The democrats remind me of the manager at work that constantly tells you about these new initiatives from the higher ups that nobody fukking asked for.
You're out here working and pointing out real problems with what is happening and they never show up to the office, they don't make themselves available at meetings and to the extent they do, they don't want to hear anything that isn't downplaying how bad the issues are.
They're so out of touch and in their bubble. They're too p*ssy to actually admit that we need significant change. For fukk sake Obama literally ran on change and WON. The next 4 years are going to radicalize people. This is just the start. I genuinely hope that a Trump like figure takes over the democratic party and instead of being a shythead who just wants to hurt black people, he's someone who has ideas that haven't been workshopped by a million "policy wonks" and campaign consultants. Someone who can actually talk to people like a human being and break things down in a way that even the biggest morons of this country can understand.
Its not p*ssy. They understand the wants of the people they are just co opted by corporate capture. Their treatment of Bernie exhibits that. I’ve been following politics for a long time and have never seen a party so fully devoted to stopping one man - by polling the most popular politician in the country at that!!
Just one example- Clyburn has taken the most money from the pharmaceutical industry. Guess who resurrected Biden’s career right before the all important SC primary? Guess who is now saying Biden should pardon Trump?
These people know progressives are coming for a lot of what keeps them in power, as well as their wealth and they would rather try to eke out victories with corporate candidates than throw their support behind a truly populist candidate. They are fully aware of the devastation our current healthcare system causes. Which is why they flirt with universal healthcare when running but abandon it at some point.
That being said, the policies they do offer are obviously much better than ceding the country to Musk, Thiel and the oligarchs. The ACA is better than nothing which is what Republicans want. People don’t understand that change has to be a process. Republicans waited 50 years to overthrow RVW. If people don’t get exactly what they want in one election cycle they stay home and put us backwards. The only strategy that is viable is to change the party from within by supporting progressive candidates in every election cycle until there is enough forward momentum to start enacting some actual change. It also starts at the local level. Republicans are really good about installing people at every level of government. They never stay home either. And that’s because they understand that it’s better to have some power and work from there than zero. Now we’re about to be very fukked because so much of this country lacks the insight to understand that one party can be orders of magnitude worse than one that is also bad.
