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The Democrats just have unsuccessful career criminals.

You lost the plot at "siding". I know you're incapable of understanding this, but "sides" aren't a thing when it comes to fascism. Every neck has the same boot on it, some of us just decided we don't want to kiss it.

You deep throat it all you want, it'll keep your ass nice and safe and warm for when the long dick of the law comes round to fuck it.

I bet people avoid you in your personal life.

Imagine siding with the dude who got mugged and not the mugger smh

We wouldn't in a functional democracy with a multi-party system and proportional representation

• The understood value of "poor" will also increase.

They should add a new amendment

Now more than just a river.

This reformist sentiment is how we got here with the Dems.

I could understand reform to an extent but holy fuck come on. They've demonstrated they really truly don't give a fuck about the leftist ideals they carry around like a vestigial organ.

Kamala "Do Not Come" Harris Joe "Nothing will fundamentally change" Biden (Bonus) Joe "Strongest union president ever until it might impact the economy" Biden Nancy "Insider trading is cool when I do it" Pelosi

They exist as the last wall between more serious leftists and actual change.

They co-opt and absorb grassroots movements and then talk them down into a whimper. (e.g. BLM, defund the police, single-payer, etc.) Usually the discourse devolves into "well it might be hard and take some time, and it's something we're not used to, and some people might be mad too, and oh the economy and jobs or something" and that's that. Dismissed until the next crisis, where we'll rinse and repeat.

Notice the verbiage when they're talking: "middle-class" this "middle-class" that. How often do they talk about the lower class? They usually don't, because they primarily want to appeal to the affluent and educated. Meanwhile actual leftist organization meet people where they are on the regular - hungry, unsheltered, endangered - instead of sitting at galas and fundraisers sucking the big green dollary dick and feeling really sad and concerned about those people on the street. But hey maybe more spikes on a bench and more camp raids will solve the problem. After all, they're making the place unsightly for their affluent, educated friends.

"When they go low we go high" is a hollow appeal to civility they use to say "aw shucks guys we tried real hard but then Republicans said no". How many times have Republicans whipped out that "one simple trick" to leverage their position? How many times are Democrats gonna say "hey man that's not cool" until they realize that honor or decorum are like boyscout merrit badges in the face of an opposition that demonstrates they don't give a fuck about any of that?

Right or "left" or anything in between - any time there's a labor dispute you can bet (and you'd be quite succesful) that within the first WEEK they'll be drumming up distrust amongst the working class:

They tell their fellow workers through the media "these union workers are making your shit cost more. Here's how much their asking for in wage increases."

To ask "well, couldn't the company just make a little bit less" is heresy. How could you suggest such a thing? They're a business dummy, they have to make money! Line goes up! Line go down is bad! Jobs and yadda yadda.

They frame the majority of the conversation in terms of monetary or fringe benefits for the workers. They report very little on the safety and PTO/QOL demands of the union.

In the case of Biden and railroad workers, they say "hey just play along and let the rail companies strategize and undermine you for a few more years while we try really super megahard to get you what you want". Newsflash if you didn't know: the element of surprise (within a short time frame) is important for strikes. Now that the companies know the union is willing to take it to that level, the railroad companies being in a position of power and control are in an advantageous position with that knowledge. And by the way nothing was ever done about the safety concerns the rail workers had with PSR or lean operation (or the being on call constantly), and shortly after Biden put down that strike the East Palestine disaster happened. And yeah those people aren't done with their suffering either. But hey at least you, out precious affluent, educated voter didn't have to do anything to support your fellow workers or deal with any upset in your life.

And then there's the laser-focus on identity issues. WHILE IMPORTANT, you know what most helps people in these groups fight for their rights? Better working conditions. Better benefits. Better healthcare. Better work-life balance. More time off to organize, more time off to participate in politics, or spend time with family, or do hobbies, or relax, or do anything that might give them solid footing against the ebbs and flows of capital and fight for themselves and their own rights and communities. Not that help from more advantaged people isn't useful, but when that's step one instead of step four or five it comes off as a "white man's burden" approach. Give them the foundation that every working person deserves.

No one's required to vote for your dog shit, milquetoast party and their old crusty ass kingmakers. And before you start coming at me with the usual stuff, I voted for Harris to buy more time for vulnerable people, leftists, and whatever semblance of free expression and journalism we have left. I sucked it up and put my opinions aside for a bit.

And wow what a fucking waste. How could that party fuck up so bad? Maybe they didn't pay enough money to political consultants? Surely that's the reason.

I'm done. I can't with them anymore. I've voted dem every single election since 08 and they can't seem to beat a literal fascist 2 out of 3 times. It's not because they aren't the progressive party, it's because they don't actually do anything. they talk, but don't act.

this does make sense. thank you for explaining it. i had always thought that retweet was the twitter word for reply (a reply that is also a tweet), but this makes way more sense.

Maybe charisma is their dump stat.

I can't speak to others but it's exhausting. All the "did something illegal" "got egg on the face of the US" "made a clown of himself". I can only be outraged for so long before I'm burned out. I've voted every election big and small. I've argued and talked with people about how bad this could be. I've told people who didn't know there are still literal wars going on and how there is an avenue for ww3. People don't care or they think trump is the one to see us through and any changes he wants to make are good.

What else can I do? I'm not going to take up arms because I still believe in our democracy.

And smash that like button!

This is part of why, as much grief as it gets, the 4B movement is something that can plausibly gain traction. Because it doesn't really require anyone "outing" themselves and thus putting themselves at risk, it can be done without coordination, leadership, and trust. Boycotts function on a similar premise.

They are a useful tool in some ways, but the issue is the relatively limited scope of what these sorts of efforts can accomplish.

I’m reading a book on this topic right now. It’s called civil resistance. Hope to find the answer soon!

I don’t even know what this text is in reference to and I have no concrete suggestions immediately. But I will be thinking, connecting, and sharing in the coming months as a strategy emerges. Trumpism can still be defeated. The election was plan A but it’s time to come up with plan B. I am thinking that it’s going to take massive organized civil disobedience. We directly disrupt their ability to govern and harm marginalized people.

But it’s going to take more than just me, so I ask everyone here to be ready and participate in whatever capacity you can.

if you want things to change, first you have to find a way to be able to confidently say “I’m ready for things to change”. Then, you have to help other people find a way to say it too. And when there’s finally enough people, nobody has to “go first”.

I went to DC and yelled at a bunch of brutalist buildings. I'm sure someone in one of those knows a guy who knows someone who sometimes gets close enough to see a representative. I did my part!

The FBI is the one that’s supposed to be acting on political corruption. Bureaucrats can only write the laws, even the Justice dept mostly prosecutes instead of actively going after criminals.

They won't. They are going to hand the keys to the next admin, as is decorum. They do things by the book and maintain tradition. This party at every opportunity shows how completely inept they are.

They've abandoned us.

And they have had that "official acts" thing from the supreme court for months. Zero reason this problem should have ever lasted this long.

works with those who can.

*with those who should be able to

Ftfy

It's a pretty big stretch of the imagination to think that Warren has any ability to get Biden to act that isn't just publicly shaming like this.

I mean, there's over 3,000 billionaires in the world, could be they're busy with other targets 🤷

I mean, it's not like he's still there.

So it’s not illegal until Jan 20 then? The article not Warren mention a deadline he missed, just that the thing isn’t signed yet.

The political discourse here is horrible. There's 30 people agreeing with that person's incorrect statement.

Apologies, I made a mistake. I've edited my comment to reflect it. (thanks for informing me.)