There are deep issues that we need to solve.
None of which will be solved by either party in its current form. Grinding out Democratic Party primary victories is the only shot progressives have in our current system. You can’t change the system without supplanting one of the parties. There is no “going around the DNC” option. We have to take that shit by force.
“Of course I’m not going to do any actual work to try and fix the problem, I just want to tell everyone they can’t fix the problem and have no agency! See how left I am?!”
The DNC is a sunk cost. Time to move on.
Showing up to primaries and reforming the party seems infinitely easier in a FPTP system. The parties are pretty much part of the electoral infrastructure at this point, you simply can’t “go around” them. Their form can absolutely change, as can leadership, but it will take literal generations to supplant them.
On the other hand, if the people that usually stay home or preach that “the process is useless” showed up to primaries and threw more of the old guard on their asses we could actually have a shot at getting a party to represent working class people. It’s the exact same work, there’s just less of it because you already have a base of voters.
People can complain about the DNC all they want, but until they show up they’re getting exactly what they’ve asked for. We have the power to clean house.
small group of people on the left being racist/sexist in the open making every part of “white cis straight male” as pejorative as possible
One giant difference between the right and left here is that the right isn’t a small group of racists/sexists. They ALL are. In no way is someone pushing them towards that ideology, they’ve already chosen it and are just making excuses.
This is the only statement that’s given me a shred of hope in the last week and I don’t know why.
Man I wish that was still the norm. Waiting in line for Halo 2/3 at midnight with my buddies are some great memories. Stupid digital downloads being all convenient and whatnot…
Windmills do not work that way! Goodnight!
Now is the part where we go back to the Shire and Saruman has burned everything down… :)
Done. Deleted that shit.
You haven’t been paying attention. Trump tried to implement this stuff last time and was stopped by people loyal to the Constitution. ALL of those people are gone. He is surrounded by people who WILL carry out his orders. Trump rarely learns, but he has absolutely learned a lesson when it comes to staffing.
This is true of libs in general as well
This is a ridiculous attempt to both sides. Give us an example. What compares to “we’re going to detain and deport millions of people”?
People grow tired of fighting with such high stakes so in the long run you just wear them out
This is true.
Sure, if Trump wins things will suck definitely but it’s not the end of the world. Ultimately biggest political parties serve various oligarchs so once Dems are inevitably back some years from now you’ll notice not much is changing for you personally.
This is where I vehemently disagree. Just because you’re not going to be one of the first ones they target doesn’t mean it’s no big deal. They’re talking about using our local police to round millions of people up and put them in camps, and you’re going to sit there and tell me it’s not the end of the world? Get the fuck out of here.
It’s okay to be tired. Fight anyway. That is what is required to maintain Democracy. Giving in to authoritarianism because it’s easier is a bitch move.
Surprised no one has posted “use a straw” yet. That’s definitely one of the more common ones . Weird as shit.
just picking gnat shit out of pepper
Thank you for this wonderful phrase that I will be using from now on.
Millennium Falcon? Well there goes my weekend. I got some space exploring to do.
Looks like someone outbid the Saudis
“My vote can’t end the genocide immediately, so I might as well accelerate it”
What an asshole position.
They have the same desires, the billionaire just stole more money.
They never had 51 votes to repeal the fillibuster. Sinema and Manchin both refused to do so. Neither of which are Democrats anymore. We should elect more Democrats to the Senate that will.
No. There are less Republican voters. That’s why a non/3rd party vote benefits Trump more than Harris.
That’s too much stress to wake up with. Pretty sure my heart rate spiked a bit just reading the words “sonic drowning soundtrack”