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Sweetie, that's not centerists, that's a typical liberal that gets nothing done.
ETA: also, don't mistake this comment for a pro-conservative comment- I am leftist through and through, it is just that liberal parties have a history of lowering standards in the name of not stepping on toes and therefore not making a lot of progress, while spouting all these virtuous things they "believe in".
It's actually fucking amazing, having a moderate view and not falling for this culture war bullshit makes us the crazy ones
But yeah, happily crazy and non-conforming for forming my own beliefs based on what I see with my own eyes.
When I am talking about being centrist in a place that's not America for a second. Which I and many people are.
Choosing a party that fits my belief more aligns with The Labour Party / Liberal Democrats and The Green Party. Which means actively recognising problems with each.
The Conservatives have a history of slimy corruption, for every 1 good conservative there are 10 others who will screw someone over at any chance they get.
Not to say Labour/Lib Dems and Green don't have those problems. They very much do have corruption. Nobody is immune to bad actors. It's important to recognise it.
Whenever I see shit in the US when it comes to politics. It's still the same; lobbiests working with either party in the countries worst interests. If you want to side with team democrat. Call that shit out. It's bad when your opposition does it, it's bad when your supported party does it.
Lobbying is legal bribery, it happens everywhere and each time a law gets passed/brutalised by the powers in charge it's bad. Doesn't matter what team colour you support.
Same shit happens in England with the Conservatives. Though instead of just weakening laws, they make sure that any changes benefit them or their friends.
This thread is a dumpster fire, and it's both sad and funny
Sweetie,
That kind of behavior is deeply patronizing, destructive to meaningful discussion and completely against the spirit of Lemmy. Please for the love of god, stop acting like this. Literally no one is going to listen to you if you do.
Also good job exposing yourself as a right-winger masquerading as a moderate.
Oh sweetie... You don't know what you're talking about.
I'm in the US so this is a US centric point but: what party was in power when roe was overturned? And I don't mean tell me the technical rules about why that happened I mean in real terms, how have the liberals exercised political power to implement actual change
Why are you arguing about what party was in power? It was the supreme court who did it....
And how are liberals supposed to enact rm change when they don't have enough of either house of Congress to do things by themselves and Republicans are determined to be obstructionist? Are they supposed to ignore the rules like Republicans did with Merrick Garland?
Because they're trying to demonstrate to you that liberal democrats are completely ineffective at stopping the growing fascist right, and quite honestly, they're right. The Democrats could have expanded the Supreme Court while Obama was in office, but they didn't. They could have pushed back on every little dumb thing the Republicans have done in the past 22 years, but they didn't, because they are legitimately just as terrible as they are.
You're just responding with condescension and vitriol because you know your position is weak, and it shows.
If the rules can be ignored then they aren't really rules are they