Sometimes people who don't know me get upset & say: 'aren't you ever satisfied?' when it comes to something re: politicians. The answer is unequivocally NO. You shouldn't be either. They only move when pushed AND even when pushed they don't deliver on the most bold demands. There you have it. - ThreadSky

prisonculture.bsky.social • 96 days ago

Sometimes people who don't know me get upset & say: 'aren't you ever satisfied?' when it comes to something re: politicians. The answer is unequivocally NO. You shouldn't be either. They only move when pushed AND even when pushed they don't deliver on the most bold demands. There you have it.

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alilnightmusing.bsky.social•96 days ago

That’s politics.

acousticalchaos.bsky.social•96 days ago

And if you get it, you still have to apply pressure to keep it.

empoficecream202.bsky.social•96 days ago

And that’s why The Left never wins power. They are temperamentally unable to build coalitions and “Leftists” make terrible allies.

feliciahart.bsky.social•96 days ago

If politicians wanted to get less shit they should hand more power directly to their constituents such as in Participatory Budgeting. But that's not what they want.

kaitensatsuma.bsky.social•96 days ago

It took a *hell* of a lot of protesting - not all of it peaceful - to fix the Civil Rights Act.

We fought a Civil War over slavery - and then didn't actually end slavery

MLK Jr. said it best: These White Folks think they're so fucking smart.

mcvillaseca.bsky.social•96 days ago

I would venture that most people don’t know who their city council/school board people, state assembly/senators, federal rep/senators are much less have contact info for them.

spunkyblah.bsky.social•96 days ago

Also, you can be satisfied with one thing and unsatisfied with another. If I ever get satisfied with how US elections are run, that doesn’t somehow mean I’m satisfied with our judicial system.

disnothus.bsky.social•96 days ago

Amazon damn near has more power in my state than the government, of course I'm not satisfied!

strangebirds.bsky.social•96 days ago

Absolutely - we should make demands/push for follow through, thank them when they move, and follow up with, "and now..." and move onto the next topic. Politicians are like anyone else - lazy until they need to not be - and a large motivator for politicos is voter communication.

fuzzymike.bsky.social•96 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/fuzzymike.bsky.social/post/3kc4pss66rj2g

emilyjanehubb.bsky.social•96 days ago

As an elected official I agree.

73k.us•96 days ago

What am I supposed to be satisfied with? People need to elaborate…

fermissocks.bsky.social•96 days ago

Does anyone have a boss that's ever "satisfied" fully? Doubt many do. Politicians should be the same.

estarianne.bsky.social•96 days ago

I'll be satisfied when everyone has everything they need to thrive.

renakj.bsky.social•95 days ago

for people with capitalism brain rot: pretend that you’re a shareholder and your elected officials are the CEOs of a public company.

aditijuneja3.bsky.social•96 days ago

I think the way democracy works is we’re never supposed to be satisfied

wrongwritegirl.bsky.social•96 days ago

I think that's specific to capitalist democracy.

aditijuneja3.bsky.social•96 days ago

When I say never enough, I def don’t mean in the context of consumerism. I mean that governance by and for the people should always be evolving and improving because the people and their needs are always changing.

wrongwritegirl.bsky.social•96 days ago

I was more referring to the way lobbying and campaign contributions influences democratically elected politicians to stop legislation that improves our lives over the profits of multinational corporations and their subsidiaries.

kaitensatsuma.bsky.social•96 days ago

You're both right just in different ways

tom-from-mpls.bsky.social•96 days ago

money in politics is a constant counter-progressive pressure. It's never pressure to "do this but better", it's almost invariably "stop doing that at all"

tubapeter.bsky.social•96 days ago

To stay motivated and emotionally healthy, it's important to enjoy the rare successes - maybe even give yourself a little treat - but that's not being satisfied.

sapphiccryptid.bsky.social•96 days ago

"Squeaky wheel gets the grease" - so I'll be satisfied the day everything is perfect.

goddessjuli.bsky.social•96 days ago

ah, another example of gaslighting! “can’t you just be quiet already” erm no have you seen this place

kadasaurus.bsky.social•96 days ago

You should always be angry about politicians. They work FOR US and they often forget that.

whtabtpineapple.bsky.social•96 days ago

True! I hadn’t thought of it this way but yep you are right again. They need that constant pressure and deserve it since that’s the role they signed up for.

bubblepipemedia.bsky.social•96 days ago

I mean, I would love to be satisfied?

“Aren’t you ever satisfied” mf yes, help me fix this so I can go there

But I don’t think it will happen in any of our lifetimes at this rate

hof1991.bsky.social•96 days ago

Sometimes pleased. Never satisfied.

tom-from-mpls.bsky.social•96 days ago

Heard this the other day: voting progressive doesn't guarantee you'll get good government policy but voting conservative guarantees you will not. (and obviously, the vote itself is just the start, as you say)

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