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Probably all those people who voted. And now, as a consequence, we still have genocide and also deportation of anybody who isn't white, normalization of violence against minorities, and a convicted felon and molester for president.
And now Democrats are finally coming around to an arms embargo on Israel win back voters.
There is a second way to get politicians to listen in a two party system when they both refuse to provide your needs: calling their bluff and not voting for either until your minimum demands are met.
Sadly Democrats chose to lose the election first despite knowing their horrible polling numbers on it.
I mean, you're not wrong. I don't think it's as simple, and again it's because of AIPAC. Money greatly influences elections in the US, and AIPAC has a bunch of it, while the anti-genocide group coughed up relatively none. Politicians are going to be scared of AIPAC threatening to throw all their money into their opponent's war chests. It's a kind of "hate the game, not the player" situation, except that I don't really believe that slogan: politicians should have stronger ethics. But when it comes down to brass tacks, and you believe that you're going to sacrifice a seat to Republicans by digging in your heels on Gaza because a well-funded special interest group is going to side with your opponent, it's not a black and white decision.
It should be. It should be more simple, but it won't be as long as money plays such an outsized role in politics.
DNC Democrats are finding themselves left in the dust in place for progressive alternatives.
Fossil DemocRepublicans are less popular than ever before. They capitulated to Trump the second he was chosen. Only now everyone realizes this can no longer continue.