jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agoIdaho state senator tells Native American candidate to “go back where you came from”www.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1437arrow-down15
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minus-squaredrunkpostdisaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33·edit-22 months agoHow does someone like this become senator?
minus-squareRagingRobot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up32arrow-down1·2 months agoPeople in power usually aren’t smart. They just have money from their parents or grandparents. This isn’t a meritocracy. Idiots rule the world
minus-squaredubious@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoand there’s only one way to get rid of them
minus-squareStarshotJohn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoAdditionally, the dumb relate to the dumb (and are easily manipulated), hence why they get votes.
minus-squaredrunkpostdisaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoI get that. But you would think that a senator would at one point be in the same room as a history book
minus-squarenaught101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoSure, but that’s a long way from reading it
How does someone like this become senator?
People in power usually aren’t smart. They just have money from their parents or grandparents. This isn’t a meritocracy. Idiots rule the world
and there’s only one way to get rid of them
Additionally, the dumb relate to the dumb (and are easily manipulated), hence why they get votes.
I get that. But you would think that a senator would at one point be in the same room as a history book
Sure, but that’s a long way from reading it
State senator, not real senator.