• Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    The democratic party accomplished all of its goals during the biden administration: they sold weapons for genocide.

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      People hate when you say it, but the Democratic Party is Controlled Opposition.

      A bunch of them are just paid to lose.

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        “A bunch” is roughly three. Sinema, Fetterman, and, uh… I’m sure there’s one more.

        It’s easier to stop things than to pass things. You’ll notice Republicans aren’t getting a lot done right now, exactly. At least not through Congress.

        They’re doing so many blatantly illegal things, largely with the blessing of the DoJ and the Supreme Court. But they can’t get the SAVE Act through to stop us from voting.

        It turns out every bit matters.

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          Jeffries, Schumer, Pelosi, Kaine, Booker… pretty much anyone not in the squad or otherwise on the AIPAC tiddy

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            The neolibs are not responsible for the majority of our problems.

            Their biggest crimes are Israel and not being aggressive enough on changes. They’re not the ones preventing most of the legislation we’ve tried to pass, such as the public option with the ACA.

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              As far as you’re concerned, their biggest crime is not supporting genocide even harder.

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                can you read I’m not American and have no dog in this fight apart from not wanting the USA to fuck the world worse than currently, but they literally mentioned genocide/Israel being their biggest crime

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          “A bunch” is roughly three. Sinema, Fetterman, and, uh…

          If you can’t name more than two Senators… Jesus, dude. Maybe start with Henry Cuellar and Bob Menendez. Ritchie Torres. Elissa Slotkin. Eric Swalwell. Josh Gottheimer. Do I really need to make you the full list?

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            Whenever there is a democratic majority, just enough Democrats will turn to make any actual change impossible, like a public option with Obama. Or when the blue dog Democrats fucked healthcare reform under Clinton. It’s happened every time and will continue to happen because the ratchet effect is a feature that always ends in facism and oligarchy, which is where you make your real money.

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              The ratchet effect is real, but it’s because when the Dems have a majority they’re relying on West Virginia. Republicans kiss the ring or they’re kicked from politics, just look at Ted Cruz.

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                when the Dems have a majority they’re relying on West Virginia

                They’re relying on a billionaire scion of a coal dynasty. Plenty of working class labor friendly people in WV. But the Dem Senate committee won’t touch any of them.

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                Biden got more progressive change through

                He did not. He got more “bipartisan” changes, and we’ve lowered the bar for what that means

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                Biden is only progressive to those who consider genocide to be progress.

                You support absolutely nothing but genocide and that will never change.

                Like every last centrist.

                Now bring the gaslighting and abuse.

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      I like it when people focus on one thing and ignore all the actual accomplishments. Or maybe you aren’t ignoring them. Maybe you’re entirely ignorant of them.

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        Petty concessions do not obscure the overt imperialist oppression.

        “I don’t care about the fact we support genocide so long as I get better quality of life.”

        What a fucked mentality. Go find your solidarity with the oppressed.

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                  Abuse: for when centrists can’t defend their only policy.

                  You need to update your script. Criticizing biden isn’t helping trump win. The election is over and genocide won like you want in all cases.

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                    Yeah, you think I’m a centrist, you definitely need to take your meds. I probably criticized the support for Israel earlier than you and more vocally than you.

                    You decided the world is black and white, so you’re even attacking people who should be your allies because you think they’re the wrong flavor of progressive

                    You’d rather let a Republican win than an insufficiently pure Democrat. And your purity check isn’t even about their real actions and words, but your vibes and if you feel they’re a part of your little tribe.