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While giving a pass to the literal crime syndicate about to take over the government.
No, the 10 million democrats who voted for Biden in 2020 but stayed home in 2024 cuz Kamala wasn’t a good enough option did that;
Blaming voters is not the path forward for 2026, 2028, 2030, etc Nobody owes the party shit. They owe you results, or at least a concerted effort to deliver results.
Look at how the traditionally reliable voting blocs have eroded - older black voters who lived through the civil rights era remember that progress delivered by the left wing, and vote Democratic overwhelmingly. Younger black voters lived through George Floyd and BLM, and saw Democratic flip-flopping and a severe lack of commitment or unity - and are more receptive of Republican economic appeals, given that team blue showed them they aren’t a priority. If systemic racism or police abuse is not going to be addressed by either party, might as well vote for the one who promises cost of living relief and has made (cynical and performative) pardons to black celebrities who encountered legal issues. THAT is the mentality that got shouted down when black celebrities displayed a willingness to parlay with Trump:
Just had a great meeting with @realdonaldtrump @potus besides what he’s done so far with criminal reform, the platinum plan is going to give the community real ownership. He listened to what we had to say today and assured he will and can get it done. 🤙🏾 Lil Wayne
Not voting because you don’t like the choices is like jumping in front of a moving car to protest the lack of crosswalks, and then blaming your injuries on the city and the driver and the crosswalk gods instead of facing your own inability to deal with your own frustration level. The world keeps turning and there’s still no crosswalk. Congrats.
I mean, tell that to the 50% that consistently don’t vote and see what it changes. Protest abstention or not, our turnout is a sorry excuse for a democracy to begin with.
Focusing on this as a protest non-vote is your myopia. People who are disconnected and disillusioned by politics are not consciously deciding to not vote - it’s not important to them because the perception is that both sides don’t give a fuck about average people’s issues.
Those people are taking care of their kids, grabbing an extra shift at work to make ends meet, worried about if they can cover the next hospital bill/broken heater, etc If you cannot demonstrate to them that voting every 2-4 years actually improves their lives materially, they are going to continue to work towards improving their life without getting involved politically.
…so are you gonna keep coming up with analogies or start insisting Democrats actually work for the voters they’re depending on? Because analogies didn’t win you the general.
With the current two party system, voting seems more like picking whether you want to sit on the left or ride side of the train because one side has a nicer view and less aggressive billboards. And, depending on which side has more people sitting on it, they either pick a conductor that insists on maximum power at all times or one willing to use the brakes.
Either way, the tracks are going to the same destination. And we’re currently approaching a station.
Out right hatred is sometimes preferable to wilful ignorance.
Don’t waste your keystrokes ITT
Liberals this past 24 hours have been more critical of trump for violating campaign tax filing regulations than biden violating international and us laws to aid israel in its genocide of Palestinians. I feel like I’m losing my mind.
This country lost moral priorities long long ago
Yeah when it took perfectly good tea and threw it into the river
Honestly, I know you’re probably just joking, but there are several times in recent memory where I’ve wished that you guys won that one.
That’s my secret, Captain, I’m always joking.
And hungry.
But mostly joking.
It might honestly have stopped Manifest Destiny.
That, or the increased manpower reserve of America would have let Britain conquer literally the entire world instead of just the parts with spices, and the pressure from Southern states would have kept Britain from outlawing slavery in the Empire.
That’s actually pretty straight forward. The other guy is seen as “morally good” so everything he does is also seen as good, even if if flagrantly breaks laws and human rights. Biden is seen as “morally bad” so even the slightest mistake is immediately seen and treated as blasphemy. It’s how right wingers see the world as morally good and bad, with laws and justice there just to punish the morally bad. Facts or consistency don’t matter.
I don’t know on what earth even trumps supporters think he’s morally good. Everyone knows he’s an asshole, and for some that’s a feature not a bug.
And biden is morally bad. He could of ended this genocide at any point and probably won the election in the process (or Harris) but nooooo gotta have endless war and liberal tears because they can’t figure out why they lost and are throwing a toddler temper tantrum at anyone who refused to vote for Harris.
He speaks about their issues and is on their favorite side. Unfortunately that’s all it takes for many.
I mean, that’s kinda how democracy is supposed to work right?
That part, yes. The “won’t have to vote anymore” part certainly was not. Let’s hope that’s just one more thing he lied about.
Welcome to why singling out Biden and Harris for supporting Israel was so stupid. The entire US establishment supports Israel with few exceptions.
That’s not how you criticize Biden! THIS is how you criticize Biden!
Let’s all criticize Biden.
After all we can’t afford to let someone misuse the office of the president.
Can I criticize binder
I have binders full of criticisms. They’re more like concepts of criticisms, really. But still, binders of them.
Why not both?
Just wait til the insanity reaches a fever pitch and stays there for four years.
You ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
The reason why is because small crimes need to be punished in order to keep the plebs and peasants in line. Large crimes cannot be committed by little people. The most that you and I can do in terms of crime is maybe murderer someone, but someone in a massive position of power like Elon Musk and the (thankfully late) Brian Thompson can kill thousands of people with a stroke of a pen. But because there is some disconnect between their deaths and that pen stroke society doesn’t call that murder. So they can go free while you and I would be executed or have to spend life in a small dank cell with nothing grey walls and pain.
It’s also why many war criminals in Nuremberg had fairly light punishments and were often allowed to continue in positions of military and political significance after. The reason why people like Goering and Gobbells and Himmler would have been executed is less to do with their war crimes and more to do with the threat they posed politicially. They would never have followed what the Allied installed government would have wanted or changed their policies but would be undermining everything at every turn if allowed back into office. So they are done away with while the lower level chumps just got 4 or 10 years for killing who knows how many and then living their lives as normal.
