It leads to apathetic voters too, democrats who dont bother voting because they figure it won't change anything.
The dems have an identity crisis, they are so aggravatingly centrist in an attempt to swing votes, that they've become incredibly passive in their approach. Republicans are determined to completely restructure America according to their ideology. Dems are so politically inclusive in their approach, trying to cater to "far left", left, centrist AND slight right conservative that they are paralyzed concerning policy. The very best thing they can do is a 5% tax cut for the working class? Seriously?
I think if they went further left with candidates like Bernie, existing dems would be much more compelled to go out and vote. Right now they have zero commitment, almost none of Biden's policies came to fruition.
I think Harris and Walz were good candidates but their pitch was simply unappealing. The average american has been hurting bad the last 4 years. Harris' pitch was to maintain the degrading status-quo while trump promised to do SOMETHING. Whether or not that something is successful doesn't matter, people are sick of slowly getting crushed by costs of living.
On top of that, dems have done a load of jack shit in power, even with a majority for half of the last term. Most of the policies Biden promised never came to fruition. Just sitting back and slowly letting the people shrivel. Advertising themselves as "maintaining the status-quo" isn't appealing for the average voter. As a Harris voter, I say that dem voters have an apathy problem.
Yeah, I think a lot of dem voters have grown really apathetic. Democrat leaders hardly do anything so there's a sense of pointlessness. It feels like their pitch is "we're gonna fix everything by doing nothing! Trust us guys it's gonna work this time!". Trump says a bunch of bat shit crazy stuff that at least makes seem hes committed. I think that's the key here.
I voted for Harris but I can't help but feel democrats did this to themselves. We've held a decent amount of power over the last 20 years but have done shockingly little. Just slowly letting our country dry and shrivel, leaving people increasingly desperate. Times like these make people seek change, ANY CHANGE, including voting for a dictator. Status-quo politics will fail every time during times like these. Who wants to die slowly?
All authoritarian countries are born from desperation. Chinese communist party, Nazi Germany, the USSR, Iran, North Korea and soon America.
Its been scary seeing a massive, anti-ukrainian conservative wave after the Ukraine invasion. I was shocked seeing it happen in Europe, especially with Italy Slovakia, and with Hungary and Turkey incumbents somehow staying in power despite economic catastrophes. Now I am horrified to see it has spread to America.
I've been watching the war closely and was hoping that Ukraine could win after increased aid after the election, but it looks like its going to dry up. This reminds me of pro-Hitler Americans during WW2. Shouting "America first!" And clamoring to cut aid to Britain and the USSR.
Again we see "America first!" While cutting support to Europe, Ukraine, Korea, Japan, and everyone else, except Israel (funny how that works?). I dont think there was any time "america first" wasn't a fascist dog whistle.
I am now scared the Ukraine war will be akin to the Polish uprising during Nazi occupation. A united, determined people, brave enough to frighten the devil, crushed by overwhelming ignorance and fascism.
Minus the "leftist" part of his argument, his assumption is correct. Reasonable laws and measures can be abused by power to oppress the people. Give the government an inch of power and they will take it a mile.
Using grounds of "preventing the spread of rabies" authorities invaded this man's home and killed his pets. Keep this in mind whenever giving the government any power. It is clear trump wants as much power as possible, even complimenting Hitler's generals for their loyalty and obedience.
Pro tip, make the premade stuff. Make like a gallon of pasta sauce and freeze/can it all. Make like 5 pounds of meatballs and freeze them.
I like to make my pasta sauce when I can, from tomatoes. If you are a fast chopper, it goes by really quickly. Super thin slice it, add some diced enough, maybe some shredded carrot and celery, add some crushed garlic, salt, pepper and some seasonings. In around an hour or so you will have made a bunch of it.
Also look for professional advice for canning, cause idk if my way is the safest. I boil some water in the can in the microwave, dump it then add the pasta sauce, and close it really tight with an oven mitt.
I also grind my own meat, with just a knife. Dice the meat into small cubes and mince it for a while. I do it until it can form a cohesive meatball. Also consider what you'll use it for, if its just being tossed in a bolognese sauce, it doesn't need to be so fine.
You can make pizzas ahead of time too, roll the dough, add marinara, mozzarella and wrap it in foil and put it in the freezer.
I make my own stock too. I'll collect bones and veggie scraps in a freezer bag, and when it's full, I dump it in a slow cooker, set it and forget it. The store bought stuff is basically just water. If it's tasteless, it's baseless.
I've also frozen lasagna portions too, fully cooked. If raw its impossible to cook them without completely de-thawing them.
I also have a box of instant cake batter I mixed together myself. It's like a year old but it's still not terrible!
We didnt give it away, we actively cast it into an active volcano