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Politicians Will Not Save Us. (lemmy.zip)
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Grassroots organization will save us.

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[–] 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And because there are way more fascist friendly neoliberals than there are progressives it will never be someone you actually want to vote for.

This has been the pattern for my entire life and expecting this stupid country full of idiots to change is a recipe for disappointment.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Except the left has policy that directly improves the material conditions of people. Free Healthcare polls overwhelmingly better than "means-tested subsidies for insurance through 50 different marketplaces where you have no idea what you will pay at any point".

    The people don't have coherent ideologies, but they know healthcare, rent, school are too expensive and wages are too low.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yes, that has also been the case my entire life and yet it never, ever happens and it never, ever will.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It never happens because the right-wing dems oppose it more fiercely than they oppose republicans, and yall pledge to vote for them 2 years out anyway.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Unless we replace the entire government too to bottom with progressives it is literally never going to happen.

    Our system of government is designed not to change so it takes a hyper-majority to do anything or consequence.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Do you think the republicans haven't done anything of consequence? The US executive is literally one of the most powerful executives of any government, except like the gulf monarchies, France, and a few others.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    To be more accurate: Democrats and progressives can’t get shit done because they still care about the rules.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Democrats only pretend to care about rules when it gives them a pretense to not do something that their base wants, but their donors don't. Biden had no problem breaking rules to keep weapons flowing to Israel when congress deadlocked. Obama had no issues violating the sovereignty of a dozen countries

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Exactly. So it’s never gonna happen because there aren’t enough progressives to get one elected with enough congress members to avoid getting it repealed.

    If President Bernie wanted to make universal healthcare by executive order he’d be impeached and removed from office.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Isn't that how democracy works? You try to convince the greatest number of people to agree with you, and if they don't, you lose? You can try to change the center of the curve, but if you're way over in "property is theft" land, and the greater number of people are in "healthcare should be cheap if not free," then that's going to be the policy that wins. You can be upset that more people don't agree with you, but that's what primaries are for.

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