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The Democrats are working in concert with Republicans, their goals are the same: stop the Overton Window of American politics from moving left, and stop populist uprisings by putting a paramilitary secret police in the streets.
Eventually we’re going to have to wake up to the fact that the democrats are owned by the same billionaires and foreign lobby so until we get really serious about cleaning house we’re going to watch all of our rights slip away
I think a lot of people are aware but when your elected representatives won't represent you, what do you do?
Personally, and I know this would be very difficult to organise, but I believe the most effective tool ordinary citizens have against Trump is a general strike.
The markets have been shown to be the only thing effective at restraining Trump. He only cares about money.
Workers are what make the economy, not the businesses. They have nothing without the hard work of everyday men and women.
Denying them labour in an organised manner could cripple the entire country.
Look at Britain in the 1970s/1980s or The Russian Revolution.
I'm aware it's very difficult to achieve but I remain resolute in my belief that it is the most effective tool available. By far.
There will be ice poll watchers checking ID nationwide, this is the conservative wet dream.
Anyone paying attention knows the leadership wants to lose. They are doing everything in their power NOT to take advantage of political opportunities and side with the needs and concerns of their own base.
The DNC and corporate Democrats would rather have a fascist takeover than empower actual leftwing policies, so I don't think that eventuality really bothers them as much as the possibility of losing control over the power structures of the Democratic party does.
For the leaders of the Democratic party, if they complete the parties transition to an entirely controlled opposition party if anything that makes the jobs of dumpsterfires like Chuck Shumer and Hakeem Jeffries easier, whenever their job gets hard they can just threaten anybody left of them that they will get hurt by their Republican colleagues and their violent thugs if they keep talking like that. They don't have to campaign on doing or accomplishing anything since the fascist regime is in relative terms so horrific people will feel forced to vote against it for "opposition party" politicians who are worse than useless but still technically better.
I think it makes perfect sense for the power structures of the DNC to act like this will be a fair election, the best outcome for them is it won't be and it will thus make the job of leaders in the DNC far easier. Then they can just work as an advertising campaign for something that doesn't exist and nobody will have any expectations for them to actually be able to accomplish anything material. This is the dream job description for both Chuck Shumer and Hakeem Jeffries.
I have listened to Hakeem Jeffries a lot in interviews and the strangest thing is that I legitimately believe that he is a true believer in the Democratic project, and not a cynical opportunist. Somehow he believes that the neoliberal project from the 1990s that has already failed is truly the best way forward. Dude is a bit of a moron but I legitimately think he believes everything he says and does is right.
The DNC and corporate Democrats would rather have a fascist takeover than empower actual leftwing policies, so I don't think that eventuality really bothers them as much as the possibility of losing control over the power structures of the Democratic party does.
I believe, as I'm sure many of you do, that this is because even though open and fair democracy is at stake here, their wealth is not.
A left wing agenda threatens their wealth. That is clearly the thing they care about most, to the detriment of their electorate.
I think it makes perfect sense for the power structures of the DNC to act like this will be a fair election, the best outcome for them is it won't be and it will thus make the job of leaders in the DNC far easier.
Wow. I consider myself very cynical and but even I never would have thought of it like that. It does make sense though. If they take action now after delaying so long there will be cries of "what took you so long". They need Trump to do something so awful, like abandon democracy completely, that the finger will only ever be pointed at him as the villain.
The US is crying out for competent third party that better represents the electorate. If funding could somehow be secured (massive or even impossible if) then they would surely wipe the floor with the Republicans and Democrats. By now many people surely feel they are no longer represented by either party.
Are they campaigning?! I haven’t heard anything about what they plan to actually do if they sweep the mid terms.
Yeah, it's still a bit early for midterm campaigns, but I imagine the "campaigning" they're talking about is the general campaign stratgizing the election organizations do as a job. Midterms usually start kicking up around springtime.
I imagine at all times that the democrats are using the dumbest possible interpretation of whatever ambiguous concept or word they’ve said.
When the SAVE act passes, that will eliminate most of the married women voters. They’ll pass it the day before the election because it takes more than a day to get the paperwork together.
Sorry women—no more voting for you.
I mean like, what are we supposed to do with this? You can say that democrats aren't doing anything about this, but what does that even mean? The author goes on and on about the dangers of fixed elections and all, which, I mean, yeah, but it's pretty easy to shift the burden of proof by making a claim that people aren't doing anything about it. Okay? I can't help but notice the author didn't mention what they think they should see to "do something about it". The only thing he mentions the dems are doing is running a campaign like business as usual, but nothing else. He makes the claim that this is the dems just ignoring the threats, but not only is that not necessarily true, it's actually a legitimate political tactic used to fight said election fraud. I don't know if the dems are actually doing that or disregarding the dangers and pretending like everything is fine as the author implies, but the author also doesn't know that. This reeks of doomer/defeatist bullshit.
Let's not get it twisted; I'm not defending the dems at all. My take is that some of them are doing things, and lots of establishment dems are doing nothing to the point of obstructing any form of resistance other dem officials are trying. I think the reason the establishment dems are like this is just plain apathy and complacency, but that's just speculation. In terms of democrats resisting election interference, I think they're just too scattered and aimless in approach to make meaningful progress.
So to my point, if it is the case that dems(or literally anyone else) are actually doing some form of something, then that gives people something to join and something to do. However, if we're faced with "the dems are doing nothing", then boy does that sure give fuel to those that want us to be hopeless and do nothing. So, again, what's the point of this article?
You can say that democrats aren't doing anything about this, but what does that even mean?
I think the author is drawing attention to the lack of public discussion by the Democrats over whether Trump will try to manipulate the election results. The lack of public statements regarding preparation for such a matter as well.
Have there been any in fact?