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[-] ofcourse@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The fact that Democrats should be raising their voices as loudly as possible against this admin’s moves but instead a sizable 10 of them voted to censure the 1 Democrat who tried to in fact do that, tells you everything about the Democrats’ plans.

At this point, there are only a handful of them who are rallying their constituents and speaking out about this admin’s atrocities, but the majority is completely MIA. Then they wonder why their voters are MIA during the elections.

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

10 in the house, out of 215 or 214 depending on the exact time of death of Sylvester Turner, not really sizable imo. Also, since there were 0 Republican Nays, it would have passed regardless.

Give those 10 a piece of your mind, yes, but it's not sizable or impactful at all.

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The democrats and thier party have been bought and paid for. They aren't going to save us from the billionaires.

[-] melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

we don't need the democrats. they will never step up. they have had so many chances. if anyone remembers the 2000 election, you'll know that this is all kind of their fault. they won an election, and gave it up because the nazis threw a fucking fit.

if you want leadership, pick up a fucking banner. you are the government now. and you should be fucking pissed about that.

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[-] venotic@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 1 week ago

Nah, Democrats failed us again last year. Instead of focusing on what matters, they played the exact same play out of their playbook from 2016. Which was to attack Trump over and over. They didn't promise much of anything, only that "well, we're not Trump so vote for us!". We did that in 2020 with Biden and the best Biden did was nudge things but he didn't do that grand of a job. We voted for him because he wasn't Trump. When it came time for a fresher candidate to make history again, what did Harris do? She caved and went the whole "AT LEAST WE'RE NOT TRUMP!" towards the end of her campaign and that didn't do wonders.

And the fact that the Democrats allowed for Republicans, unchallenged, to take the Senate and House? Dude, no balls on them.

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

They didn’t promise much of anything, only that “well, we’re not Trump so vote for us!”.

Is that not enough? You prefer Trump to not-Trump?

[-] venotic@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 1 week ago

Is it too much to ask for America to have someone who's only quality is that they're not Trump? How about credulous capability? How about a spine to tell corporations to shove it? How about an actual move to progress things that should've been apparent in the present X amount of years ago?

Simply just not being Trump is not enough. Because what you do not care to realize, is that sets a low bar. You're saying, you're okay with someone not Trump even though they may not be any better. Don't mix my words around, idiot.

[-] quicklime@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

pardon the micro issue but I think you mean credible instead of credulous. only trying to help, not criticize.

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[-] hark@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

That's like presenting only the options of slavery or indentured servitude and asking "you prefer slavery to indentured servitude?" Neither are acceptable. Before you say "well those are the options we've got" think about who are making these the only options.

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[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 1 week ago

Ah, but they don't work too serve us. They work to serve corporations and billionaires. We can fix that, but it will take a lot of relentless work and vigilance, before, during and after fixing it.

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[-] Kompressor@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Oh they've been wasted in the back of this party bus for a while telling everyone to calm down and stop being so frantic and everything's fine.

[-] kex@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

The Democrats feel like they are more concerned about how the utencils are arranged beside the plate than making sure people have food on it.

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[-] Retropunk64@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Politicians aren't leaders. Stop expecting them to be. They exist to serve the people. If they don't, then give them the boot.

[-] hark@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

They exist to serve the people.

They don't do that either.

If they don’t, then give them the boot.

We can't because the money-packed system self-selects for greedy assholes.

[-] Retropunk64@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Just because they don't, that doesn't mean it isnt their purpose. And yes you can, you just won't.

[-] morrowind@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

We can't give them the boot for a good while. In the meantime, what would you have us do?

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[-] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

We really should have two major parties committed to upholding the Constitution

ZZzzzzzZZzzzz... Not interested in worshiping your holy fashy scriptures.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_religion

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