And this is the reason why the democratic party does not respond to the interests of the working class. The words of a super rich person have more influence than thousands or millions of people saying the same thing in surveys. This time those voices are aligned, but if next time they are not, the voice of the super rich will be the one they hear instead of yours.
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With all these calls for him to drop out, there would need to be a viable replacement that could ensure a win with a four month campaign. I’m concerned that it’s just as risky to change the horse this close to the race.
It’s not a bad idea. His “scandal” won’t mean shit next to Trump’s. I’d still like to see some polls of his potential before we start calling for Biden to step down.
You ignore that scandals only matter to Democrats. Like Trump said, he could murder someone on Fifth Avenue and not lose any voters. Meanwhile, Al Franken does something in poor taste and gets cancelled.
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They don’t hear you now. Just because you’re asking for the same thing doesn’t mean your opinion matters.
The words of a super rich person have more influence than thousands or millions of people saying the same thing in surveys.
Has there ever been a time, place, or political system where this was not always the case?
Political parties that pay more attention to their voters than to the rich? Yes, many. Parties that fulfill that and are electorally successful? None or almost
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If you haven't seen Abigail Disney's documentary about Disney, you really need to...
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Democratic party keeps screwing itself.
If they didn't go against the main support of their party and chose a super unpopular Hillary over Bernie Sanders in 2016 then Bernie would have been wrapping up his second term as president and we would have some young blood flowing into the party. They would also have a completely different looking supreme court. They had something special going on in 2016 and they disenfranchised alot of young voting people that election.
Instead its a slow death March, and they don't even seem to be fighting it...
Bernie lost in the same way the Republican party shafted the primary against Teddy Roosevelt. If you have the apparatus you are the kingmaker.
Bernie didnt play their game, Hillary had control of the game. From easy primary questions to 'voting' groups falling inline with Clinton by the democratic party.
Undemocratic primaries are a systemic failure of the American voting system.
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I sense a replay of 2016.
why the fuck would I listen to a heiress
And why the fuck are they allowed to be funding our representatives. "Do what we want with the wealth we didn't earn or the bribes stop."
Must be nice not to have any stakes in all this
If you live on planet earth unfortunately you do have stakes in it. The US is still powerful enough to influence the life of everyone around the world.
All the wealthy Plutocrats have seen this was a great opportunity to steal the nomination from the people.
Well steal it more anyway.
Nomination from the people? We never had a choice in the first place.
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That's one way to get these rich fucks out of politics....
Too late. Guy could literally peel over next week and they'd be screwed. He should have never agreed to or have been allowed to run a second term and IF he does get elected for a second term I guarantee you he doesn't survive it. not from some nafarious plot or what have you but simply due to...well..look at him.
But I got no dog in this fight. I'm in Canada. and although my elderly parents live in the US and I do worry about them with this election there's nothing I can do. It's like watching an oncoming ship wreck and you're just screaming at the passangers (US citizens) to get off the boat, get on the life boats, save themselves while you stand on land not being able to do anything but watch. I imagine the rest of the world feels the same way.
I mean i'm worried for you guys, like truly worried.
These wealthy people don’t want Trump because they aren’t christofascists, but they don’t want Biden because he was starting to get into trust busting.
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