they don’t want to, cause they are just controlled opposition
The Dems have no survival instincts at all
I don’t know what “going low” means, but if we discard our morals and dehumanize our opponents to get into power, that’s still a fascist regime in power.
I do agree that we need candidates that will wield political power to favor the working class and reduce marginalization. Depending on where you are check out Working Families Party or Sunrise Movement.
I disagree with Ironsides overall callout, but there is room for us to get a little more rowdy.
The democrats are trying hard to appeal to the republican base and give them things they want, to the detriment of their own base. They’re trying to play both sides. We need to be shouting, calling out all this stupid shit and if media won’t give us attention, they need to take to platforms that will help spread the word. We need clear communication and a concise, reasonably progressive agenda broadcast to the people, we need to call out Faux news on their bullshit and try to shoot straight to the people.
There are plenty of working-class people that still vote Republican, for a variety or reasons, and I think it is good to try to appeal to them. I don’t think Ds should appeal to them by attacking immigrants or trans people or any other marginalized group, but they do need to appeal to them. Working Families Party seems to be carrying some water there.
I do agree that a loud and proud commitment to the truth (and matching rejection of MAGA fables) is a component. But, I think broad, sweeping denigration doesn’t help – individually, in-person, explaining to someone why their stated believe are wrong and objectionable can work (and in fact, seems to work better that just shunning/ostracization). But, calling everyone that voted for any R your low-intelligence or low-morality slur of choice (e.g.: “idiot” or “deplorable”) over mass / social media just strengthens the group identity.
Of course, I talk a big game, but I’m not doing anything real. I don’t know what I’d do where I’m at; it feels like a lost cause, and I can’t stray too far from the house due to familial duties.
“gRoW a sPiNe”
Nothing sounds weaker than tiptoeing around the phrase”grow some balls.”
All things being equal, “grow some balls” is a gendered statement. It implies you need “balls” to be strong or able to form coherent arguments or defend yourself.
I can see why someone would intentionally use an alternate phrase.
I think “spine” has a connotation of morality, whereas “balls” is about pure daring.
But yeah more or less synonymous and you’re right that it’s definitely used as a euphemism for the stronger version. But also slightly different connotations depending on context, imho
… we are doomed.
You don’t need the “if”
It’s worse than that. They’re all insider trading stocks on all sorts of industries that they directly regulate and have every incentive to weaken, corrode, rip-off, and kill you including weapons manufacturers and defense contractors. Both parties are literally financing and directly benefiting from our rapid decline in the best case and complete obliteration in the worst.
This is literally what the GOP has been working towards for 40 years and dems are all like “Whelp! Yep they’re corrupt and trampling the constitution but what can we do? Please send money”
It’s because they don’t want to stop insider trading and taking these bribes they are even taking these political assassinations seriously
The Democrats are the lesser of the two evils. They are more subtle about not really helping the lower-class and fixing the insane amount of poverty in the USA.
That subtle stuff has been bothering me. Like, I don’t agree with any policies from the Republicans but at least they just tell me to go fuck myself and dont pretend that they really do care
It’s hard to stand for any principles when you’re bought and paid for by the very people who are currently riding their insanity bus with trump.
“Just one more peaceful protest bro. I swear bro”
Insert that one guy who insists on a 3.5% of the population peaceful protest
People assume the Democratic party don’t know what they are doing. They know precisely what they are doing by feigning they don’t know what they are doing.
The oligarchs really have both parties, and the country in its entirety as a result, by the balls. That is why it is crucial to realise to also protest against oligarchy alongside “No Kings” protest. Trump is only the front and fall guy, it is the oligarchs who are truly in power.
The oligarchs really have both parties,
I made this meme a while ago:
I am increasingly worried that the Democrat/Republican divide, or the US democracy in general, is mostly a “divide and conquer” scheme. It makes people believe they can choose their country’s path, but actually, both parties agree on essential questions of economics, such as that there are practically no taxes on the rich, that there’s weak social safety nets, and such.
The differences between the parties are only in the culture, or as i say, in the sexuality, which should be a private issue overall, and it makes for an excellent distraction from economic issues.
The only thing that politics actually should care about is the socio-economic situation, i.e. how much resources do people have to live.
The differences we should be focusing on are between the owners and the owned. The left/right bullshit is just to keep the plebs infighting.
No War but Class War
No Gods No Masters
Dems watch too much movies where the good guys keep letting the bad guy live.
Why do you think the rich love making movies with that trope so much. Or the ones where revolutionaries always end up just as bad as the oppressor they overthrew.
revolutionaries always end up just as bad as the oppressor they overthrew
To be fair, this happens a lot. Not “always” but too often enough.
Even the American Revolution. So yay, overthrew “British Tyranny”. So you’re gonna free the slaves, right? Right? “Freedom” remember? (Well y’all know the rest of the history)
Edit: Cherry on top, the UK now has a better healthcare system than the US 🤣
Isn’t that the core ideology of Conservatism? The current lot are radicals though.
Yeah. The MCU is probably the biggest offender. Luckily hardly anyone watches that garbage. There is this thing where people call the movies ‘woke’ but they are not. At least not beyond a surface level anyway (makes it easier to cut out all the gay stuff for violent dictatorships. Plus, most of the heroes belong to a wealthy/noble class while the others are either cops or soldiers.
I vaguely remember, compared to DC, Marvel has often been comparatively okay with killing, in part because of the scale of villains they go up against - secret armies of a new world order or space aliens, as opposed to thugs employed by a gangster.
That does quiet down when they go face to face with a human that wasn’t born with powers, though.
Low isn’t required, but not being a giant pussy is, and, by extension, knowing the difference.
Don’t have to go low to tell the fucking truth and call it as it is. They just need to stop pandering and open their fucking mouths.
One party acts like it cares about people and the other party doesn’t care about even trying, but they both work for the same people.
