Chriskmee

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[–] Chriskmee@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

It's my belief that the reason nobody has seriously tried to change the Constitution to remove or modify the 2nd amendment is that they know it's currently impossible. Changing the Constitution requires a serious amount of working together and agreement between the state and federal governments, and that just doesn't exist right now.

That's why some states are trying to pass unconstitutional laws, it's easier to do that and get away with it at least for a little bit than it is to change the construction.

[–] Chriskmee@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Voting isn't actually a constitutional right like owning firearms is. There are protections about equality when it comes to voting, but not much about voting itself. States are generally given the right to decide who can vote and how they vote.

[–] Chriskmee@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

He has had some pretty bad senior moments, the worst one I can recall is the "Hey Jackie" one. In general he does talk pretty slow and just appears confused sometimes. He talks like he is really having to think about what he is saying, and that's not just him, he didn't use to be like that.

[–] Chriskmee@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Most qualified and experienced for the job, regardless of race or gender

[–] Chriskmee@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Our medical care isn't limitless, there is only so much we can actually do. Look at how Biden has been progressing even with the best care in the world, he clearly isn't in the best shape and it's only going to get worse. It's entirely possible he gets worse fast and for there to be nothing that can be done about it even with the best care we can give him.

[–] Chriskmee@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Let it be based on the best person for the job. If that happens to be a black woman then fine, but the race and gender should not be a requirement at all. Saying that you will only choose a black woman is just as racist as sexist as saying you will only choose a white male.

[–] Chriskmee@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think a lot of the left agree with you, and obviously the right hates her, probably more than Biden. I also feel like the far left has grown a lot lately, the fact that Bernie even won some states in primaries just shows how big the far left has become.

[–] Chriskmee@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I know he initially promised to pick a woman, but I'm pretty sure he changed that to black women, saying he has like 4 to choose from. Either way it's bad taste to make such an important decision openly based on race and gender.

So we agree that nobody wants Harris as president? And that voting for Biden is how we might just end up with her as president?

[–] Chriskmee@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (5 children)

He may not die, but I think it's reasonable to think he will be deemed unfit to serve, or even step down voluntarily.

[–] Chriskmee@lemm.ee -1 points 11 months ago

I personally don't see that happening. To make any real drastic changes on the destroying democracy level you would have to throw away the Constitution, and I really don't see that happening.

We also have a pretty heavily armed society, so with anything that crazy I would expect some fight back from civilians and military against the government, and hopefully that's enough of a deterrent to not even try.

[–] Chriskmee@lemm.ee 0 points 11 months ago (19 children)

I can really see this going either way if Biden stays with his decision to run. I know every year people complain about having two bad choices, but Biden V Trump round 2 has to be a record for the actual worst options possible.

I think the issues with both Biden and Trump are fairly obvious, but another issue is that if Biden does win, there is a fairly good chance we will end up with a president Harris, probably the one person people like less than Biden as a democratic president. I think she lost so much credibility when Biden promised he would pick a black woman as a VP, basically cementing the idea that part of her qualifications for the role of VP was based purely on gender and race.

[–] Chriskmee@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

It only bankrupts idiots like those on /r/wallstreetbets or those who put all their money into one stock. Yes the market may go down, and it may go down a lot, but that's not going to make you bankrupt unless you make extremely dumb choices.

Luckily most retirement plans come with a target date fund, which is an easy way to diversify and get basically guaranteed gains.

Also, it's the only retirement the middle class has, so you can't destroy it.

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