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[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 66 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'm not at all qualified to be in charge of anything.

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 21 points 2 years ago

You’ve got my vote!

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 16 points 2 years ago

Thank god, finally someone to vote for with a good head on their shoulders.

[–] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

This guy for president 2024!

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 48 points 2 years ago (10 children)

I'm an ex-Mormon and Satanist, I'm largely a socialist, I am very pro-gun and would support revocation of the NFA of 1934, and also pro LGBTQ+, feminist, pro-abortion, in favor of raising top marginal tax rates to 95%, instituting wealth taxes on total assets owned or controlled in excess of $100M (and total seizure if convicted of trying to conceal the ownership), support revoking corporate personhood through constitutional amendment, I'm in favor if widespread public transit, and favor taxing oil companies out of existence to pay for it, support Ukraine without reservation, blah blah blah.

I am unelectable for any political party in the US.

[–] Okokimup@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hello doppelganger. Except, I'm ex-JW, just a garden variety humanist, and have no clue what the nfa of 1934 is.

[–] Hobo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

So in the US when we want to make something illegal, and that thing happens to be a constitutional right, we levy a tax against it. Then we only issue tax stamps to very select few people, or simply refuse to issue them at all. NFA 1934 is one of those weird tax scheme that makes you obtain a $200 tax stamp to have certain types of weapons. They are heavily controlled and non-transferable without going through a similar process.

Here's more info about it if you care to look into it: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Firearms_Act

We also did this with Marijuana during that same time: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marihuana_Tax_Act_of_1937

[–] CheddahBiscuit@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

You have my vote already!

[–] bipmi@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You know, Im obviously one person so my input matters very little, but Id much rather vote for a candidate with your ideals than any of the present options. Hopefully one day there will be a candidate with these ideals and the recognition needed to win the election

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Honestly, all of politics is compromise. It's very unlikely that there's ever going to be anyone that perfectly aligns with my personal opinions. So I have to pick and choose, and decide which things are absolutely critical for me, and which ones I will bend on. For me, church/state separation, reproductive choice, and LGBTQ rights are my tops for individual rights; gun rights matter to me, personally, but I'd be willing to bend on that if it meant removing the evangelical stranglehold over state and local gov't.

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[–] fratermus@lemmy.sdf.org 36 points 2 years ago

what controversial thing would the vettong process uncover about you?

Nice try, FBI!

:-)

[–] Astroturfed@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago

I'm a filthy socialist, which is enough for almost half the US.

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've been putting a BA on my resume for decades, but I don't have a degree.

I put my university, the years I attended, and my major and minor focus of study.

It's not a lie, and if pressed, I always tell the truth. It's become a non issue as my professional experience has mounted and now my resume and references speak for itself.

But, unless I'm asked directly...

Nobody needs to know I dropped out first semester of my senior year due to a crippling drug addiction. Or as I phrase it, a period in my life where I needed to tend to a family medical emergency.

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I give a shit about minorities

[–] neutron@thelemmy.club 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

On top of that, being a minority alone can be a huge disadvantage.

[–] arcrust@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 years ago

Drugs mostly. No criminal records or anything, but I'd probably have to pay out some hush money

[–] archiotterpup@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Wahots@pawb.social 6 points 2 years ago

Just gotta own it like LBJ, who was (apparently) naked somewhat frequently in office.

[–] Ticklemytip@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

[–] counselwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm trying to remember where you got this quote.

West Wing?

[–] Hobo@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

First line of Bilbo Baggins's birthday speech.

[–] bookmeat@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago

Nice try, FBI.

[–] PeterPoopshit@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Weed. I want to make thc drug tests for any reason including employment illegal just to see if it really does cause the world burn or not (it won't)

[–] Kerfuffle@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago

Get people to fund their own smear campaign? Creative!

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Let's see here... Trans, furry, poor mental health, unmarried, jaded, has made comments about "eating the rich" that have gotten a little too real, would absolutely instruct the CIA to create Operation Glass Ceiling: a highly illegal operation designed to keep any single american from getting too wealthy, would have the CIA stage accidents involving politicians too old or who've been in office too long.

I stand a very good chance of getting elected, don't you think?

[–] scorpionix@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago

has made comments about β€œeating the rich” that have gotten a little too real

Elaborate …?

[–] bermuda@beehaw.org 9 points 2 years ago

Raised atheist. It's one thing to denounce a religion later in life but I never had one. Mom is ex Catholic and dad is entirely unreligious.

In the US it is incredibly rare for higher office officials to be atheist. There has never been a president that was atheist publically but a few were rumored to be privately.

[–] dingus@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I am a casual Satanist and I'm asexual.

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] jammenfaenda@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Party officials who want to make sure there aren't any skeletons in your closet that will cause an issue on the campaign trail.

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Which party... Die Partie? It's the only one I would run for. (Or it's Canadian equivalent: Rhinoceros)

[–] gaydarless@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago

I have bipolar disorder lmao

[–] angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

USA:

I would be running on a social democratic platform with a focus on urbanism, affordable housing and tough-on-landlords policies, de-escalation with China, stopping state governments from being aggressive toward Mexico, and introducing a bodily autonomy amendment to the Constitution, with rhetoric that attempts to take the notion of American pride back from conservatives and warmongerers.

I was one of those people stopped being "anti-SJW" when Unite the Right happened, and later I flirted with anarcho-communist ideas (I'm still in my early 20s, this is more common with American youth than you'd think.) The former would turn off my social democratic base, the latter would discourage centrist voters. Also my views on race don't align perfectly with the American progressive orthodoxy (it has a lot to do with being mixed race, though I don't think my views are popular with mixed people either.) And I crossdress (might boost me with socdems but halt momentum with undecideds and old people.)

[–] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

de-escalation with China

You're probably not going to get your wish on that one. The Chinese government is…well, not nice, as the Uyghurs can attest. Maybe let's let them dial back the oppression first, then make friends with them?

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[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 years ago

I once wore a nazi armband and did a nazi salute for a photo.

Not sure I could recover from that.

[–] Poik@pawb.social 6 points 2 years ago

looks at home instance name That I hang out with furries. Still considered a more controversial thing than actually evil things in politics in my country.

[–] scorpionix@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago

Broadly gestures at comment history

[–] mifan 1 points 2 years ago

They would have a hard time acknowledging that I’m pretty average, never did anything crazy and would probably end up writing about the few times I smoked weed or that I drive Skoda.

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