Vincent Oriedo, a biotechnology scientist, had just such a question. What lessons have been learned, he asked, from Harris’s defeat in this vital swing county in a crucial battleground state that voted for Joe Biden four years ago, and how are the Democrats applying them?
“They did not answer the question,” he said.
“It tells me that they haven’t learned the lessons and they have their inner state of denial. I’ve been paying careful attention to the influencers within the Democratic party. Their discussions have centred around, ‘If only we messaged better, if only we had a better candidate, if only we did all these superficial things.’ There is really a lack of understanding that they are losing their base, losing constituencies they are taking for granted.”
“We have set ourselves up for generational loss because we keep promoting from within leaders that that do not criticise the moneyed interests. They refuse to take a hard look at what Americans actually believe and meet those needs.”
So do we live in a democracy, banjo? Is there any correlation at all between what government does and what the people want?
The current leaders recieved the majority of votes. The candidates all also won their respective primaries.
The problem lies with the voters (and campaign finance, but thats a partisan issue as well, meaning voters also chose that problem).
The USSR had votes. So does Russia and North Korea. Have votes does not equal having democracy.
Democracy: control of an organization or group by the majority of its members.
Theres very close to zero correlation between what laws pass in the US government and what citizens want to pass. So-- its not a democracy at all is it.