The United States is imploding. The reign of Donald Trump is not only challenging and threatening the very foundations of its constitutional democracy, it
In three weeks, Donald Trump has imploded whatever positive image the United States might have had internationally.
I have a very real fear that even if a truly progressive democratic candidate runs for president, they still won’t win.
Don’t get me wrong, they still should actually give it a shot. There’s literally no other winning alternative for the Dems.
Instead, I think you’re very right about the DNC not knowing what people want. There is a huge, mildly surprising amount of support in this country for bigotry. There is a surprising amount of people locked into the Nazi vote, and you know I’m not exaggerating. This is what people actually want. As it turns out, they chose fascism over treating specific people as people, same as last time, and times before.
This is America. And it has allies with other bigots and land grabbing warmongers.
May we both survive, and here’s to hoping we can get a progressive candidate next time, if we get a next time. It’s always worth it to fight for someone’s right to just exist.
I have a very real fear that even if a truly progressive democratic candidate runs for president, they still won’t win.
I get what you mean, but remember that many people voted for Trump because they wanted change, not because they were exceptionally thrilled about his bigotry. The Bernie-Trump pipeline is a very real phenomenon (see also AOC-Trump voters) and makes the GOP seem like they have more popular support than they really do.
I don’t see it that way, where are these supposed trump regretting folk? I haven’t seen them. I thought I saw one in a friend I miss, and then he spews the qanon bullshit that passes for doge talking points.
By overwhelming majority, they’re cool with this. This is America, when someone shows you who they are, believe them.
So, what then. Continue this mindless pendulous torture? You think what we’ve done until now has been effective?
I think I was being a bit reactive because I’m so used to the knee-jerk negative. You make good points, in your third paragraph especially. That said, I don’t think you’re entirely wrong about the Nazi vote there, even though it’s tongue-in-cheek. There are Dems reaching across the aisle to vote for Trump’s nominees. They need to be blockading the same way the GOP did for legitimate good-faith votes proffered by Dems. Merrick Garland for SCOTUS under Obama comes to mind. (I feel like Garland as a Justice would have done less harm than his milquetoast performance as the Attorney General.)
You seem to think I’m arguing with you. Fight the good fight. Progressive or bust, encourage everyone to vote in primaries. There’s literally no other alternative for a future. We either resist from here at every point, or we’re done. Let’s see how the lawyers do over the next few days, reevaluate, and let’s see how far we get until we get enough public outcry to actually do something.
Valid points on Merrick Garland too. He was disappointing in many respects, but yeah, they fucked him hard on the supreme court nomination didn’t they.
Fuck them back, let’s be entirely clear, if the pendulum does swing… This is how it’s supposed to go, right? Living wage is gonna get a whole lot easier when you can just throw executive orders at private business, and launch lawsuits for not listening good enough. No takes backsies for the fucking pigs this time.
I have a very real fear that even if a truly progressive democratic candidate runs for president, they still won’t win.
Don’t get me wrong, they still should actually give it a shot. There’s literally no other winning alternative for the Dems.
Instead, I think you’re very right about the DNC not knowing what people want. There is a huge, mildly surprising amount of support in this country for bigotry. There is a surprising amount of people locked into the Nazi vote, and you know I’m not exaggerating. This is what people actually want. As it turns out, they chose fascism over treating specific people as people, same as last time, and times before.
This is America. And it has allies with other bigots and land grabbing warmongers.
May we both survive, and here’s to hoping we can get a progressive candidate next time, if we get a next time. It’s always worth it to fight for someone’s right to just exist.
I get what you mean, but remember that many people voted for Trump because they wanted change, not because they were exceptionally thrilled about his bigotry. The Bernie-Trump pipeline is a very real phenomenon (see also AOC-Trump voters) and makes the GOP seem like they have more popular support than they really do.
I don’t see it that way, where are these supposed trump regretting folk? I haven’t seen them. I thought I saw one in a friend I miss, and then he spews the qanon bullshit that passes for doge talking points.
By overwhelming majority, they’re cool with this. This is America, when someone shows you who they are, believe them.
The democrats will never give people what they want because they work in service to capital.
So, what then. Continue this mindless pendulous torture? You think what we’ve done until now has been effective?I think I was being a bit reactive because I’m so used to the knee-jerk negative. You make good points, in your third paragraph especially. That said, I don’t think you’re entirely wrong about the Nazi vote there, even though it’s tongue-in-cheek. There are Dems reaching across the aisle to vote for Trump’s nominees. They need to be blockading the same way the GOP did for legitimate good-faith votes proffered by Dems. Merrick Garland for SCOTUS under Obama comes to mind. (I feel like Garland as a Justice would have done less harm than his milquetoast performance as the Attorney General.)
You seem to think I’m arguing with you. Fight the good fight. Progressive or bust, encourage everyone to vote in primaries. There’s literally no other alternative for a future. We either resist from here at every point, or we’re done. Let’s see how the lawyers do over the next few days, reevaluate, and let’s see how far we get until we get enough public outcry to actually do something.
What else do you think we could do?
My apologies. I think I was just flying off the cuff. Amending my initial reply to you, as I see you were indeed being constructive.
see above.
Valid points on Merrick Garland too. He was disappointing in many respects, but yeah, they fucked him hard on the supreme court nomination didn’t they.
Fuck them back, let’s be entirely clear, if the pendulum does swing… This is how it’s supposed to go, right? Living wage is gonna get a whole lot easier when you can just throw executive orders at private business, and launch lawsuits for not listening good enough. No takes backsies for the fucking pigs this time.