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Dragged down by an unpopular president, Republicans are bracing for a midterm trouncing
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At a certain point how can't you just blame voters and non voters?
Dems aren't perfect but cmon.
At what point can you not blame the democratic party for failing to inspire voters in the midst of an authoritarian blitz.
It can't be their fault thought despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars, thousands of hours of research across hundreds of focus groups each year to find out what is popular among voters only to continually accidentally do the opposite and disenfranchise the very voters who should be voting for them.
Surely it can't be the fact the democratic party continually accidentally gives up every political advantage and opportunity to advance by somehow acquiesce to Republicans because this time, "they've learned their lesson".
At this point the democratic party is either controlled opposition, or so completely inept and ignorant that they probably shouldn't be in power either.
Because looking to blame one single group is a fool's mission. It conceals all of the shady shit that goes on.
If it's the voters' fault, then Harris's pro genocide stance was legit.
If it's the voters' fault, then gerrymandering doesn't exist.
If it's the voters' fault, then congressional insider trading doesn't hurt anyone.
If it's the voters' fault then who cares that Obama passed the ACA instead of national healthcare?
If it's the voters' fault, then monopolies don't exist. Neither do dirty cops and courts that disenfranchise minorities.
Look. I'm being lazy. I could have said non-voters instead. Or both voters and non-voters. Regardless, systemic problems demand systemic solutions. Your desire to blame individuals ignores that basic principle.
Of course the people still need to be responsible for taking action. But you don't get to blame them for things they didn't do, that they didn't control.
... Or perhaps you're suggesting more vigilante action? That's one approach. Is that what you want? We could discuss it.
Are you going to hold your congress people accountable for their funding the genocide in November? And if so how will you weight that against impeaching trump and restoring government aid at home and abroad?
Are we going to burn the country down over Palestine again this November? Tune in to find out!
Blaming voters is not productive because changing voters requires changing the nature of an entire population. Expecting the entire population to suddenly act in a way different then they have acted in the last decade is insanity.
The Democratic party can and should adapt. They have mechanisms to adapt. They can take steps to adapt. They should change to be better. They can start by adapting a popular platform.
True but absolving voters and non voters means they never also feel any responsibility for this shit. And they most certainly are responsible.
It's amazing how people can feel the effects, and not feel responsible. I should have swallowed my pride and voted in 2016. For Hillary. I did the same thing the Free Palestine kids are doing to Harris, and fuck do I regret not using my political power in 2016 to tell trump to fuck off back to reality TV. Just don't know how saving Palestine can be your number one political objective, and not be horrified by the results of how Trump is handling it. No hindsight at all. No way Harris would have done anything different.
eh, imo it's obvious that dems arent incompetent...they're largely controlled opposition, accomplices.
something something ignorance that is indistinguishable from malice should be treated no differently than malice
They thought voting was Kamala was 'being made to toe the party line', and as red blooded Americans, nobody fucking tells them what to do. It was never about keeping the orange buffoon out of power so he could continue fucking things up again. Utter foolishness. But they, saved Gaza, I think.
If the DNC wanted Trump to lose they wouldn't have thrown the election yet again by choosing the worst possible candidates to back. Look at what they did in NYC in a race that had far fewer consequences. They wanted to back the Republican ally Adams and billionaire failed politician Cuomo before the voters made it clear they wanted Mamdani.
Just because the Republican party is dogshit doesn't mean the DNC is the good guy. We don't live in a comic-book movie.
The Democratic leadership are adherents of a negative peace: Order before justice. They don't care about evil, just whether or not their profitable boat is getting rocked.
Yeah the DNC chair Ken Martin recently stated as much:
They only care about winning at this point not ideology or principles. If they think beating immigrants in the streets and backing ten more genocides will win them elections, then that's exactly what they'll do and they aren't even ashamed to admit it.
And now we've seen the results of the presidency: all these fools can do is cope about how Harris would have been just as bad. Like bro just take your L and admit you let your passion lead you to a poor decision and poor outcomes for the people you claim to care about. Instead of losing funding to Israel, they lost foreign aid for Palestine. Net negative effect of that vote would be enough for me to look in the mirror and end my shit: if I thought that was the most important issue of our time. I certainly would have too much shame to show up on the internet and pretend like I cared and am helping a cause.
It's like a person who takes a vow of non violence because of religion, then faces a situation where something, or someone they claim to 'love' is being threatened. Then they proceed to do nothing and watch as the thibg/ person they love is repeatedly violated. Then wonder why everyone is calling them impotent, weak, pathetic and cowardly, instead of praising them for their principle and virtue. Smfh.
Weak, cowardly, impotent, pathetic. Nice to see the president still exemplifies the virtues of the majority.