Agreed, unfortunately most of my fellow Americans are in the thrall of an amazing bread & circuses machine, and I fear the have forgotten how to get out of the tent/arena.
Yes, unfortunately still too many are. This is going to get ugly. I was so hoping it wouldn't, phonebanked, door knocked, textbanked did the postcard thing you name it.
The problem is the people we elected in 2020 fumbled the ball, they went back to biz as normal.
Here's another opportunity to learn from history.
After Carter was defeated in '79, there was no clear leader on the left. It remained like that until Clinton in '93. For 13 years, the party floundered.
You don't have 13 years to find a charismatic personality. Back then,protest and resist was king.
/2 If no clear lead comes forth, you'll have to take that page from history. Make noise. Keep the Ds voting against everything. Maybe in '26 you can get back one or both houses.
I understand that, and it won’t, only with memes and demonstrations. The people of East Germany, and Poland and in the end Russia ended their regime in 89. And a lot of places around the world did the same. It can be done. But right now it seems that the majority of Americans thinks it’s great.
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The problem is the people we elected in 2020 fumbled the ball, they went back to biz as normal.
After Carter was defeated in '79, there was no clear leader on the left. It remained like that until Clinton in '93. For 13 years, the party floundered.
You don't have 13 years to find a charismatic personality. Back then,protest and resist was king.