seeing that polling on congressional dems and thinking about the steadily growing impact of blue wave emoji types learning, hands on, that the "how dare you speak to me" attitude from elected dems is in fact not reserved exclusively for lefties, youth, and minorities - ThreadSky

spacetwinks.bsky.social • 54 days ago

seeing that polling on congressional dems and thinking about the steadily growing impact of blue wave emoji types learning, hands on, that the "how dare you speak to me" attitude from elected dems is in fact not reserved exclusively for lefties, youth, and minorities

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anthroposcenester.bsky.social•54 days ago

Killer analysis. Going even further, seems like even congressional Republicans are more “human” to Congressional Dems than their voters are.

artisanrox.bsky.social•54 days ago

But also Reps have an international multi-trillion$ media spiderweb backing them. they *don't* have to campaign. All they do is wear that R and talk about gov't waste and Support The Troops and Illegals! once in a while and in most places they're in, because ppl hear that 24/7 in media.

voicesbyzane.bsky.social•54 days ago

Its been really wild seeing Bluewave emoji bios like "what the fuck are you doing, stop confirming these picks." Dems really don't know just how hard they're fucking themselves here

transcommiescum.bsky.social•54 days ago

I'd withhold that judgement until the next election cycle. These people are so superficial that it will only take a new face to reignite their blue wave hysteria. The slate will likely be wiped clean as soon as Dems run someone just to the right of AOC.

spacetwinks.bsky.social•54 days ago

it's really something. the people still making excuses for the party are getting ever thinner and more desperate. the 'they're doing 4d chess' rationalization gets way less punch the more dems leave for fucking 3 day weekends

afivegantenna.bsky.social•54 days ago

maybe dems will wake up when schumer gets arrested

ofvick.bsky.social•54 days ago

This sign was from Monday and the anger behind it has really forced me to reevaluate how I approach politics going forward

spacetwinks.bsky.social•54 days ago

the "there's nothing they can do, that's how it is" also has less grip in the face of "trading confirmations for vacation", and it's multiplied by people ACTUALLY learning civics instead of just lecturing about it and the nitty gritty procedural stuff of holding unanimous consent.

voicesbyzane.bsky.social•54 days ago

Also the whole "nothing we can do" argument really doesn't hold up when you see these little stories falling through the cracks like judges blocking EOs and hospitals reversing their stance on gender affirming care due to protest. There are things that can be done they're just not doing them.

viashinowizard.bsky.social•54 days ago

Senate dems saying they can't do anything while like, AOC is out doing workshops with immigrants on how to protect themselves from ICE

tifosiotaku.bsky.social•54 days ago

AOC is nowhere near as popular as you think, bro.

sptmain.bsky.social•54 days ago

Huh. I never thought that there might be 'cultural democrats' the same way that there are 'cultural christians'.

People steeped in the outward signs and motions of belonging to an in-group with none of the stated intentions, actions or ethos. Just a vague, sneering sense of moral superiority

oddertheotter.bsky.social•54 days ago

Is it time to take this opportunity to build a new leftist party yet?

It's not like they can use the "splitting the party will give power to the Republicans" excuse anymore.

We're probably looking at a few cycles of manipulation-enforced maga control anyway, now seems like a great time.

obsidiancrown.bsky.social•49 days ago

🖤 American politics isn’t a battle of left vs. right—it’s a machine designed to sustain itself. While people fight over figureheads, power consolidates. Trump, Musk, and the elites play the game, but who actually wins? How do we break the cycle instead of just choosing new operators?
#ObsidianCrown

obsidiancrown.bsky.social•49 days ago

🖤 If the old party structures have already failed, why keep pretending they can be reformed? A new leftist party isn’t just possible—it’s necessary. The question isn’t if the time is right, but how to prevent it from being co-opted like every movement before it.

#NewParty #ObsidianCrown

tifosiotaku.bsky.social•54 days ago

Have fun trying to win over voters in the Midwest, bro.

oddertheotter.bsky.social•54 days ago

Have fun trying to convince the dinosaurs to change their tack, I guess.

tifosiotaku.bsky.social•54 days ago

Ok Bernie Bro.

vekzero.bsky.social•54 days ago

I think back to that scene where Diane Feinstein told a bunch of kids “well you can’t vote so why do I care” and wishing people realized that’s a majority of the center to right wing democrats position. Unrelated but I love your pfp.

foshi-etock.bsky.social•54 days ago

spacetwinks.bsky.social•54 days ago

like when we say "dems hate their voters", we don't just mean lefties like me. the moment you ask them for anything, least of all "hey could you maybe do your job instead of taking a three day weekend", it doesn't matter if you were defending biden to the bitter end, you get the same treatment as us

metadept.bsky.social•54 days ago

at this point most national dems have fully internalized that "their voters" are winnable moderate republicans (imaginary!) and not the people who actually voted for them

laroarmay.bsky.social•54 days ago

One of the best encapsulations of the Democratic party I've seen in the past 10 years is that old screenshot of Ted Lieu's Twitter replies tab after the Dems allowed some Trump policy to pass so they could go on recess and it's just him responding to dozens of people with "What do you suggest we do"

librarianchica.bsky.social•48 days ago

I truly, truly find this so enraging. Chuck Schumer has tanked so many bills and important votes because he wants to go HOME or wants to get to his vacation. He's as much as SAID SO. He has no business there if those are his priorities.

elroycraich.bsky.social•54 days ago

Their only two modes are sniveling obsequity and supercilious condescension and a lot of people who thought they deserved the former are learning they don’t have the money to escape the latter

spacetwinks.bsky.social•54 days ago

in situations like this, i try to avoid "i told you so". instead: "do you understand my perspective now"

lotta this stuff, this deeply held faith holds tight until people run into circumstances personally affecting them, and it's better to go "okay, do you see where i'm coming from now" to it

lordlicorice.thisisnotatrueending.com•54 days ago

My go-to phrase is "See what I mean?" Preferably delivered right after they walk into the wall that I just warned them about, still rubbing my own nose

spacetwinks.bsky.social•54 days ago

a thing i think blocks this out is people imagine themselves as like being a part of the party in an *active, influential* sense, that they are constituents that the dems will listen to and noooo no no no no. not even the well to do suburban hashtag resist types if they can't afford donor meetings

themilfmag.net•54 days ago

yeah

spacetwinks.bsky.social•54 days ago

the donor connection is twofold here. yes, a lot of it is about money, capital, power thereof. but there's an intertwined part, beyond raw accumulation of wealth; these are people they know personally, interact with regularly. they are friends, colleagues, they *exist* in the elected dems mind.

robotlyra.bsky.social•54 days ago

This also explains the infuriating way that watching congressional proceedings sometimes feels like watching Sam the Sheepdog and Ralph the Wolf cartoons where they're friends as soon as they punch the clock for the day. Republican reps are more visible as colleagues than any random dem voter.

spacetwinks.bsky.social•54 days ago

yeah, it's one of the reasons i'm a very "every motivation at once" perspective on a lot of political stuff. is it about class interests, protecting capital? yes. is it ALSO genuinely about decorum and buddy buddy country club shit? yes.

these are not contradicting motives, but reinforcing ones.

spacetwinks.bsky.social•54 days ago

you, even the 'you' of the suburban class with regular actblue donations, do not exist in their mind the same way. you aren't 'real' to electeds the same way these wealthier people they interact with daily are.

you can think of it like a country club or gated community. and you're not a member.

spacetwinks.bsky.social•54 days ago

it's the part of donors that isn't just raw bribes. it's getting elected's time. it's getting their ear. it's becoming familiar, personal with them, in a way that you could never hope to. it's becoming someone who *matters* to electeds in a way that faceless masses of voters can't.

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