• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    15 hours ago

    “They dont have congress” get fucked. Do they not know how to speak, either?

    This question from the guy with all the writing errors?

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    2 days ago

    Democrats: Got any money?

    No, but seriously. They are professional fumblers. They fucked up the last election hilariously bad by running Biden for so long.

    Yes, my fellow citizens are idiots, but they should’ve known better!

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      2 days ago

      Need to stop thinking about them as leaders and just people who arent good at anything but showing up for meetings.

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            Not at all I’m asking a straight forward question. Which Congress members did you vote for? Or do you cower behind anonymity? The Democrats are shit, but they still apparently have the feck to show themselves instead of hiding and denouncing all without ever saying anything meaningful. The majority of the U.S supports right wing beliefs. You condiscend them as many of us do, but you cower and hide and ask someone to “re-think” their question when asked a direct question.

            Who did you elect, and why.

            How do you want others to help, if you show no brass yourself

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        Spot on with this perspective.

        They’re management on a nice suit insisting everyone show up for content that’s so exciting it’s better left to an email.

        Now, I can’t unsee it.

        Except AOC and Bernie, of course, they have their shit together.

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    2 days ago

    Psa: Maga want you to stay at home and not vote. There are organized campains just to demoralize you and keep you at home in the next elections.

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      You know what demoralizes me?

      That my 80 year-old parents are stuck in poverty no matter who we elect. They were poor under Obama. Poorer under Trump I, and then poorer still under Biden. They’re 80 years old and driving for DoorDash, and no Democrat is going to lift a finger to stop it.

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          You partisans have created a world where voting matters so little to most that, yes, they might as well not miss a day of work for all the good it does in their lives.

          Hopefully the people can elect a few more Zohrans and Platners and thumb you all in the eyes a bit.

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            Then you will get more trump with tax cuts for the rich and tarifs for you. And spoiler alert, the zohrans wont win if you will not vote.

            How can zohrans stab me in the eyes if the fcc or ice are cracking down on discent?

            Vote while you can

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    for real. they should be LITERALLY AND PHYSICALLY SCREAMING in the halls. When told “how unprofessional” they should respond with “my opponents are fascists. fuck professionalism.”

    BUT since they are not burning shit down, one can only assume they are in on the fascism too.

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        i am not an elected official nor with enough backing finance to support getting fired for the outrage, unlike the ppl in office who’s literal job is to do it. life under capitalism makes it difficult to fight after a certain point.

        so i stick do doing local fights. I do those.

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        What does that have to do with elected officials not using the power they’ve been granted?

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            You are falling for Chuck Schumer’s lies. Back in October, the US government was shut down for over 30 days because the Democrats were using their power to force the Republicans to the bargaining table. However, it worked too well and regular people started notcing that the Dems had power, even as the minority party, so Establishment Dems conceded and reopened the government. In return, the Dems got nothing for the regular working people who gave them that power.

            The minority party is not helpless. We saw this under the Obama admin where Mitch McConnell led the Republican Minorty party to rampage and obstruct the Democrats at every turn. The Dems have power, they are choosing not to exert any of it.

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              Not saying theyre helpless. They should do what they can.

              But… When Democrats are in power people complain about Democrats. When Republicans are in power people complain about… Democrats.

              It’s exhausting. Find a new schtick or actually participate in primaries to get these people out.

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                People complain about the Dems because they have not been using the powers they’ve been granted. They are elected to pass policies and fight the Republican fascist agenda and they have seemingly rolled over more often than not. Rachet Effect and all that.

                It sucks that hearing these complaints is exhausting to you, but as can be seen from this thread, there are lots of people making excuses for the Democrat party that seemingly need to hear this stuff. These folks are not helping primary useless Dems, instead spending their time and energy deflecting criticism away.

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                  11 hours ago

                  These people just convince everyone that any and every dem is useless and decrease turnout.

                  Compared to the Republicans who get no real criticism as it’s just accepted. You might not like that but it’s the truth.

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        a) where I can, yes. b) local politics, I am involved in. but i am not an elected federal official with ability to affect change and choice to not do it c) i serve the mutual aid part of my mindset as a first responder over 20 years now d) and finally I support systems who help others learn and grow.

        are you?

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          What have you burned down? Sounds like you’re mostly working within the system to improve it and being a reasonable professional serving the greater good in the best way you know, which is (apparently) lame.

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            lol. physically burning things down - as a firefighter i tend to do the opposite. but holding people accountable in a public forum like our dumb selectmen meetings and such - yes, I have done. i do not have the financial freedom to cane a fascist in the halls like the good ole days.

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    They’re gonna do nothing, run Newsom, and blame the left if it’s even a close race

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      Newsom will run but these early contenders use to get creamed in the primaries just because they take up too much spot light in the lead up and people are sick of them come voting.

      I could be wrong, newsom definitely seems like the play for the establishment guys. There’s a bunch of lower rank guys in red districts that are making plays too, though.

      Ill vote for a hamsandwich if it means trump is gone but I dont expect any major change. Major change will only come if the people do something, not polioticians.

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          I will not support anyone that gives air time to the likes of Ben Shapiro. How fucking hard is it for the DNC to find someone that isn’t a MAGA apologist.

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          Honestly, really need to temper your expectations in general. Say we put jesus christ himself in charge of the country. Do you think he would be able to get anything substantial done short of calling on his god powers?

          We need consistent control. We need to invalidate every gop win. This is long term project. No 4 year admin can take it all on.

          From an accelerationist pov we need to inflict pain on the country by driving it off the rails so they can proceed with an agenda.

          Its kinda hopeless from that perspective. You’ll never see the change enacted in your life time so its almost like it doesn’t exist. Except, if we were kind people, we would want to be kind to everyone. Even the people we never meet.

          Another pov, much less popular, we throw down with our neighbors and build our communities in a way that serves everyone. We give money power. We give people power. We give the government power. We could just weild that power ourselves.

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            Yeah I hear what you’re saying. I wonder though if we should even stop thinking about getting an admin in to fix everything in 4 years and get an admin in who will play the actual game that’s afoot right now: the battle for the soul of America. The far right pitch to Americans is clear, it resonates with many, and it has an army of mouthpieces repeating it daily. I don’t even know what the left’s pitch is. I know what I think it should be, but who out there is even articulating any vision? I think the right is up against general reality most of the time. But that’s not enough/

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              The leftists are being puppeted right now. They so desperatey want a voice they let the internet give them one and its not their own. Its the internet with a lefty mask on.

              Leftest need to stop fighting the tide and learn to float. Thats just a useless metaphor but what im saying is they have to play the game not just critique it.

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    They could abuse quorum rules or incessantly call for a point of order if they cared. Anything to slow down this fascist machine.

    When Biden/Obama were in office they had the power to keep Congress in session indefinitely if they wanted.

    But they don’t care.

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    Political focus groups suggest that any opinion or stance on any issue may open a politician to criticism, so obviously doing nothing will yield optimal polling results! /s

    The consultant wing needs to fucking die.

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    Whoever made this image needs to be slapped, why put a dark blue image on a dark grey background?

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    What do you mean, they don’t speak? They speak all the time!

    Are you listening?

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    Democrats have been working for the past year to get IEEPA tariffs struck down, and it worked. Take that win.

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      Democrats aren’t doing much there, either. You’re not wrong that the media ignores or actively attacks anything resembling leadership, because a progressive political agenda is a threat to their power structure. But there is still a dearth of leaders among the elected.

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    Voters: We want a lefty MTG, screaming at the SOTU and saying outrageous shit all the time!

    [eventually gets lefty MTG screaming at the SOTU and saying outrageous shit all the time]

    Voters: Not like that!