Isn’t it great that Americans are so intelligent and well-informed that we voted to give this trashcan more power?
We pretty much fucked any chance we had for the middle/lower classes to gain more power/influence during our lifetimes. Weak middle/lower classes = shit country. It’s only going downhill from here.
We pretty much fucked any chance we had for the middle/lower classes to gain more power/influence during our lifetimes.
I may have disagreed with you if Kamala hadn’t spent the end of 2024 proving that the destruction of the traditional Republican party (not that I was a fan of R in the first place) was all the excuse D needed to sprint to the right. It’s not even like D is trying to pull things the other way, they have literally just embraced this opportunity to become even closer to corporate interests and move their party to the right.
They are fighting R because they are obligated to do so, but I no longer believe anyone in power in the Democrats cares any more about the middle class and non-white, non-male, non-Christian, non-straight Americans than R does. Pelosi put the final nail in the coffin of my good will towards Democrats.
I mean you can, and should be, pissed off at Democrats all you want. Doesn’t change that all data point towards them being a better decision for middle/lower class Americans.
Problem is, a bunch of Americans feel the way you do, but instead of still voting intelligently, despite being upset with Dems, they chose to stay home or vote 3rd party.
So now a felon rapist is our leader and the ultra rich have made it abundantly clear average people like us are going to lose even more power.
I mean you can, and should be, pissed off at Democrats all you want. Doesn’t change that all data point towards them being a better decision for middle/lower class Americans.
Very true.
Problem is, a bunch of Americans feel the way you do, but instead of still voting intelligently, despite being upset with Dems, they chose to stay home or vote 3rd party.
Wasn’t me this time, but will be next time. I voted angrily for Kamala. I’m not voting for the less-evil conservative party next time. I need to see differentiation and I need to see progressive policy stances. I’ve been voting for what Democrats might one day do if they ever get the chance for 40 years because I wasn’t willing to support Republicans. And I could accept all the compromises that kept pushing that carrot down the road.
I don’t view those things the same anymore. I saw what D did just in the last two months prior to this election and that was enough. (not by a damn sight my only complaints of the past four years, but the final straw. I can no longer pretend this is the party I was told it was all that time.) They need to be a different party next time, or I’m prepared to spend the rest of my life being one of the people folks hate for R getting elected. I’m not voting for the party of “what R used to be.”
At this point I think they are fighting against R because they have no other party to fight against, not because they have a shared principle among them.
Edited to add: Trump has brought the worst of every part of US history and society to the forefront and personified those things himself. And the response of D was still to become more like R, not less. Nuh-uh. They have four years to unfuck themselves, or I am done with them.
I’m not voting for the less-evil conservative party next time.
Good news, it won’t matter next time as far as the presidential vote goes! Remember that “most important election of your lifetime” thing that everyone laughed at? Turns out people didn’t want free and fair presidential elections any more. It’s still worth voting in blue states for state and local stuff in particular, but red states will make sure that no Democrat ever becomes president again regardless of how people vote.
At any level that Republicans have control over, we won’t for the foreseeable future. The only defense we have is the courts and blue state governments, and how effective either will be against the coming tide of fascism remains to be seen.
If the right will continue to have weird ideas, they might force you to have one. First it’ll be tax-breaks for families having children, then an outright childless tax, then other repercussions.
You been paying attention? Elon and Trump are buddy buddy. Elon has donated big time. He has shown up at rallies. They did a live interview together weeks before the election. Trump tapped Elon to be the head of a new government efficiency department. Now he’s making questionable posts on social media regarding our government and what he plans to do regarding it.
If you voted for Donald Trump, you voted to give Elon Musk more power in our politics. Anyone who thinks otherwise is engaging in an act of extreme ignorance.
Isn’t it great that Americans are so intelligent and well-informed that we voted to give this trashcan more power?
We pretty much fucked any chance we had for the middle/lower classes to gain more power/influence during our lifetimes. Weak middle/lower classes = shit country. It’s only going downhill from here.
I may have disagreed with you if Kamala hadn’t spent the end of 2024 proving that the destruction of the traditional Republican party (not that I was a fan of R in the first place) was all the excuse D needed to sprint to the right. It’s not even like D is trying to pull things the other way, they have literally just embraced this opportunity to become even closer to corporate interests and move their party to the right.
They are fighting R because they are obligated to do so, but I no longer believe anyone in power in the Democrats cares any more about the middle class and non-white, non-male, non-Christian, non-straight Americans than R does. Pelosi put the final nail in the coffin of my good will towards Democrats.
I mean you can, and should be, pissed off at Democrats all you want. Doesn’t change that all data point towards them being a better decision for middle/lower class Americans.
Problem is, a bunch of Americans feel the way you do, but instead of still voting intelligently, despite being upset with Dems, they chose to stay home or vote 3rd party.
So now a felon rapist is our leader and the ultra rich have made it abundantly clear average people like us are going to lose even more power.
Very true.
Wasn’t me this time, but will be next time. I voted angrily for Kamala. I’m not voting for the less-evil conservative party next time. I need to see differentiation and I need to see progressive policy stances. I’ve been voting for what Democrats might one day do if they ever get the chance for 40 years because I wasn’t willing to support Republicans. And I could accept all the compromises that kept pushing that carrot down the road.
I don’t view those things the same anymore. I saw what D did just in the last two months prior to this election and that was enough. (not by a damn sight my only complaints of the past four years, but the final straw. I can no longer pretend this is the party I was told it was all that time.) They need to be a different party next time, or I’m prepared to spend the rest of my life being one of the people folks hate for R getting elected. I’m not voting for the party of “what R used to be.”
At this point I think they are fighting against R because they have no other party to fight against, not because they have a shared principle among them.
Edited to add: Trump has brought the worst of every part of US history and society to the forefront and personified those things himself. And the response of D was still to become more like R, not less. Nuh-uh. They have four years to unfuck themselves, or I am done with them.
Good news, it won’t matter next time as far as the presidential vote goes! Remember that “most important election of your lifetime” thing that everyone laughed at? Turns out people didn’t want free and fair presidential elections any more. It’s still worth voting in blue states for state and local stuff in particular, but red states will make sure that no Democrat ever becomes president again regardless of how people vote.
Frankly my entire screed is predicated on ignoring the possibility that we never see a free election again. A possibility that I consider plausible.
At any level that Republicans have control over, we won’t for the foreseeable future. The only defense we have is the courts and blue state governments, and how effective either will be against the coming tide of fascism remains to be seen.
Careful, some instances take more after Elon’s idea of free speech.
The ratchet effect is real. I’m glad that I don’t have kids.
If the right will continue to have weird ideas, they might force you to have one. First it’ll be tax-breaks for families having children, then an outright childless tax, then other repercussions.
Where was Elon Musk on a ballot?
You been paying attention? Elon and Trump are buddy buddy. Elon has donated big time. He has shown up at rallies. They did a live interview together weeks before the election. Trump tapped Elon to be the head of a new government efficiency department. Now he’s making questionable posts on social media regarding our government and what he plans to do regarding it.
If you voted for Donald Trump, you voted to give Elon Musk more power in our politics. Anyone who thinks otherwise is engaging in an act of extreme ignorance.