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BREAKING: JD Vance suffers a humiliating moment on the world stage, as only 3 people clapped at his failed attempt to minimize the damaging impact Russian meddling can have on a country's democratic elections.

The Trump Admin is a huge embarrassment.



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I'm beginning to think, well, have thought for a second, there is no good solution here. They are just going to defy the judges. The people need to do something. This is a worst case scenario. We need to do something.


Well, there are a lot of guns in this country :jbhmm:
Smooth mind has been rooting for this scenario so when he gets off the couch and does something maybe that’ll inspire me too knowing that if he can wipe the dorito dust off we all can make a change
 

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Democrats are addicted to powerlessness. They had control of the Presidency and both branches of Congress 4 years ago - same as Trump has - and you're in here carrying water for losers.
this is such a pseudo intellectual phrase.

You’re just inventing reasons to avoid holding voters accountable.
 

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I actually agree with you on both points here. It's not just Democrats = Bad. It's that they're bad in a specific way that blinds them to the paths needed to become better. The attitude displayed in here - that it's the voters who are at fault for not accepting the Democrats as their lord and savior - belies a fundamental misunderstanding of electoral politics and neuters any ability to actually grow.

And yes, it's structurally easier for Republicans to destroy shyt, but that doesn't absolve the Democrats of their responsibility to protect society. There are deep-seated faults in the national character due to this country's foundation myths and bipartisan ideological orientation. In order to save whatever is worthwhile in American society, the neoliberal fantasy needs to be rejected and replaced with an ideology that is fervently dedicated to the public good. An ideology that isn't inherently contemptuous of democracy or capitulates when confronted with critical contradictions.
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I think if the takeaway is simply that we lost because there is a determinatively large group of people in America who are irredeemably racist then there's really no point to supporting any political efforts, and our time would best be spent focusing on sports and movies. It's a recipe for political defeatism. There's no prescription for hope or action down that road. I don't even see the Liberals promoting this idea proposing efforts to un-racist the population, they're just saying it to offload any responsibility for why their program lost. Funny enough, I saw this same defeatist mentality coming out of much of Bernie-world after he lost the primary. A lot of leftists said the Democratic Party is irredeemably committed to a failing neoliberal ideology and checked out of engaging with the party because they saw electoral politics as a dead end. It's the same easy button out of self-reflection on why you lost and what needs to be done to win.

I don't know, maybe the Libs are right that it's not their weak tea policies, it's that the country is simply too racist to elect a black Democrat President. Or maybe the Bernie-busters are right that the Democratic Party cannot be reformed out of its death spiral ideology to take the mantle of an actually virtuous political program. Both lead to the same outcome; uselessly gawking as the right takes power.


Fair point. I'll bow out.
Perhaps, democrats aren’t bad but the voters are dumb?
 
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