They want what trump wants. Is that not obvious at this point? Americans are dumber than rocks.
We’re not all dumb, some of us are just full of hate, fears, and insecurities.
Why does anyone think there are still chances left?
edit: to clarify, I mean there are no more chances to “halt the erosion of US democracy”–it done eroded already. We’re starting over now. The only thing we don’t know yet is whether the coming elections will be free and fair. If they are, we can start rebuilding with a new movement to replace the old failed parties. If not, other steps will wind up being taken, one way or another.
The only thing we don’t know yet is whether the coming elections will be free and fair.
Um, i suppose hell coukd freeze over.
Edit: adding this link to post about Elon spending $120M in election bribes https://lemmy.world/post/50280608
Honestly this reply is a solid way to put it, there’s a lot that can’t be said until it’s time to talk about it. It does come down to November and if we have elections that are fair it should be a sweep. We’re seeing already in smaller red districts huge flips, so if its anything but a totally blow out something was going on. My guess is Dems stopped saying what they’re going to do so a plan can’t be made against it, everyone just locked in held their ground and shut up. Couple more months, america in the balance, somethings gonna happen either way. The most important midterms I’ve ever seen personally.
Fully believe Trump will send ice and militias out to attack polling stations or something like this.
I also think this. But I also thought the No Kings protesters were going to be masss murdered and the world cup teams were going to end up in detention camps, so hopefully things won’t be as bad as I think this time either
What if we just gave the Argentinian team to ICE.
You know you paused just now and considered it for a second.
But I also thought the No Kings protesters were going to be masss murdered
Well, given the tools the cops are given, there is still time, I suppose.
Voters do. Democrats don’t. This is a voter issue at this point and framing it like a political party is gonna come save you is why people are apathetic.
the democratic party will actively try to eff us over like they always do. We have to hold them accountable for their actions or we may as well just let AIPAC openly run the party.
This is how I see the author of this article tbh
Is that the flag of israel with a rainbow on both sides ?
Basically this is a typical chudlib. They think they are actually on the right side of history, because they support “democracies” like Israel, and the only worthy cause they stand up for is the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. But when it comes to Palestinans, they’re quiet.
They claim to hate dictators and dictatorships, and believe that there is absolutely nothing wrong or immoral with NATO and the western world hegemony. That’s why they have a blinding hatred for China, and think it’s very brave of them to be anti China.
They think is just an oopsie by yanks, that it’s as easy as voting to get rid of him.
Basically a stupid chud that hasn’t spent a minute thinking critically about anything.
Haven’t you ever seen a wojak before? Lol
Alright ! I don’t know what wojak is, will look up. sounds like a canadian wild beast heheh
Gay Isreal flag = Hamas hates gays (but so does Isreal)
Cheetah = Trump
Teddy bear in China = Winnie the Pooh comparisons to Xi is banned in China
worthless fucking article
democrats are the FUCKING PROBLEM
citizens have to fix this
What is a Democrat?
A miserable pile of secrets?
I don’t really care what you call us, we need to fight fascism in the immediate future. Ideally we can reform the establishment dems along the way, but that’s going to be a longer term goal.
I admire your optimism.
“Vote democrat so this two-headed snake can continue eating the world.”
The reds are there to convince the blatantly racist and homophobic white supremacist base (and bigger morons), the blues are there to convince those who aren’t like that but are selfish/ignorant enough to want to keep the status quo for their own material comfort, eating a good chunk of American propaganda and continuing the imperialist agenda, but without feeling morally ugly about it. 🤷♂️
So the alternative is?
Become apathetic and let the cons and their Republican Party win, I guess.
Not sure. Maybe we rally around Schumer for president, 2028? At least we know what his platform is.
/s.
It would help if they publicly said they will remove him and his criminals from the government. I don’t wanna hear anything about it being a time for healing and reaching across the isle.
Oh look it’s this headline again. Just like every election in my entire life.
Yeah totally, everything going on right now is the same as it’s always been, very astute observation.
Every election has been the most important one ever, with Democrats winning the only way to save literally the entire world.
Maybe they shouldn’t have been so melodramatic in the past.
Your mistake was assuming the world ending meant everyone would die.
What it really meant was the ending of your ability to control your own destiny, and we are in fact in the latter stages of the closing of that noose, no matter how much the “we’ll just grow a community garden in our commune” people like to delude themselves that the system will let them go.
Well at least it’s finally happening so I won’t have to care about politics anymore.
Well yes, but also the current corruption level is way more public and way more massive than I can remember in my many years on this space rock.
Democrats will likely win but then they’ll remember who holds their purse and the billionaire Epstein-class will tighten their grip on us plebs even more.
It really is mind-melting to see how liberals respond to the Clintons relative to Trump.
What, voting for them and then ragging on them non-stop for stupid shit like ending welfare and supporting Iraq II: Nookyoular Boogaloo?
You know he ran against Bush the I and Bob Dole, right. And she ran against the demented rapist crook.
Seems pretty straightforward really. Unless you meant the Australian Liberals, then, probably, yeah.
Yeah yeah, primaries, Bernie, DNC, i got ya. But look - on voting day a competent liberal is better than an incompetent rapist sycophant, n’est-ce pas?
You know he ran against Bush the I and Bob Dole, right.
Then worked hand-in-glove with Phil Graham and Larry Pressler to dismantle the US regulatory state, sure.
And she ran against the demented rapist crook.
How the Hillary Clinton campaign deliberately “elevated” Donald Trump with its “pied piper” strategy
But look - on voting day a competent liberal is better than an incompetent rapist sycophant, n’est-ce pas?
First show me some of the former. A congo line of Andrew Cuomos and Gavin Newsoms and Gretchen Whitmires and Bob Menendezes and Michael Flynns have not been kind to the liberal party over the last generation.
How many Democrats spent a decade sucking up to Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg for a bucket of money, back in the Obama Era? How many worked hand-in-glove with Amazon and Boeing and Palantir, in the name of economic growth? How many sat on the board of Walmart and Goldman Sachs and Ford Motor Company, while pretending a liberal populism?
At some point, you have to take the blinders off.
Both Clintons were extremely competent and did good things.
Yeah Clinton was freaked out by Fox News’ takeover of the Chud-Americans and Congresses full of Klansmen and yes he got seekrit blowjobs and liiiiiiiieeeed about it which affected his plans but championships are a crapshoot, you get what you get.
Do we need to scrape up some “what good did clinton do” to make that case? I’m sure people who weren’t alive or whelped then may need some additional context in the lefty hole here.
I hate these accounts that pretend both parties are the same and strategically forget that when the republicans got power they stacked all the courts they could leading to this point.
If Clinton had won over Trump the world would be a better place just like if Harris had won over Trump too.
Only if people don’t vote in primaries…
That’s the part I never understand, all these fucking accounts saying it’s not worth fighting before the general, complete fucking silent during the last primary, and won’t dona damn thing before the next one in two years
If shits half as bad as you all say it is:
Go fucking volunteer with your state party and make it better.
Sitting online telling anyone with a D by their name is the same is the shit Republicans and Russians pay people money to do; don’t do it for free.
Part of the problem is the DNC rigging past primaries against exactly the sort of change people want. But this time will the DNC pinky swear to run a clean and fair primary?
This isn’t nationals. There’s too many races here (every House seat and 33 Senate seats) for them to fight every progressive candidate. That’s why you occasionally see them give up and endorse a few progressives here and there.
Also, most of their work is done in the primaries. They tend to just accept the D candidate once that is done and over with. That’s what happened with Mamdmi. Mostly because that’s honestly more important than the real election, and also because they kind of have to to keep the ruse up.
I’ve been voting in primaries since the year 2000. When will it start to work?
It’s starting to work now. DSA is winning primaries all over the place.
It took the French hundreds of years and multiple revolutions to overcome their nobility. 25 years is not that long in the wide view of things. Especially when you want to achieve change peacefully, which we should.
What a stupid world.
When there’s enough people doing similar.
It’s almost as if you don’t count at all unless you vote. Amazing really.
If there are that many unhappy people then a difference actually could be made. Assuming they do anything.
Oh so it’s never gonna work. Gotcha.
Democrats are complicit. They have no motivation for the bulk of the citizenry to win.
establishment Dems, sure. but there are insurgent leftists winning national primaries all over the country.
My only concern is the money musk is pushing for the right. Money equals votes and always has, the dnc refuses to help anyone not establishment. I hope the money won’t matter, but I think it will.
We’ve seen quite a few time that Musk has ended up spoiling votes. Because he did quite a good job tanking his own rep with the DOGE BS last yeast.
Money can’t trump voters when voters are paying attention.
Many of these leftists are soc dems who just want nicer capitalism unfortunately
yes, It cant possibly be the DNC centrists fault, who have been in charge forever. Its dem socialists who are to blame. Why did Omar and AOC do this to all of us?
/s
anarchist praxis is a lot easier under nice capitalism than it is under fascism
Fucking thank you. For the left, we are voting for our opposition. Either party will fight us but the democrats at least will kinda listen at least some and can be influenced. The fascist wouldn’t even give lip service and in fact will create laws to jail the left and crack down on it even more.
I mean I’ll take nicer capitalism over fascism
Im hopeful but the show aint over til the lady sings in November and we have a fascist wannabe dictator in office who can convince people to be violent.
“Democrats have one chance” …so we’re fucked.
Not voting. Letting this dumpster fire the maga set just go on instead. Maybe 50+ years of horrible living will fix it in the long run. If it was fixed tomorrow then they will keep doing this stunt every 4 years with the excuse that no civil war or nazi camps happened. I want it to happen to prove a point now. Fuck my country so hard.
Maybe 50+ years of horrible living will fix it in the long run.
Just ask North Korea, EZ.
Congrats, youre a Nazi collaborator.
I hope this is just temporary nihilism. If you’re serious, this might be the most pathetic thing I’ve read in weeks.
