Sorry, no, we're not doing the "thinktank guys and journos blame the little people for the Democrats' failure to push back against fascism at all" this time. 2017 was eight years ago. This time you're going to have solidarity with the people. - ThreadSky

worstplace.bsky.social • 32 days ago

Sorry, no, we're not doing the "thinktank guys and journos blame the little people for the Democrats' failure to push back against fascism at all" this time. 2017 was eight years ago. This time you're going to have solidarity with the people.

Reposted from Stephen Nuñez

Modification: "Everybody who was supposed to protect you from this failed miserably including you, the public."

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socio-steve.bsky.social•32 days ago

I mean the democrats obviously fucked up and so did the media. Our institutions are utterly broken. And also he won the election. So yes the public is also to blame.

socio-steve.bsky.social•32 days ago

Voters have agency. If we don't think they have agency then we are in a really scary philosophical discussion about the nature of democracy.

asseenoncctv.bsky.social•32 days ago

if they wanted us to have agency they'd put a "none of the above" option on the ballots

worstplace.bsky.social•32 days ago

You have to understand how naive you sound when you appeal to the "nature of democracy" in a country that has never had anything approaching free and fair elections but has nonetheless seen a massive concerted effort to further weaken the power of organizers and disenfranchise voters.

socio-steve.bsky.social•32 days ago

worstplace.bsky.social•32 days ago

Your argument is essentially, "Yes, there were high winds, and yes there were waves crashing on the vessel from all directions, and yes, the boat itself had a leak, but the captain is still responsible for not steering the ship to shore."

socio-steve.bsky.social•32 days ago

Are the plurality of people who voted for Donald Trump responsible for their vote?

socio-steve.bsky.social•32 days ago

This can be limited responsibility of course...they were misled, they didn't know, they didn't understand...just trying to determine what if any culpability ordinary people have for their actions.

worstplace.bsky.social•32 days ago

This is not a meaningful question if you truly believe that all our institutions are broken. You work in anti-poverty policy, you know how hard it is to break through the propaganda. Think about all the misconceptions about low-income people that have lived in the public mind for decades despite all

twomard.bsky.social•31 days ago

How much responsibility does an individual voter have compared to the Democratic party?

worstplace.bsky.social•32 days ago

It's not my fault that Joe Biden is an egomaniac who refused to step aside even though he goes to bed in the late afternoon. It's not my fault that this forced a rushed campaign by Harris, and that she listened to the stupidest advisors she could find. It's not my fault they both supported genocide.

andhewolf.bsky.social•32 days ago

I voted for him to hold Donald Trump accountable for things and he chose not to do that and instead armed and enabled a genocide and turned around and told me there was nothing he could do about that either.

worstplace.bsky.social•32 days ago

I've hated Joe Biden with a burning passion for over a decade and a half now and even I voted for the soulless shit.

worstplace.bsky.social•32 days ago

If it were up to me, Merrick Garland would be trapped in a bubble prison in the Mariana Trench. It ain't the people who screwed this up.

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