jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoIdaho state senator tells Native American candidate to “go back where you came from”www.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1444arrow-down15
arrow-up1439arrow-down1external-linkIdaho state senator tells Native American candidate to “go back where you came from”www.motherjones.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squaredrunkpostdisaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33·edit-21 year agoHow does someone like this become senator?
minus-squareRagingRobot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down1·1 year 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-up4·1 year agoand there’s only one way to get rid of them
minus-squareStarshotJohn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoAdditionally, the dumb relate to the dumb (and are easily manipulated), hence why they get votes.
minus-squaredrunkpostdisaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year 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-up1·1 year 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