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    Hahaha this writer actually believes that Democrats really care about our country, instead of just being the party of controlled opposition.

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          Under normal circumstances with everyday people, I try to make generous assumptions and “never ascribe to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.”

          But in the case of the Democratic party, I have a hard time believing that everybody in the Democratic leadership is that stupid, which leaves only the possibility that their continued failure is intentional

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            It looks to me like much of the DNC leadership, and worse, the long-time admin people who really run things, are deeply cynical and primarily interested in the preservation of their own meal tickets. The nominal party leadership (people like Biden and Harris) could clean house at the DNC if they were so inclined. But instead, loyalty to the institution and not the objectives is rewarded. In any other organization, non-performance like that would have led to wholesale replacement or shutdown.

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            Yeah, the corporate entity called the Democratic Party only cares about soliciting donations. Both parties are legally entrenched and moated from competition by difficult ballot-access standards they introduced themselves, propped up by subservient media institutions, who portray the two parties as inevitable and natural.

            There are well-intentioned people (in both parties? Sure, let’s be kind) but they don’t hold power and must play by the rules of the corporate party leadership.

            As long as donations come in, everyone has income. As long as democrats lose close elections, donations flow. As long as there’s some DINO or Blue Dog to ruin a Democrat majority, they can keep whipping up votes and donations (“We need a bigger majority next time! And please send cash”) As long as Republicans legislate unpopular policies when they’re in control, donations flow in on the promise to fight back.

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          Just a note to observers, I have this user tagged as, “nonvoter complains”

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            Wow this is the dorkiest comment I’ve ever encountered

            “Attention everybody: This guy doesn’t vote! Don’t worry, your parents have been called and are coming to pick you up”

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              Attention everybody: This guy doesn’t vote!

              Well, in prole’s estimation, this guy doesn’t vote.

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              What’s more “dorky”? What I said, or the person who replies to it with this ^

              We can let the reader decide…

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              I use Boost on my phone as that was my preferred reddit app

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      Or they’re doing the same thing to the Democrats they’re counseling that they do to Republicans. They’re not going to change because people say “Democrats and Republicans are just play fighting so don’t bother”, they do it when they’re being attacked for inaction.