“Voters expect government officials to do their job…”
Officials:
Can you be more specific about what you think their job details?
Wanna win over people Dems? Stop pearl clutching and swear at the cunts like the motherfuckers they are.
One of the only comments here to have any actual suggestions, and it’s “use harsh language.” Even then, though, do you want them to use harsh language sparingly or until they get thrown out of congress in session?
Look, you need shock value to turn heads these days. That’s why the manosphere succeeded the way it has. That’s why the fascists in power got the support they got. It’s all about speaking at a level that the people can relate to.
If you want to stick to Victorian norms of grammar and etiquette, you get nowhere.
Besides, foul language isn’t a sure sign of stupidity:
https://www.sciencealert.com/swearing-is-a-sign-of-more-intelligence-not-less-say-scientists
We want to stand up to Trump’s stock manipulation: but Nacy Pelosi keeps blocking bills making congressional insider trading illegal.
We want to stand up to Trump’s support for multiple genocidal dictators, but Chuck Schumer keeps pushing for more weapons to Israel.
We want to make majauana legal, but Kamala Harris keeps touting how she had sent majauana users to jail.
In short, we want democratic leaders who stand for democratic values or at least who don’t actively push policies counter to them.
Pretty good article. And they’re completely right.
Right right that’s true, we should focus on the future. But if you’re too blind to realize that most Washington Democrats are never going to help make things better, you need to look at the past more.
We got where we are for many reasons, which definitely include the actions of Democratic president and congresspeople over the last three decades. Those people brought us where we are, with Republican help of course, so we would be fools to expect any better from them going forward.
As a side note, I recently learned about what a giant piece of shit Jake Tapper is regarding his advocacy for Israel’s genocide as part of pretending to be a journalist. I don’t watch CNN, but for some reason I had the impression he was a commentator with some amount of integrity.
Guillotine for president 2028.
*2025
FtfyHell, 2016 would be even better.
I hope AOC can take over for Bernie.
Dems and Republicans want the same thing. A kleptocracy.
Why would Dems stand up to anyone writing their bonus checks?
A little bit late. We now have a one-party dictatorship, which will one day collapse on its own. But not in this decade.
Dems are dead we need a new party under Bernie Sanders
Have you considered listening to what Bernie Sanders suggests, instead? Because his plan is not abandoning the dems in the slightest, though he does support if an established dem switches to independent.
Um… a good contingent of those voters didn’t vote. They did this to themselves.
More like, a good contingent of those voters voted unconditionally for these people, who they had every reason to believe would act like this. They did this to themselves.
Kinda like the world wants Americans to do. But alas, they aren’t and don’t seem likely to.
Edit: and everyone just makes excuses and flagellates. Other countries protests over divesting from Israel or retirement age dwarf your reaction to fucking fascism, authoritarianism, and hate. Half a million in one European country show how complicit the country of “freedom” is.
Go fuck yourselves. Your problems are greater than the excuses you slap back at the world you are fucking over with greed and apathy.
You are culture of juvenile greed and hate.
As someone in the US, I kind of hate comments like this. Not because I don’t agree with you; I’d love for us to stand up to Trump, too, but the problem is, I don’t know how to (effectively) do that, I don’t think many others do, either, and whenever this comes up and I ask the question, ‘What exactly do you want us to do?’, the answer is always non-specific and weak, like “Protest!”, which, I mean… cool? We have been, but it’s not accomplishing much of anything. Really, I think the answer is ‘We don’t know, either’, and everyone else is equally as frustrated as we are and, like us, don’t have a better way to express it than calling for nonspecific action.
All that said, in keeping with tradition, I’ll ask you: What exactly do you want us to do?
Thank you this sums up pretty accurately how I’ve felt lately too.
Like, we’re effectively a collection of pseudo-countries loosely tied together by a federal delegation spread across a contiguous landmass roughly a third the size of the continent of Asia. Our cross-border infrastructure is a joke, worker protections are nonexistent and to drive several hours/days to the nation’s capitol to protest (which we’re being told does and doesn’t work??) is a level of cost many literally cannot afford.
In a lot of states we do see grassroots efforts to fight back and improve. That is a better comparison to smaller European countries that have won in fighting against government corruptions, imo. Even Texas recently had a small wave of progressive wins in local races.
Unfortunately I think a lot of outsiders see “you have guns there!” and as such want us to start an all-out bloodbath. I don’t think it’s wrong for the average citizen to not want to die unnecessarily, and/or only use arms for literal self defense rather than reckless political violence. (inb4 “bUt Ur gubbermint is aLrEadY violent!1! DoN’t WaIt!2!” yeah no duh, see “literal self defense”)
A good chunk of the 20th and 21st century European revolutions people point to when we ask were largely nonviolent. That’s what we’ve been trying too. Not unarmed, but nonviolent (also corporate property damage doesn’t count as violence).
Malcolm X, the Black Panthers and of course MLK are solid figurehead examples of American protest that led to some level of success. Protesters during the AIDs crisis too. But it took them years. We’re trying.
I plan on getting more involved in politics. Start with sitting in on local meetings, maybe run for an office at some point. Bernie and AOC suggested, sounds like a great idea.
I plan on getting more involved in politics.
Dems already did that. They ARE the impotent half of American politics. They’re as in-there as can be. It was more than a mere plan for them.
Then what? WHAT HAPPENS NEXT with your absolutely democratic lack of actual ability to do anything within the bounds of the system you have sworn to uphold? #SayWhatAgain
Good on you. Do you need any help crafting a platform or figuring out where to start?
I’ve now come to the belief that enough t supporters need to be negatively impacted and start voicing their concerns and start taking action - not voting for far right, maybe doing another insurrection against t this time. Nothing will change in the us as long as the r citizens continue to support this regime.
I live in a very red area and there are flags everywhere. But I’ve seen several houses take theirs down. There will be hope when having a flag up means something else. Until then there isn’t much we can do besides help our people/local community.
With that said, the d’s need to have their own project 2028 to actualize, and I don’t think they do because the party needs to be revamped. The geriatric unit needs to retire. The r’s and d’s have more in common than we acknowledge.
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Holy shit
Hey why haven’t ypu fixed all the problems in your country yet?
We’re all waiting on you, lazy ass redditor.
