And watch Trump and the Republicans dip their hands into the work of Democrats to add more into the debt.

people this is just crumbs

And they say “vote blue matter who”. No wonder liberals and left are losing in the past ten years. They abandoned the common folks instead of making drastic changes that actually alleviates the pressure of most ordinary folks. Never mind global inflation and its effects on incumbent governments, populism is clearly the way to go and that’s why the both the right and far right is gaining ground. They know where the wind is heading while the liberals and left are still choosing to bury their heads in the sand.

In one of Bernie Sander’s response video in regards to the shutdown, he said that Musk threatened to withdraw support from Republicans who would vote for the proposed budget.

Money is power in politics, and the politicians are greedy for more of it. The billionaire class is the one paying for the politicians’ salary. Ours is only a drop in the ocean for them.

Oh I get you. I don’t really watch TYT before, but the last time I saw them they are quite militant. It put me off from further watching the show.

I know where you’re coming from overall. Not everyone of course, but a lot on the left are similarly militant. Frankly, a lot of their ideas, arguments and their messaging approach is very low bar. They consume information sources that are “fast food”, shall we say. Both the left and liberals are rightly criticised for being smug, which turns off people or even shies many away from the broader movement. The militant left and liberals are kind of in their bubble and I realised that after interacting with “vote blue no matter who” Democrats and after Trump won. They refuse to acknowledge the root cause of rise of Trumpism as being economic. Instead, they quickly malign Latino, Muslim, black and white working class folks who voted for Trump as dumb, racist, etc. They forget that white working class used to vote Democrats…

Jenk, as in Cenk Uygur from The Young Turks turned to the right?

I do something similar but yours is more comprehensive and elaborate.

Thank you for your response.

Unfortunately, die-hard and centrist Democrats are in their own bubble of ignorance. I had an argument with a Democrat who maligns everyone who voted for Trump, including black and Latino and white working-class voters, as dumb, racists, misogynists and any put downs relating to bigotry you can think of under the sun. The centrists put fingers into their ears, utter “la la la” and put their heads into the sand refusing to acknowledge that economic insecurity is the root cause of America’s democratic backsliding (because centrist Democrats do not want to admit admit they benefit from the current oligarchic status quo even if they say they are feminists, anti-racists, etc). Anyone worth their salt have been ringing the alarm bells, nearly a decade ago, that the world is entering into another gilded age and there will be another mass revolt coming sooner or later.

People want change but since what the status quo all could say is “I am not my opponent” and throwing few bread crumbs to calm the anger. However, this only delays the inevitable. The warnings have not been heeded. Like in stocks, perhaps centrists are trying to cash in on the growing wealth inequality for as long as possible before it crashes.

Although there is a ray of hope. Many centrists and die-hard Democrats are finally slowly admitting, with regret, that perhaps they should have let Bernie run instead. Probably the most remarkable thing I heard against Bernie is that he is not able to gather support from black voters; as if the past election that just came didn’t show that black and Latino voters are willing to vote for a talking orange. If a misogynist and racist orange could take votes from a demographic that would normally hate him and his party, then imagine what if a man who has always been on the side of social and economic justice had run instead as the Democratic opponent.

At the very least, progressive Democrats have the laugh and “told you so” moment on centrist and corporate Democrats. As soon as Trump won, progressives immediately pointed out the reason for Harris’ loss: that the party did not go further left enough-- especially, especially on economic issues. If the Republicans know people want drastic change and have gone further right and won, then there is no reason for Democrats not to go further left and return to their working class roots.

Edit: autocowreck