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  • accordingly: implying that the problem is the Democrats for not unilaterally overturning the entire constitutional order when they don’t have the votes to do that (or anything, for that matter!)

    Yet, with a simple majority, we saw Republicans pass the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and Obama and Biden both had a simple majority in the Senate and controlled Congress. We’ve also seen presidents unilaterally keep Congress in session, as the Constitution allows them to do, in order to help pass important legislation. The thing is, the loss of Roe, the rollback of voting rights, the minimum wage, none of it seems to matter enough for Democrats to actually wield power when they have it. Republicans still get what they want. When I mention this in any online forum, the excuses roll out like Halloween candy, but if you’re someone working for a living in the US, you’re well aware that it doesn’t matter who we elect. Your life only gets harder.

    I’m also aware that there’s really no way to change it, outside of being a billionaire or being willing to commit a terrorist act, both of which don’t apply to the vast majority of people. The only way for an average person to benefit from our system of government is just to make sure you’re putting every dollar you can in the stock market, because both parties agree 100% that the stock market should never drop, and they’ll make trillions appear out of thin air overnight to achieve that.











  • This article buries the money quote:

    “We’re not a monolith,” Thompson said. “However, we are just like every other American in this country who wants a good paying job, that we can provide for our children and participate in their lives and the lives of our partner, that we can get them home safely, afford to go to the grocery store, save a little for retirement and have a vacation.”

    Reminds me of the article yesterday calling out women for not having enough babies and blaming individualism and secularism instead of the fact that people can’t afford to procreate.

    The simple fact is that it’s really hard to sell Biden 2.0 when Biden 1.0 failed people so spectacularly for people that are out there working to live. You just can’t hand someone a record of failure and expect that they’re going to enthusiastically support your candidacy.



  • What fascinates me every time this topic comes up is that, for tens of millions of Americans, social media isn’t required because they’re living the utterly shitty effects of our current regime’s rule.

    Can’t afford health care or education, could find themselves homeless and bankrupt with one bad injury or illness

    Working 60-80 hours a week, and that’s just to cover basics

    Rampant inflation for food, housing, and utilities with no end in sight

    As always, a blank check for war, even if we’re not actually fighting it, also a blank check for genocide against children

    Cops are still killing at will, and cop cities are becoming a thing

    School shootings happening almost every day

    You lost the right to abortion and Dems response was to use it for fundraising

    Who needs enemies with friends like these Democrats? How is it possible that there were almost no meaningful primaries after all this AND the presidential candidate was a man in obvious cognitive decline? (Granted, that’s also true of Trump, but Trump isn’t the one at the helm right now.) Objectively, you don’t have to lie to voters when they don’t care what you do in the first place.



  • Sorry, but why is the GOP donating huge amounts to Stein and helping keep her on the ballot if she isn’t running as a spoiler?

    That’s democracy in a country where money equals free speech, and Democrats, by doing nothing to change campaign finance laws, have demonstrated that they’re content to operate in a country where money equals speech.

    Also, I don’t think that participation in a democracy deserves to be invalidated simply because it’s inconvenient for your side, especially when your side has held power twice in sixteen years and their policies have pushed voters away.

    I gave several examples of how Democratic governance has been actively harmful in the US and throughout the world.

    They had the power to do better, so it’s a tad silly that they feel entitled to the votes that may go Green in November.