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  • DagwoodIII@piefed.socialtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.worldIt explains so much
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    Because the Dem base doesn’t obey orders.

    The GOPs vote for the Party’s candidate every time. No question. They drive old folks to the polls; they put up signs; they get petitions signed.

    Dem voters are all over the place.

    Every Dem candidate since 1972 could be mistaken for Ted Kennedy.

    1972 Ronald Reagan would be too Liberal for the MAGAs of today.




  • Two things spring to mind.

    Asimov made his first professional sale as a teenager. “Marooned Off Vesta” used actual science to tell the story. Even if it was elementary stuff, it made a good story. You don’t have to invent crazy tech if you actually know about science.

    The other is in “Cryptonomicon” by Neal Stephenson. There’s a long passage where he goes into advanced number theory. The first time I read the book I just skipped over it, and the second time I slogged through it. Later I was talking about the book with another guy. He told me his wife was in a post-grad astrophysics program. She showed the passage to her professor, who told her that it was all kosher.