Why would a party owned by tech billionaires try to stop a coup by tech billionaires?
They will burn this country down, before they’d consider doing anything to upset the megadonors.
More accurate headline: “Democratic Leaders Doing What They Always Do”
And why wouldn’t they? You all aren’t going to vote them out.
I would vote them out if one of you self-righteous progressive fuckers would set foot outside the door and RUN for once.
But ya don’t. Then you bitch about it.
- Running for office costs money, something the people who favor progressive polices often don’t have
- Running for office takes time, something to take away from a job to pay for food and bills, and family and hobbies
- And let’s not pretend as soon as they gain ground AIPAC and the DNC won’t colude with them and snuff out any primaries where the progressive has a chance at winning against an established Democrat in office.
I’ve been considering running for office myself due to the fact a Democrat hasn’t won here in at least 20 years. I’d probably mask myself as a Republican but use leftist ideas as a reverse dog whistle. Republicans win on the local level here above 60%. Kevin McCarthy was from here, he only left office by choice, not because he had to fear contest.
“I don’t think the government should have a say what happens in the home of an American family. If they are in this country they are doing it for the freedoms our founding fathers wanted. What happens in the privacy of an American home stays in the American home.”
“Yes I think the second amendment is important, and I would remove restrictions on timing of purchase and ammo, so the people who are threatened in every day life have a chance at stopping the ones who want to hurt them. Education and mental health are equally as good as a safety switch.”
“I don’t think some out of touch big wig CEO gets to decide how a company is ran. More people are on the shop floor than the stockholder’s floor. They understand how the daily operations work better than the CEO, why does the CEO get to decide to fire a worker because it was cheaper than keeping them around?”
“The way we secure America’s future is by secure the future of America’s children. Quality education and healthcare. Inspiring them to build the next space shuttle program. Helping the mothers of those children get what they need to live while working and supporting that family. Ensuring that the next generation won’t be the last by helping every generation. It takes a village to raise a child, it takes a country to raise a generation.”
And other such “patriotic” bullshit but with an actual meaningful good things behind it, unlike Republicans.
I don’t think either party would want you.
Democratic party sidelined Bernie and constantly sabotaged efforts to pass legislative reform that would benefit workers and the people. They were never an opposition party to authoritarian rule, they were part of the corporate regime that sometimes made concessions, and it was only when the constituents threw and absolute shit fit.
Outside of the DNC fuckery around Bernie’s 2016 run, he still didn’t win enough primaries.
Yes, be mad at the DNC for that, but Bernie wasn’t a shoo-in by any stretch - he literally didn’t win enough votes from Democrats in the primaries.
Most of them are complicit in this. Their opposition is feigned or bought.
Also, robots are stealing our luggage
They’re not offering any serious opposition because they’re not seriously opposed to it. Sure, they would prefer a neoliberal technocracy, but they’ll settle for plutocracy, especially if it prevents any kind of true democracy from taking hold.
They were always a tool of the corporate authoritarian regime. Never a real opposition party.
Say this on more mainstream politics communities and get downvoted all the way into the core of the earth.
Liberals have nothing to offer other than vote harder and if that doesn’t work, protest ineffectively and not annoy anyone.
My new favorite useless protest I came across was doing nothing for 10 minutes at 2pm every day. Who the fuck comes up with this shit? Protest that nobody notices and inconveniences no one doesn’t do shit.
We need a stay at home* wildcat general strike. Remember when covid hit and most people were forced to stay home? Let’s do that again but without the threat of covid. Let’s see how the capitalists like that. No working, no shopping, nothing, until they abdicate. And if not, violence. we only have one chance to get this right and we’re running out of time as the technofascists become more powerful everyday.
*stay at home because how will bloodthirsty trump attack protesters if they’re all home? It’s a lot easier to beat the shit out of people gathered in the streets than it is to figure out where everyone involved lives and drag them out of their houses. “Sorry I’m sick with the flu and diarrhea can’t work till musk is deported”
Probably what’s getting downvoted is your shitty attitude which focuses more on labelling and being angry at people who don’t actually oppose you
That’s the perfect response to a lot of comments on Lemmy, but not the one you’re responding to. I don’t see the “shitty attitude” unless it’s “shitty” to speak plainly.
“liberals… [Insert generalization]”
Many people don’t align with what a “liberal” is but they get told they objectively are one, often based on one sentence that has nothing to do with anything
I’m never up-to-speed on the lingo, liberals or progressives or tankies or whatever. I yam what I yam, but none of the labels fit so I don’t take it personally. :)
What a LIBERAL thing to say!!!
Why, thank you.
The world would be a perfect socialist paradise if not for you! JUDGEMENT
See that user’s response to me for an example of being called a liberal. As an added bonus, I’m “tone policing” them
No, it’s literally vote blue no matter who blue MAGA cope land. They don’t see the democrats as controlled opposition but as legitimate, which is insane, because no real opposition party would be behaving like this under these circumstances.
As a queer person, too bad about my shitty attitude. I’m not going to be tone policed by liberals as they block any effort to stop the rise of fascism. I fucking despise them. They brought us fascism.
Great - now get it done.
Oh right the pouty left doesn’t actually do anything except prevent the Democrats from doing anything. Well, and throwing soup in history museums. That’s very popular.
This is entirely true. The Democrats are silent and have abandoned the people.
I mean, wouldn’t a lot of the corporate democrats gain from a Trump presidency? Just sit back and get those tax cuts. Then they can just retire as the world burns.
Everyone is letting murica die with a whimper!
Which shines a light on the real problem.
In most elections we have a shitty option. And a shittier option.
Controlled Opposition
Controlled Opposition: a strategy in which an individual, organization, or movement is covertly controlled or influenced by a 3rd party and the controlled entity’s true purpose is something other than its publicly stated purpose. The controlled entity serves a role of mass deception, surveillance and/or political/social manipulation. In most cases the controlled party is portrayed as being in opposition to the interests of the controlling party.
• Preempt or neutralize true but negative information by having it be disclosed or championed in a skewed/stigmatized manner by a person or group. The truth can be peppered with disinformation or the truth of the message can be neutralized by association due to the extreme, radical, or unpalatable positions held by the controlled entity (person or group) who is disclosing the information or is “championing” a position. The stigmatized or adulterated truth in turn steers people away from truthful information which would normally cause criticism or a serious backlash against the controlling party. Stigmatized truth also greatly inhibits independent research into sensitive areas (usually involving criminal acts by the controlling entity) and serves to manipulate social dynamics in a manner in which it becomes taboo to publicly discuss sensitive (albeit critically important) subjects.
The Dems are the Washington Generals.
