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“They want us to spend money, and for what? For no message, no organization, no forward thinking. … The thing that’s clear to a lot of us is that the party never really learned its lesson in 2016. They worked off the same playbook and the same ineffective strategies and to what end?”

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's a rational position. "Tell me what my money will actually accomplish after all these failures."

That said, getting rid of big donors doesn't really have a downside for the party platform. But I think a schism is coming.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Being the longest running democracy (though flawed) is encouraging. The rabbit hole of US politics is daunting. I try to not get too emotionally invested.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don't think the timeline is relevant. Rome didn't exactly fall in a day, it turned from a republic into proud empire as conditions for the plebs degraded, and ... well, that's helpful to bear in mind.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And Iran went from mini skirts to burqas in three years.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

How quickly we forget.