crusa187 @ crusa187 @lemmy.ml

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I’m sure the urge to just walk away is incredibly strong. I’m proud of AOC and those like her for continuing to do what they can while in the DC trenches. We need people in positions of power like hers to build the supporting foundation for a widespread revolution in order to wrest power back from the oligarchy.

I would not take that bet my friend. New party is the way, the Dems are refusing us any alternative. Octogenarians aren’t exactly known for their adaptability to evolving landscapes. Same can be said of the establishment corporate robots

Worth the price that must be paid

What a dumbass - the only reason Americans are paying this price is because of the tariffs. Instead of raising money by ensuring corporations and the rich oligarch donors pay their taxes, American consumers are getting double taxed with 0 representation. Truly vile, this is a robbery of historic proportions.

Biden admin had 4 years to stop fascism in its tracks. They didn’t even begin to pretend to do something until 2 years in. And you expect people to vote for more of that? Interesting strategy, but sadly doomed to fail.

Unfortunately for Dems, many Americans are no longer under the spell of mainstream media running cover for their corruption. Americans deserve actual representation in their government. Dems can either stop accepting bribe money and start fighting to improve people’s lives, or they can continue to lose. When the only choices are Hitler vs Hitler lite, the last election has shown people will just vote Hitler, or perhaps not vote at all. I’m not claiming this is a good direction for the country, rather pointing out facts concerning the election which could be useful learnings for Dems if they care about winning. Here’s another fact for you: they don’t.

Do you realize that compared to 2020, Dems lost more voters than the total amount of third party voters in ‘24? By about 3 times. It made 0 difference. Those voters exercised their constitutional right to vote for the party they thought best represented them. What right do you have to demand they vote democrat instead?

It is the responsibility of the party to win the votes, not the responsibility of the voter to support “their team.” You coming on here and attacking people for not wanting to further entrench the oligarchy’s grip on our society is precisely the divide and conquer effect I’m talking about. I get that you’re upset because of how things are going, but you have to realize that demanding something different is our only way out of this mess.

Yeah, this is all the voters’ fault!

Quite the naive take you have there, playing right into the divide and conquer strategy which fascists love to employ.

Many of those protest voters have been intensely pressuring the DNC to make serious changes to their leadership to signify they do actually intend to learn something from their defeat and do better next time. So far, Dems have largely refused to do so. In fact Dems seem intent on making the same mistakes again in the next election cycle - so buckle up for an even more devastating loss next time. Hell, I wouldn’t be surprised if they somehow find a way to forego a democratic primary again in ‘28, if we make it that far. It will be alright though, for them - they have been assured the donor checks will keep coming, and they can continue grifting with insider trading through the next term. Just like these fossils have been doing for the past 50 years.

Dems/Liberalism can not save us from fascism.

I want it at the federal level so these corrupt dinosaurs are forced out of their leadership positions within the party. Where do we have anything like this in America?

Couldn’t agree more, time to fire up the “Recall Them All” initiative!

FFS, we need age and term limits right now

Mmm, puppies!

No, I mean America.

Just like we handled Covid then. Brilliant.

After repealing the fairness doctrine and the conglomeration of news networks into multinational corporations, profit is now all that matters to them.

All those campaign bribes which corrupt our politicians and prevent them from doing things to materially improve our lives? Mostly going right into the pockets of news corps as ad revenue.

It’s a dangerous downward spiral of misinformation, gaslighting, and grifting.

black women vote Republican in the 90-95% range

Surely you meant they vote Dem in this range.

There is nothing “good” about the US enabling genocide and preventing the ICC from prosecuting war criminals. Biden admitted he is a war criminal on a nationally televised interview shortly before leaving office. The word you’re looking for is “indefensible.”

I don’t think they expect this one to hold water, but it does serve as an excellent distraction from all the other nefarious shit coming down the pipe. Don’t lose sight of that other stuff - especially attempts to liquidate the treasury into $doge, $trump, or any other shit coin. That is the monumental heist they’re gunning for, make no mistake.

Naomi is brilliant and you’re right, her book perfectly describes what is happening to us right now. Thanks for elevating it into the conversation!