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The real trick: Republicans know their best shot of winning elections is to energize their base with "Democrats are going to destroy the country so you must go vote" while at the same time promoting the narrative "Democrats won't do anything so you should bother voting" to de-energize the opposition.
It's a very very obvious strategy being deployed here.
But go on and pretend you're an edgy contrarian while spreading the exact narrative the fascists want you to spread.
Why do you suppose this is effective?
Because most Americans can't name a single bill passed in the last 10 years or who is in the senate or literally anything about politics at all? Biden passed like 7 major bills while the senate was almost 50/50 split republican/democrat. To get 7 actually good bills passed in that climate is a miracle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/117th_United_States_Congress
Yeah one was blocking the rail strike. Really fighting for the American people that guy. /s
Increasing the cost of living and shortages in supplies like food, water, and fuel massively impact the little guy all across the country. They did get a wage increase and better health benefits / sick leave, and the strike did go on for months. It literally could have shut down many local businesses, caused hardships for millions, caused shortages for many industries, not just the billionaire owned ones either.
The alternative is, eat all that cost for millions of people, and eventually after who knows how long one side caves. This is a lose-lose situation, and you can say he chose the wrong option, but to frame this as "he just chose to block the rail strike to side with the corporations" is just not accurate.
Imagine being so drunk on corporate propaganda you think blocking a strike is in service to the American people.
Biden did it for the billionaires and the corporations dumbass. He doesn't give a fuck about the American people.
He also blocked the rail strike out of hatred for workers.
Genocidal shit gets no benefit of the doubt.
This one is actually encouraging people to get involved and put in the work to fix the party. It isn't like all the other posts I've seen that seem designed to discourage people from voting.
None of it discourages people from voting. Y’all are wilin out.
Vote for the lesser of two evils, but don’t tell me to stop calling them evil. They are. It’s disingenuous.
I’m starting to think you folk are the ones getting paid to squash talk of reforming the party. You on payroll for a corporate dem?
Or maybe calling everyone who disagrees with me a paid shill is idiotic. But hey, you all started it.
They're definitely on some kind of payroll. People can't be so bored that they fight this hard for do nothing geriatrics.
Conservatives will always be organized by bigotry and greed, which coincidentally are the things you need to be rich.
Dems fight over party ideals and nitpick each other to death.
In the primaries, be nitpicky. In the election, vote the guy who wont endanger millions of your neighbors and friends. Vote the guy who wont stuff money in billionaire pockets. Even if theyre pandering, a blue conservative is better than a red one.
This is just more of the centerist bullshit that's led us to where we are in the past 25 years.
Stop defending obstructionists who vote for trash candidates in the Democratic primaries.
Then get them in during the primaries? It's not my fault they are extremely unpopular with the voters.
Why do you think they're unpopular? Is it possible that the party which controls how funds, advertising, and opportunities are allocated in the primaries it fully controls has a vested interest in keeping leftist politicians out of office?
I voted for them. Did you?
Stop acting like the primaries are honest.
Stop acting like the primaries are honest.
Yup.
Literally what happened last election.
Got a bunch of fools to throw their hands up with the Democrat party and then fascists waltzed in and are currently speed running destroying our futures.
You can have problems with the Dems and that's fine and dandy, but if you're posting about how they're not going to accomplish anything (fundamental lie if you pay attention at all) then you're just helping fascists continue to obliterate our futures.
Bottom Line: The Democrats MUST win.