• BrainInABox@lemmy.ml
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      3 days ago

      I’m sure repeatedly telling people they need to shut up and never criticize The Party will really reduce apathy.

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        1 day ago

        Criticize all you want. Just recognize there is a difference between a less than ideal party and literal Nazis

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          1 day ago

          Voters: “Please stop bombing children”, “Please stop backing a genocide”, “Please stop handing out our taxes to your rich friends”, “Please stop making healthcare the number one reason for bankruptcy”, “Please stop sending people to torture prisons”, “Please make minimum wage a livable wage”

          “…less than ideal party…”

          I think you might have a warped view of what “less than ideal” means

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            I hate it but it’s happening no matter who is in power. Best we can do is a party who isn’t going to throw immigrants in concentration camps.

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              1 day ago

              If you think that committing a modern holocaust is “less than ideal” you belong in a concentration camp.

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          I wouldnt say a party of genocide supporters who love to kick progressives in the face and dont seem to give 2 shites what their voters want and need, and who have a wildly eroding base and 28% approval doesnt qualify as a:

          good choice

          But I guess if thats what you think I’m not going to change your mind.

          • ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
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            17 hours ago

            There’s only two choices under the current system and the other one is kidnapping people to put in concentration camps right now. The only chance to change the current system without open armed conflict is the Democrats.

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              10 hours ago

              I think its time to start looking past democrats as possible agents of change. Justice delayed is justice denied, and the AIPAC centrists are firmly in control and not about to change anything. Rallying behind them just guarantees more loss, at the cost of enabling their corruption. Their base has already left to the point that they cant win anything. They have a 28% approval rating.

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                5 hours ago

                Democrats still have 23 governorships, control 37% of state legislatures, and 40% of state chambers. Six of the ten most populous states have 2 Democrat senators, three have Republican senators, and one is split. The house is split 219 Republican to 212 Democrat, but the Democrats represent a much larger portion of the population.

                The point is, Democrats are far from being out of the game. Nobody else comes close to having a chance of beating Republicans in an election.