r/SipsTea • u/Bigb5wm • 1d ago

Wait a damn minute! College scammed them

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u/Significant-Colour 1d ago

Swedes are interested in that, so they vote for such policies - and they can afford it.

Americans could afford that, but they are not interested in having tuitionless education, thus they do not vote for such policies; that's okay, they simply have different priorities, such as attacking Canada and Greenland.

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u/clementinesncupcakes 1d ago

Hey, it’s not as simple as “vote for what you want!” when American corporations spend literal billions of dollars to ensure your votes don’t count or that the ballots are so verbose that you can’t figure out what you are voting for because of the insane amount of jargon.

Here’s an article about some of the wilder ones:

https://www.propublica.org/article/five-of-the-most-confusing-ballots-in-the-country

I respect that America brands itself as a democracy, but it’s not. It hasn’t been for a very long time. We’re subject to the whims of the ruling class.

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u/YourNextHomie 1d ago

Every nation is subject to the whims of the ruling class

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u/clementinesncupcakes 1d ago

Ain’t that the truth my friend. 😢