how to tame and distract the mob.

Half of the country that bothers to vote seems to put less thought into it than into taking a s**t.

my one prejudice is against those who intentionally,purposefully, willfully choose to be ignorant of that which affects us all..

It's come to that 😏

You are so right!

I have to agree. We wouldn’t have The anti-American squad members who support Hamas!

I don't like or follow football, but I do try to find out about candidates. Wish others would do the same.

Great point!!

Yep!

You could not have said it better Jack

I had to pass an FBI background check to visit the Whitehouse for a game jam. Compare that to political candidates (except Progressives) don't seem to undergo even a TSA level inspection by the news media, and therefore by the public. Odd that only oligarch friendlies get a free pass. ODD!

Amen, maybe.

Agree about the research but none of our candidates are what we need. And if they start off that way they become politicians and stop caring about people and start caring only about votes.

That isnt really true. The problem isn't vetting candidates. A major problem with political candidates is that politics is a moneyball game to appease the moneyed ruling class. You have to be a millionaire to be in national politics. You also need millions to run a national campaign.

Nah! We just listen to empty promises.

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I don't really think that most MAGAs research anything.

Does that include candidates like Kamala Harris, who never won a primary?

And now we need to put in the energy we put into being pissed when our team loses and rush the field. 🤔

Ja'Marr Chase would be my Representative

Amen

Maybe a good idea not to allow career criminals to run for any office in this country. Common sense.

Spot on.

Have Hollywood create a new west wing. 1 that shows how we the people can rule and not corporations. Call it we the people. Dem prez, dem senate, dem house and a balanced scotus. Put it on film. Bal the budget using Corp & billionaire taxes. Create a healthcare system. Show the US what can be done.

Or the stupid drone

Education and access to capital, the pillars of equality.. (In my op)

Prob not. You'd still have half the population drafting deshaun Watson number one overall

Lol yeah I would love to see the day

Agreed, what we have now just shows how shallow Americans have become.

Right.

The country is broken.

No doubt

I keep saying that if Democrats were smart they would proactively fill our inboxes with bite-size emails about their policy ideas (in detail w/ specifics about how it benefits us) with sharable links, encourage people to vote in the next election and, only after that ask for some money if possible.

More like if you don't put as much research into candidates as you do fantasy football, please do not vote.

I'm benching Mitch McConnell this week, he's never very good on Education Reform...

It’s like someone picked a Fantasy Football team from the bottom IR list

Fantasy pools provide more details. For example, with Trump, we don’t know how many passes he’s made. We don’t know how many he completed. Would have to get that information from women. How many fumbles he made in the passing attempts and so on

I think we've had it for a while... Maybe the term was coined 😉

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respect. wouldn't they need to be aware and capable of understanding? just asking

I still find it hard to wrap my head around 90 million folks not giving enough of a damn for themselves or the country to even vote.

This is the way. Between financial motivations and the corporate buyout of mainstream media, most people don’t know enough about a politician, their track record, or history. Yet, we continue to leave it in the hands of a system that has repeatedly shown it’s not serving our best interests.