There’s a simple explanation for that: It’s just because of how it is.
You can tell, because of the way that it is!
(If ya don’t know)
The missile knows where it is, because it knows where it isnt.
I specifically asked for Aspen trees in my nature tattoo because of this
They don’t think it be like it is, but it do
Except when you expect it to, then it don’t be.
That’s a good way of putting it. Things are surreal for several reasons anymore.
That includes the democratic party.
We agree. We have about 3 years until the next presidential election cycle, maybe, and we either need to challenge the Democratic party, or improve it.
Instead of pessimism, do you have any ideas?
We’ve been telling them to move further left than further center for years, and yet they wonder why they keep losing elections.
There’s a lot of reasons they’re losing election. One of the least of which is that they are too far right.
Full disclosure I am anarchist/anarco communist. Yes democrats should move left. But it isn’t some sort of Panacea that would see them suddenly start winning elections regularly. Democrats moving left would see a lot of the party’s funding evaporated. Which on one hand would be good. Because a lot of that funding is coming from some of the worst people. But on the other hand. Campaigns have been made very expensive. It would put Democrats at a distinct disadvantage, and see them losing just as much if not more than they already are. Without that money. Yet it is still the lazy go to answer.
The truth is Democrats don’t even need to move left one iota to start winning again. All it needs to happen is for us to stop leaving everything to National leadership. Which is bought and owned. Completely disconnected from all constituency other than the donors. We need to revitalize state democratic parties. Have them take leadership back.
Small donations only.
Absolutely. Political funding is broken thanks in large part to citizens United. Campaign finance reform certainly should be a campaign item for any progressive candidate.
We have a year and a half to reform the Democrats before the midterm elections. If they win then just because of pure backlash without reform, they’ll take it as a neoliberal status quo mandate and use it as an excuse to sleepwalk into entrenched fascism even more.
In this thread I’ve had two separate people mention the major problem with campaign finance or money in politics. And I think I have to agree, part of the reason that the Democrats are so disappointing because they serve the same masters.
Maybe that could be a concentrated goal and and the rallying cry for the Democrats approaching the midterms, that you shouldn’t even try to run on the Democratic ticket unless you’re going to push for campaign finance reform that ends citizens united. That might be a big enough change to start improving our democratic system.
Ron Howard: “It is.”
It’s because scams work, people are morons. Especially us Americans
Now showing the true face of one third of our registered voters. Untied Scams of Ambivalence with beloved shill, Pump and Dump Rump. The bloated corrupt personification of everything that is wrong with us. Step right up!
Dyslexia havers of the world, UNTIE!
On Right !
63 million inconvenienced grifters.
Leaves 100 million unhappy griftees
I kinda feel like Rorschach in the prison we’re stuck in here with the crazy.
Calling out scams is easy; fixing them is where true leadership lies.
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You can tell by the way it is. Neat!
Because it is.
We live in a hyper-consumerist, scam society.
It’s gotten so bad most people don’t even realize the problems when they see it. Unfortunately, I think AOC was defending paying $>10 on a single meal, so she’s part of the problem.
She always wears very nice suits.
OMG, don’t tell me, were some of them beige, khaki, buff, or <gasp> tan?
They are expensive, and that’s all that matters.
Purity testing political leaders based on the way they dress is self-sabotage. If you think someone can’t be a real ally if they wear nice suits then you’ll find few allies in life. The reverse is also true, John Fetterman isn’t an ally of the working class just because he wears a hoodie to congress, for example.
That’s not true. They’re supporting a system that exists to pass a bunch of money around at the top. Each one that wears an expensive suit is guilty of this.
John Fetterman isn’t an ally of the working class just because he wears a hoodie to congress, for example.
I’m glad we’re at least on the same page here. I don’t keep up with Fetterman, but isn’t he also an ally of the working class? Again, I’m glad we can see eye to eye on what I’m referring to. Bringing up Fetterman is a great example.
They’re supporting a system that exists to pass a bunch of money around at the top.
By… wearing a suit? You’re gonna have to go into more detail here to get your point across.
I’m glad we’re at least on the same page here.
I’d like to get there, but I’m really not sure that we are yet.
I don’t keep up with Fetterman, but isn’t he also an ally of the working class?
Fetterman ran as a progressive and presented himself as an unpretentious ally of blue-collar workers, then after getting elected he made a hard right turn starting with support for Israel’s genocide and eventually going back on every progressive stance he ever held, even claiming he never held them to begin with. He’s now just a conservative - registered Democrat. A turn-coat who claims “I didn’t leave the left, the left left me.” Many such cases these days, unfortunately.
If you’re arguing that AOC is the same, I really don’t see it. I don’t agree with everything she does, of course, but for someone working within the system she’s as radical as it gets.
By… wearing a suit? You’re gonna have to go into more detail here to get your point across.
Yes. It contributes to a culture where we need to pay into the suit industry in order to be successful. It’s a complete waste of money and only serves to continue passing it around at the top. Every dollar wasted on nice suits could’ve been spent improving the lives of people who can’t afford nice suits.
I’d like to get there, but I’m really not sure that we are yet.
Maybe your reading comprehension isn’t that good, but I was referring to how you mentioned John Fetterman in contrast to AOC and the other suit-wearers.
but for someone working within the system she’s as radical as it gets.
Kind of. “For someone working within the system” is the key point.
Alright, I understand your position. Personally, I disagree with it because it’s unrealistic to expect perfection from everyone who fights for a cause. I feel that it’s important to have some baseline tolerance for hypocrisy because it’s counterproductive to police your allies on every small thing.
I agree that tailored suits should not be a precondition for success, and choosing not to wear them in congress is absolutely a statement to that end, but I’m not going to discount AOC as a potential ally because she chose not to fight that particular battle. In the same vein, I’m also not going to allow John Fetterman’s choice to fight that particular battle convince me that he’s a working class ally in more important ways.
When you allow yourself to get hung up on the appearance of hypocrisy you make yourself vulnerable to exactly the type of manipulation that Fetterman engages in. Look past the surface and consider the bigger picture. You don’t have to be someone who works within the system, I’m not that type of person either, but don’t write people off for choosing that path. Everyone has a part to play.
You’re not wrong about that.
