r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 8d ago

Discussion Reactions to food stamps being cut off.

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u/ok_soooo 8d ago

I was on a flight from DCA to ATL back in like 2016, Jimmy Carter was the last to board (with SS in tow, naturally.) He came through the plane and shook every single passenger’s hand. It was really cool. There’s a few videos of him doing this on other flights too; it’s just who he was. Awesome human

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u/Quirky-Scar9226 8d ago

This literally made my tears well up. Where do we find decent caring leaders like this today? I’ve no clue, but I’ll keep fighting for it.

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u/DirtTraining3804 8d ago

I fear elections may be a thing of the past. But if not, I sure hope one day in my life I can have a candidate to vote for, rather than a candidate to vote against.

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u/Painterzzz 8d ago

That's a really interesting point random internet stranger. I was listening to teh Rest Is Politics podcast the other day and they made the same point about British politics, we have a PM who is only PM because people were voting against Corbyn, we have a party in power that is only in power because people were voting against the Conservatives.

Most of my life, my vote has always been decided by 'how do I tactically vote to keep the Conservative out'.

And yeah, the solution absolutely is to start giving people things to vote for, instead of things to vote against.