the democratic party strategy of offering zero counter narratives to anything happening in the country will work out and tank donald trumps agenda any day now
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Listen guys, I know they’re ignoring the courts, gutting independent nonprofits, threatening our allies, and taking rights from trans people, but if we just play dead and give them everything they want, the Repubs will come back to negotiate with us trust /s
...especially when they're compromising on the political issues (voters rights, access to ballot, judicial review, legitimate use of power, balance of power, nonpartisan independence, etc.) that allow them to get elected in the first place.
No you see we have to let all the bad things happen so we can get him in the midterms. That's how you do politics; let your country and its people be destroyed and put in bondage so you can collect donations in a couple of years.
there's an episode of Blackadder where they're facing execution and Baldrick's cunning plan is "We do nothing until they chop our heads off and THEN we run around like a chicken with its head cut off and run to freedom", which is The Democrats dot txt.
People mock them now but come 2026 you know everyone's gonna be like "man I sure am glad the Dems did nothing to meaningfully oppose Trump, I fucking love voting for cowards!"
they have no ideas, it’s wild, like people are fucking PISSED and the dems are so fucking feckless that they can’t even make an effort to capitalize on that anger
NGL, I'm fairly convinced the US leadership has reached a critical mass of Being Fucking Old where they are completely uninterested in governance or advancing any form of progressive agenda. Most of them are fine with just maintaining their privilege. And a good bunch of them are
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also zionists who will gladly let the whole of the U.S. burn with every single citizen in a concentration camp as long as the palestinian genocide continues and Israel is allowed to murder entire populations without repercussion.
It’s a long-term strategy, like me buying lotto tickets. One day, without any effort or change by me, and by factors that have nothing to do with me, it will pay off
At the national level, Dems have been ineffective since 1965 when LBJ threw his landslide vote in the toilet to bomb North Vietnam in a misguided effort to avoid the GOP's playing the national security card. They have only won when the GOP shot itself in the foot with Watergate, recessions, etc.
Dems are operating under the old playbook where the counter narratives don't really start until the midterm cycle begins. I think GOP will get crushed in the midterms no matter what but so much damage will happen between now and then bc Dems are waiting to mobilize.
"GOP will get crushed in the midterms"
i appreciate that you're speaking cautiously, maybe even optimistically. but expecting midterms is oldthink.
this is the New American Empire. we're already here. if voting ever happens again, it will only be putin-esque theater.
Yeah, they've laid so much groundwork to actually fix elections in their favor and those they don't or can't, to delegitimize. They were sure they were going to lose this last one, too. I think their winning actually shocked them and probably emboldened them to pull all this they're trying now.
again, i appreciate the optimism. but i also don't see the attempt to describe reality as fatalism.
it is important to know where we are so we know how to get to where we want to go.
the sooner we admit that elections won't save us, the sooner we can pivot to more effective means.
his stated plan is that if Trump's popularity goes under 40% *AND* Americans take to the streets en masse, then Democrats will... "be with them" or some shit? The goalposts to trigger them to do anything are always moving but even then his plan is to let the American public handle it lmfao
But by then people are going to be just as fed up with the democrats, which is something they don't seem to understand.
2024 was as much a referendum about politics as usual as anything else, and a bunch of do nothing's that are waiting for the public to lead them are status quo.
They're too high on their own supply of really being the voice of the people so they live and die by polls and voting because that's the only thing they use as a metric. Its why they're so intent on people voting; they need to know they have permission to act because that's how it works, ideally
Dems like Schumer believe that their job is to channel "the will of the people," a thing they think has fixed parameters and should not/cannot be manipulated through politics. He made it clear yesterday that he really does anticipate an inflection point at which all Americans will just say "enough."
That's because they don't know what "working" is anymore... they really seem to believe "working class" is the lumberjack in west virginia and NOBODY else...
They're not even attempting to build up a new leader, or establish a strong, unifying message or ideology. Democrats aren't promoting strong house or senate members, nothing. They're so complicit it's frustrating
Lotta friends are convinced the entire country is filled w/ *inherintly* rabid transphobes rather than the dems not bothering to counter ANYTHING ever.
Ppl listen to authority!
Imagine if Schumer said
"Why would you call someone Bob if they said their name is Susan, stop being rude to people."
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step 2: ??????
step 3: win
We will be declassifying the JFK, Epstein, and UFO records
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also zionists who will gladly let the whole of the U.S. burn with every single citizen in a concentration camp as long as the palestinian genocide continues and Israel is allowed to murder entire populations without repercussion.
i appreciate that you're speaking cautiously, maybe even optimistically. but expecting midterms is oldthink.
this is the New American Empire. we're already here. if voting ever happens again, it will only be putin-esque theater.
it is important to know where we are so we know how to get to where we want to go.
the sooner we admit that elections won't save us, the sooner we can pivot to more effective means.
2024 was as much a referendum about politics as usual as anything else, and a bunch of do nothing's that are waiting for the public to lead them are status quo.
If you ignore the fact that he got to serve 2 terms and got most of his legislative agenda accomplished...
Which the Dems don't seem to care about or understand that ppl care about it.
Ppl listen to authority!
Imagine if Schumer said
"Why would you call someone Bob if they said their name is Susan, stop being rude to people."
maybe wearing pink suits and holding up signs too
I'm sorry
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