"Those who make peaceful reform impossible make violent revolution inevitable."

"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."

Looks like @ConservativesOG just found out that the law does not protect them.

"We don't want to be told what to do. We only want to tell other people what to do."

- every conservative

"Those other people didn't earn it...like us. They are lazy welfare mommas. They need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps, like we did."

- your in-laws probably

I had a friend back a few years ago who was an H1B and it's fucking exploitive. They made him work off his visa. And since his visa is tied to his job he couldn't leave it. The place was toxic af.

The company was very much abusing H1B visas but unless someone at the company spoke up, it's just business.

"Those who make peaceful reform impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."

I can count on one hand the number of videos I've seen where "wait until the end" holds true.

The most recent in years is a video of a dog chewing on something. The owner approaches it and the dog lets go of a hose which then sprays the owner.

Was not expecting that.

So maybe the next step, if you really want a swimming pool on the Moon, is to call Elon Musk and ask for a quote.

I don't care enough to ask this asshole.

Religion is what gives these people the excuse.

It's their own prejudices that play into politics.

I can provide a bit more of a qualified answer, backed up by my own observations and my research into running for office as well as my research in elections. It became an obsession after the 2020 election. With that in mind, take this with a grain of salt.

The TL;DR of the below: Democrats fall in love and Republicans Fall in Line

Broadly speaking, the people who consistently vote for Republicans and the people who vote for Democrats (i.e. their respective base) are very different. The Republican base favors control and order whereas the Democrat base favors cooperation and liberty.

Because of this, Republican politicians can get away with shit laws that are oppressive, that restrict rights, and basically allow people to be shitty to people who are different (read: white, cis, hetro people can be assholes to non-white, trans, non-hetro people). Even the most moderate Republican voter who is open-minded will still vote Republican because being "nice" is not a higher value than "order". So even though Marjorie Taylor Greene or Donald Fucking Trump are complete assholes, because they write laws that protect them, they don't have enough motivation to not vote for a Republican.

Contrast this with the Democratic base. For a moment, assume that Donald Trump, is just as disgusting, just as racist, just as misogynistic, but consistently voted progressively. You (assuming you are on the liberal side of the spectrum) would probably either not vote for him or actively vote against him. The Democrat base is also very large in that there are a lot of pockets of people who tend to vote Democrat, but only if you speak to their specific issue.

That's why Democratic candidates often have to run a very tight, very structured, and near perfect campaign whereas Republicans can literally take a candidate who's never been to a donut shop and have a gaff of him ordering a box of "whatever makes sense".

While Republicans have a consistent base that votes, Democrats do not. Democrats have to win the "middle", i.e. people who aren't politically engaged and these people often fall into three categories:

• people who are just busy either with life, family, school, etc.
• people who feel their vote doesn't matter
• people who "don't like politics" and sees "both sides as the same"

There is a common denominator of these people: they are often privileged and have never been on the sharp end of a government action and don't think it will happen to them. So campaigns have to spend time to try to convince them that it's worth voting for them.

So, to answer your question as to why Democrats can't just give zero fucks: they literally can't do that and win elections. Democrats can't keep their base if they do.

I think about this comic on a regular basis.

It's worse than that. Their goal is to throw the legal equivalent to spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks. Sometimes they get lucky and then you have a brick to add to historical precedence.

Hell, the age verification porn law is seen as unconstitutional but it's held on.