As a non-American I sum it up as this: For the last 50 years (that I am old enough to know about) Democrats don't have the answer so they are bad. Republicans don't have the answer but will lie to us every minute of the day to keep us happy so they are good. Then Americans wonder why their country is about to implode.
If this was the case, Republicans would always win and Democrats would always lose.
That's not the case, though. Recently people just vote for the party that is out of power, because no matter who gets elected everything gets worse. Republicans get elected, everything gets worse, so people vote for Democrats next time. Then the Democrats get elected, everything gets worse, and so people vote for Republicans next time. Over and over until we're all dead.
Except everything did not get worse under Biden.
Yeah, everything didn't get worse, just the basics like housing, healthcare, the economy, the environment, the military, policing...
Not a fan of Biden, but his admin was like the definition of "status quo".
Which sucks, but that's a different conversation. It's unequivocally superior to whatever the fuck is going on right now.
I'd say the "status quo" is getting worse. The system itself makes things worse without intervention. And for a Biden specific failure, the non-prosecution of Republican crimes against democracy haven't just allowed the criminals to freely continue, but normalized those crimes and enabled the criminals to become even worse.
"I'm stupid so I am gonna vote for the abusive asshole"
Americans: "We took all power away from Democrats and gave it to Republicans. Why aren't Democrats saving us from what we did?"
Democratic Leadership when they have power: "We can't afford to give you the healthcare/housing/economy/peace/rights that we promised, which is well below the healthcare/housing/economy/peace/rights that you actually need, sorry. Anyway, we're off to spend all your tax money on the military, intelligence agencies, and our rich friends. Good luck out there."
Democratic Leadership afterwards: "Wait, why aren't you voting for us?"
They had four years to hold the last Trump administration accountable and prevent all this.
Well then maybe they should've done something while they had that power.
The Democrats have eagerly given up what little power they had to obstruct Trump's agenda.
Political power is about a lot more than the power afforded to one by their political office. The Democrats should be out there whipping the sane two thirds of America into action, not sitting on their asses and sucking off Mango Mussolini.
So, what are y'all going to vote? Is there a sane, truly social-democrat (or "actually leftish") alternative? Maybe that third party already exists, maybe somebody saw the sign of the times and started one?
Corporate Democrats: "But we re-branded our feckless, pro-corporate messaging to look more like Mandamis?!?"
Lol, yeah, they can try again. Maybe go full bore.
Did they though? The furthest they got was Harris afaics.
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