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They're good at punching down. Lets not give them too much credit here.
The entrenched Dems are the problem. Americans keep giving incumbent dems a free pass on primaries. This directly incentivizes them to appeal to conservative voters and causes them to shift further right every election cycle.
Have you seen the documentary on how AOC got elected? here it is on youtube
I'm not from the US, so I can't attest to if this is happening or not. But I do believe that the people who will replace establishment Dems and fix the USA are people we haven't heard of yet. I'm not expecting a political greenhorn to win the US presidency or a state governorship, but I do think congress, the lower house, should comprise of people who relate more to Americans than the political class.
In a nutshell, I think The American People need to rescue themselves. Which unfortunately necessitates things getting worse enough that people care enough. Which direction people go from there though remains to be seen.
That’s why I mentioned AOC. She did what we need to do en masse. Granted, most of us saying that won’t be trying it ourselves so it’s a bit weak, putting words where you’re unwilling to put personal action. Myself included.
Please if you haven't watch the documentary. Because she didn't choose to run for office. An organization dedicated to primarying some DNC asshat selected her from a list of nominations and approached her to run.
That's what needs to be replicated IMO.
What I mostly see in the everyday is that most people are basically asleep. Sure, some of the really stupid things that Donvict does might break through, but that's about it.
A lot of people don't really see how the Republicans are dismantling things that help everyday Americans and enriching themselves to obscene amounts. And no, not in the way the usual both-sidering cynic smugly says, "all politicians are corrupt"...Donvict is making billions on his schemes.
The morons and the low-info self-styled "cynics" will be utterly clueless even in the aftermath and even as Democrats may be scrambling to try to fix the mess - they'll ascribe generic blame to "boomers" (FFS 🙄 ) , and "Washington", "Congress", "politics" and "both sides".