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Eurgh, it’s a fucking sorry state of affairs.

There’s no candidate I’m overly sold on. Closest would probably be Sanders, but still think he has massive issues.

My big problem with Sanders is that he seems somewhat blinkered. To him, it seems, all injustice is economic.

So, whilst many will laud his stances on a lot of issues, which are certainly admirable and a refreshing change - it leaves a lopsided approach to change. Particularly in America, where there is a lot more moving parts than just economic injustice leading to disparity in people’s living standards.

Seriously glad I am not a citizen of America at the minute. Not to say that there aren’t good people there, of course, but I fear for the short to mid-term furutre of society there. Divisions along race/nationality lines are probably at the worst they have been since the civil rights movement.

I can only see things getting worse in the immediate future. Demagogues like Trump are only going to stir this up (Hey, he is the choice of both Stormfront, 4chan & the KKK), and I don’t have huge faith in Clinton or even Sanders to be able to heal those wounds.

I look at the States and find it baffling that a nation almost entirely compromised of immigrants can be so isolationist and inherently xenophobic. That a nation founded on the back of escape from persecution can have racism so deeply engrained and entrenched into society. It’s bizarre, depressing and terrifying that this is one of the world’s ā€˜superpowers’.

There’s no great outcome, it really is a case of best of a bad bunch.

Stop the world, I want to get off.

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I think they’d do better to stick with the Obama bro, he seems like a good egg. I know they can’t tho, for Reasons. It’s a shame. Trump Man will Win by Landslide.

This is just bizarre.

Eh?

It wasn’t exactly a secret, was it?

I know. No-one seems to give a toss, so why make it a big thing? It should really be a moment to savour, not fear.

'Murica is a strange place yo.

Don’t know if this has been posted yet, but this is some interesting analysis on the danger Trump presents from Ezra Klein.

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I am one of those who thought it was funny when Trump started out. I also thought that he would be a 5 minute wonder and that we would be down to the serious contenders now. How wrong can you be? :lou_facepalm_2:

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Religion and a fear of it from South of the border.

Poland is the same or worse, many others Nations are going to the right, Obama is to the right of Cameron, deeply conservative Nation, we cant get it as we aren’t American, they obviously do. A Nation rightly or wrongly looking after its own Nation, whatever next?

Interesting article on the BBC. The Nevada victory isn’t that impressive after all.

So his march to the Republican nomination is all but assured, right?

If he really had strong support in so many different demographic groups, he would be almost impossible to stop.

But how many people in Nevada actually voted for him?

34,531

votes cast for Donald Trump. That’s only:

1% of Nevada’s total population of 2.9 million

US Census Bureau

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Originally posted by @pap

Interesting article on the BBC. The Nevada victory isn’t that impressive after all.

So his march to the Republican nomination is all but assured, right?

If he really had strong support in so many different demographic groups, he would be almost impossible to stop.

But how many people in Nevada actually voted for him?

34,531

votes cast for Donald Trump. That’s only:

1% of Nevada’s total population of 2.9 million

US Census Bureau

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-35651682

Thats a whole lot more % than others, and who is eligible to vote? Thats a better question.

Trump on Wrestlemania.

Found while I was reading the following article, which is fantastic.

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I’m sure there is somehwhere more appropriate for this, but…

Iowa has just passed a bill allowing kids to use handguns with parental supervision. They were already allowed to use rifles under such conditions :lou_facepalm_2:

https://vine.co/v/i65K3neaPi6

Big day today. Super Tuesday.

Enjoyed this…

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and this is the website