You want a nice little technocrat that is quiet and doesn't rock the boat. This is exactly why fascists steamrolled you! The party as it stands now is not an effective bulwark against fascism because it's not leftist, it's centrist and captured by special interests. You don't want to win. - ThreadSky

stormsquall.bsky.social • 16 days ago

You want a nice little technocrat that is quiet and doesn't rock the boat. This is exactly why fascists steamrolled you! The party as it stands now is not an effective bulwark against fascism because it's not leftist, it's centrist and captured by special interests.

You don't want to win.

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rebecca-claire.bsky.social•16 days ago

No. I want 3 co-equal branches of government. Preferably controlled by Dems, ideally as far left as we can go before that tricky horseshoe to fascism I mentioned quite a while ago.

rebecca-claire.bsky.social•16 days ago

I want people who don’t break Congress for personal gain or to “own the ___” in charge of the Legislature so they can make the laws that help people. And I’d love to ban them from trading stocks & accepting gifts.

rebecca-claire.bsky.social•16 days ago

I want a judiciary that isn’t bought to rule on the laws. Preferably one that thinks women are people & LGBTQ+ people are people & all races/religions/ethnicities are people (I know, it’s a lot to ask).

rebecca-claire.bsky.social•16 days ago

I want a POTUS who isn’t busy lining their own pockets to enact those laws. Or veto the ones that aren’t good. One who isn’t out for personal vendettas who can’t be goaded into disaster by a mean tweet.

rebecca-claire.bsky.social•16 days ago

The key is getting money out of politics & reestablishing that corporations aren’t people. Money shouldn’t be treated like protected speech. There should be a public fund for elections & truncated campaigns.

stormsquall.bsky.social•16 days ago

I agree here.

stormsquall.bsky.social•16 days ago

Then make better candidate choices.

rebecca-claire.bsky.social•16 days ago

We had a great one. Literally full of good ideas & competence.

Run folks locally & state wide. You can’t run a no name for POTUS. And that’s not where actual power lies when we have functional members of Congress instead of the clown show winning gerrymandered districts (state & local fixes this).

stormsquall.bsky.social•16 days ago

Then pack the courts in our favor and elect leftist candidates with leftist policy to effectively stop fascists.

rebecca-claire.bsky.social•16 days ago

Great! Who’s running? I’m up to date in my area & vote as far left as possible. But I ALWAYS pick one of the available options. And for POTUS, it has to always be the Dem until another party gets enough national standing to knock one of the 2 front runners down to “3rd party” (preferably the gop).

stormsquall.bsky.social•16 days ago

It *was* Bernie. Right now, the party is shit out of luck.

stormsquall.bsky.social•16 days ago

Anyone who unironically says horseshoe is suspect as a radical centrist.

What makes you think you'll get that when fascists are currently in the house lighting it on fire? Why... why must you make bad decisions repeatedly when they're already here.

rebecca-claire.bsky.social•16 days ago

I’m not the one making bad decisions. I’m out here fighting to claw back rights I’ve already lost & to protect rights for strangers I’ll never need. Your philosophy is how we got here, fighting for our lives. I’m probably farther left than you, but I’m not letting "perfect" be the enemy of "good.”

stormsquall.bsky.social•16 days ago

No, you're repeating the strategy that delivered you the loss.

rebecca-claire.bsky.social•16 days ago

What delivered the loss is folks not understanding that any POTUS vote outside the top 2 is just a spoiler. It may as well be a vote for your least favorite candidate. If we had ranked choice & killed the super racist electoral college, vote however your heart feels. Until then, it’s Dem or fascism.

stormsquall.bsky.social•16 days ago

Most people don't use their vote as a utilitarian tool. It's vibes. You're not going to change that. You have to change to meet that.

Blaming people for not voting for you does literally nothing.

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