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Pelosi and her trades, not only get featured regularly on Unusual Whales, but there's an entire subreddit following her stock trades. Schumer and Jefferies are of the same cloth. In it for themselves.
The rot goes to the very top.
Three good people, willing to stand up to this admin, is not enough to change the course of the DNC. Frankly I wish they would yeet Jill Stein into fucking space and take the green party. I'd definitely vote for them.
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.
Trump's whole thing ran off of anti-establishment energy, without even being anti-establishment. Bernie was the real thing, and would have been drawing from the same energy.
He'd have won.
Bernie's candidacy, and occasionally when AOC speaks up loud enough to make the news, are the only times my right-tilted family and acquaintances have ever seemed impressed by anything of the left.
Yes, Bernie would've won. That's why the Democratic Party blocked him.
I like to think so, but honestly I don't know.
I forgot which primary, but conservative democrats formed a coalition where everyone but Biden withdrew, forcing Bernie to split the vote with another progressive candidate .
Wow it's amazing these powerhouses of national politics pulled out just to screw Bernie over.
I mean Rick Ojeda, sure, he's always hated Bernie, but Mike Gravel? You'd think he and Bernie would be friends!
That's called Politics. They all want to win and they all make deals to help themselves at the expense of their opponents.
Bernie could've offered Pete and Klob the VP spot or whatever prestigious position they wanted to stay in the race and keep splitting the vote.
But the real issue is that Bernie never solved his problem from '16 which was that he is not popular with black people in the south. It killed him twice.
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”
This is entirely true. The Democrats are silent and have abandoned the people.
The left's "Tea Party" moment is far, far overdue.
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.
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.
Most of them are complicit in this. Their opposition is feigned or bought.
Also, robots are stealing our luggage
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.
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.
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
Also holding office takes time that isn’t necessarily paid. Depends on the position of course, but most meaningful politics is local, and often city council, school board, etc aren’t paid positions. (This is why there’s such a grifter problem in small town politics - if you’re not making money as a member of the library board, why not cut a deal under the table? Of course, in my state that goes up to the gubernatorial level - my governor is banned from practicing real estate in a couple states and benefiting quite well from turnpike scams)
Also, if you are any form of minoritized group, you’ll have to deal with some nasty shit. (I volunteered on a city council campaign where the opponent sent a last minute, vile, illegal mailer outing the candidate as a lesbian. She lost.)
It’s a lot of time, a lot of effort, you’re going to have to deal with shitty people (and annoying ones like myself). It’s really clear why the kinds of people you don’t want in politics are very set up to end up in it - if you’re rich, have no moral qualms, and don’t feel particularly arsed to show up to the job half the time anyway (really popular grift here is holding multiple full time paid elected/appointed positions) - then why not buy a bunch of mailers, blanket the town with paid canvassers, and take an easy route to power?
I don't think either party would want you.
To the Republicans I'm impossible to vote for as I have a conscience to not hurt people and I'm queer.
To the Democrats I'm impossible to vote for as I want to not give any compromises to fascists and their capitalist rulers.
Makes sense neither would like me, but I been told running for third party is also a waste.
Doing something is better than doing nothing, and you have my vote, comrade (if voting is still allowed).
Do you not remember what the dnc did to sanders twice? Also the reality is that America is blatantly exhibiting 13 of 14 traits of fascism in both parties. One more so than the other but if you think that the last one being fraudulent elections, is some sacred line that the rich and elected officials who promised to uphold the constitution while wiping their ass with it will never cross because of HURR DURRR Democracy, well you're not just naive you are plain stupid.
oooo edgy today are we.
Technology has provided the wealthy the tools to subvert elections with plausible deniability while their owned media outlets manufacture our consent.
These issues will not ever be solved at the ballot box.
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.
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.
Which shines a light on the real problem.
In most elections we have a shitty option. And a shittier option.
Everyone is letting murica die with a whimper!
always yelling "the Democrats should do something!" but never saying for example what...
interest groups were mad at Senate democrats so the Senate Dems started filibustering everything they can (all confirmations are not subject to filibuster), and forcing the longest delays possible for all confirmations by using all of their speaking time.
did the whining jagoffs say, "finally thank you for at least doing something!" No. They just keep accusing Democrats of not doing enough.
figure it out
I'm done listening to this crap. Democrats are doing what they can with the incredibly limited power they have.