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M.P. Broache@mpbroache.bsky.social |
“Politics would be interesting again,” no politics should not be interesting, normal people should not have to invest time and energy into saving democracy because our institutions are collapsing, give me boring, mundane politics any day
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Fern Woodsson 🌿
@fernwoodsson.bsky.social
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Exactly! Give me the almost invisible steady hand of a #demarchy.
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TheCrispiestLemon
@thecrispiestlemon.bsky.social
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What people either forget or ignore is that the part of a story that makes things interesting is the part where BAD THINGS HAPPEN, and with politics, THE BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO REAL PEOPLE.
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NutMeg
@casuallychaotic.bsky.social
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"May you live in interesting times." - One of the worst curses you can place on a person.
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Brian Spears
@briankspears.bsky.social
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A big part of Biden’s appeal to a lot of Democratic primary voters in 2020 was that he would be boring. I supported someone else, but I fully understood why that message sold.
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state song thread guy
@statesongxprt.bsky.social
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One of my Hot Democracy Takes is that every group few dozen people should choose a person whose judgment they trust to get involved in politics so the rest can ignore it
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The Spy who loves you
@spyversuslies.bsky.social
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I wouldn't even care if they whittled wood in the Capitol if it brought back some old-fashioned boring politics.
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Taj Mahalo
@tajmahalo.bsky.social
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Politics and banking are two things that should be boring and almost aggressively uninteresting to regular people. Wanting them to be “interesting” or “sexy” is real sicko stuff.
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@ennuitv.bsky.social
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Agreed. People should be interested in politics because they care about the society in which they live, not because their life depends on it.
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Jeff Lazarus
@jlazarus.bsky.social
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This is the second post like this I've seen today. Is someone out there yearning for interesting politics?
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PKPs Powerfromspace1 🚀 Twitter ‘X’ refugee thank you 'Elmo' 🙄
@powerfromspace1.bsky.social
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100 percent ☝️
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@ridder.bsky.social
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Yah, I want to be able to ignore politics and not worry about bad shit happening, even when I am warned it's inevitable. Let someone else do the thinking and deciding. It makes me anxious. There's a new dysfunctional dystopia series on Netflix I need to watch.
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Self-deprecating ghost
@soundwave187.bsky.social
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Just another way to control us using the least possible amount of energy. Politics should not be interesting.
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Tony from Welly
@tonywelly.bsky.social
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There's more to life than shitty politics.
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Patrick Matthews
@matthewsp.bsky.social
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I yearn for a boring politics
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✧˖˚ Mylk 🌌❄ VTuber ˚˖✧
@mylksix.bsky.social
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I miss the news being boring tbh
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Chet Sandberg
@chetsandberg.bsky.social
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Give me a candidate who can finish a sentence and then we’ll talk.
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Virginia S. O'Possum
@virginiaopossum.bsky.social
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Really, wouldn't it be nice to be back to where you could nitpick basically life-affirming policies for nuance instead of every political act being life and death for someone as well as for the republic?
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Kakotechnia
@kakotechnia.bsky.social
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Very hard to be POLITICAL when we have jobs and families and social lives
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Jana Hall (ON FRIDGE DUTY)
@ugobananas.bsky.social
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I want politics to be mundane and tedious, like they should be
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Aaron Sofaer 🏳️⚧️
@aaronsofaer.bsky.social
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The ultimate in what politics should be is a small city commission debating whether this or that piece of infrastructure should be paid for with this or that financial instrument / revenue generation system. Give me boring wonkery all day every day.
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John Castiglione
@johncastiglione.bsky.social
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Wild to think that Linclon’s election, succession, war, all happened at the speed of the mails (and some telegraphing)
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Thunderclash needs a new toy!
@kurthy.bsky.social
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"May you live in interesting times." Nope, give me boring. Boring is good.
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Tomato Szn
@bskylife.bsky.social
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SCOTUS just declared that the President is a God Emperor 48 hours ago, politics is plenty fucking interesting enough.
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@joaomtcosta.bsky.social
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Brazilian experience confirms the point.
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Dr. Jimbosaur, Esq.
@jimbosaur.bsky.social
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People who say shit like this don't realize just how completely everyday people in Russia, Hungary, Turkiye, etc. AVOID talking about politics. Ever. It's not "interesting" or "exciting" it's a total taboo, the breaking of which can get you excised from your social circle out of fear of the gov't.
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Jono
@jonocarpenter.bsky.social
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Drill my boards slowly, but bend my arc with haste.
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Baltimore is fine
@nafer.bsky.social
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it should be boring and you should annoy most people by even daring to risk seeming like a bore by bringing up the topic in a social setting
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Al G Rhythm
@algrhythm.bsky.social
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Nobody benefits from "interesting" politics but those getting paid for clicks.
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Victoria McIntosh
@vmcntosh.bsky.social
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“May you live in interesting times” is a curse.
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Jogeran
@jogeran.bsky.social
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How about interesting as in "People having an actual optimistic vision to hope for, rather than hoping the new managerial class is slightly less fascistic than the last one"? That a better definition of interesting for you?
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@crimsondynamo4.bsky.social
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We should not be so starved to entertainment that we're making the organizations that are supposed to fill in the potholes and keep are water clean are forums for blood sport.
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Elizabeth Roderick
@talesfrompurgatory.bsky.social
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“I’m glad Trump is president because of the entertainment value” says the person who has never voted and was unable to follow the complex intrigue in Tiger King
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rmacdca
@rmacdca.bsky.social
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And our public servants are hired to take care of business for us. We have better things to do.
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Bible Blackbelt
@estrusflask.bsky.social
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I'm going to be honest I think "no one should have to invest time and energy into [politics]" is why politics are bad. Mundane politics killed thousands of people. Nothing has really changed except the lie is more obvious.
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M.P. Broache
@mpbroache.bsky.social
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I study this s—t for my job, and I do not think that it is good or healthy for ordinary citizens to have to vote, act, etc., like their rights and perhaps lives are on the line in every election
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LaMinx
@laminx.bsky.social
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👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 It should be truly boring….we should be enjoying our summer and thinking “wow, things are running pretty smoothly right now. Nice! Pass me that margarita!”
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Mark
@marksimploding.bsky.social
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I cant even imagine what life would be like if we ever got back to “normal”. These last 10 years have been miserable. Please, can we just have a boring president? And a boring government that just does good things?
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The clown who knocks
@bingobango.bsky.social
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The Dems being absolutely useless has ruined politics for me. I used to love learning about the theories, philosophies, polling, policies, the whole nine yards. Now I watch in horror and feel hopeless in any sort of activism. It's taken my passion away. I know that individualized but fuck.
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