that the leading democrats would rather have president trump than president sanders (for instance) is obvious. also true is they would rather have dictator-for-life trump than have to give up any of their power in the party to anyone under 60
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People keep claiming Dems are unable to allow the party to change, but I need them to understand that if the party changes, it wouldn’t be *their* party. We are looking at this as an evolution impeded, the establishment, however, sees it as a death. AOC is the death or the party as they know it.
It's probably really bad that many highly paid, super powerful positions at corps and in government are held responsible for little more than parking their asses in comfy chairs and deciding where to go for lunch. Like, why leave if you're basically retired. It's enrichment activity.
People learn. I wouldn't have been ready to accept this in 2016, but I figured it out sometime in the Biden years. Other people are figuring it out now
Same thing happened with the Hungarian opposition. The former ruling party (MSZP) and their offshoot (DK) were happy to be in opposition till the end of humanity. Fortunately we (still) have a better electoral system so when a new viable party emerged the old opposition got replaced in one cycle
The thing (one of them anyway), is that if you're a politician who wants to appear progressive without actually making systemic changes, trump serves as an easy excuse for systemic change not happening, whereas if your party is in power, it's a lot harder to explain why you aren't doing anything.
unfortunately for them, the system is getting so much worse and quickly that their “well at least we’re not as bad as President Weimar Speedrun” is no longer convincing enough people to matter
I find they usually just do what they want and call it 'compromising' or 'reaching across the isle' see Obama putting republicans in key cabinet positions and capitulating to their nonsense when he absolutely didn't have to
well, it's obvious why. Trump will protect the status quo. the same status quo that allows for political contributions for the dems AND reps. Bernie would not protect the status quo.
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The Democratic Party must be destroyed if we want REAL change.
It cannot be reformed.
"Na... We just need to make the party even more straight, white, male and senile!"
Democrats never change.
They really have no choice.
they didn't care if harris would've won or lost, either way they still succumbed to be subjugated as shy bootlickers for trump nonetheless.
when in doubt, follow the money.