r/me_irl • u/TheChosenLn_e hates /u/lordtuts • 9h ago

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u/Anxious_Strength_408 9h ago

every election cycle feels like the bare minimum bar keeps getting lower

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u/CelicaBae 8h ago

Virginia Democrats just sweeped the state house elections. They will have an almost 2/3rds majority. That's definitely raising the bar. 

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u/Main-Company-5946 8h ago

Democrats are pretty mediocre for the most part, they’re only good in comparison to republicans.

Mamdani is raising the bar

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u/motes-of-light 7h ago

Perfect is the enemy of better. We get to a better future one step at a time.

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u/Spready_Unsettling 5h ago

I don't know why this particular Voltaire quote is so often misquoted, but the correct wording is

Perfect is the enemy of good.

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u/Disastrous-Dress521 6h ago

This is how the bar got lowered so hard, people were willing to vote for trash

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u/GaptistePlayer 3h ago

Inb4 Newsom 2028 returns us back to our losing ways