Every single day it seems more and more that a French style revolution is the only solution
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Yeah, this picture is part of the problem and not in the way you think. You absolutely do need to compromise to climb out of the shithole you're in, but the one to compromise with is obviously not the guys on the left in this picture.
The failure to compromise is exactly the thing that grows the left side of this picture.
Who do democrats need to compromise with?
The senate democrats in particular have been outright and consistently compromising with the death cult fascists. So I think this image is pretty appropriate.
They don't need to compromise with the fringe crazies / strawmen that don't actually exist in any great capacity. They need to compromise with the majority in the center.
If you don't have a center, you're fucked though.
The elephant in the room is that people are stupid and politics is about winning them over by any means. There are only winners and losers and nobody cares how you win when you get immunity and can start doling out lucrative government contracts.
The jackass in the room doesn't realize that you have to really manipulate the dummies and do some serious showmanship so that you can get the real policies you want implemented that give more money and power to your side whilst simultaneously pulling the rug out from the other side, draining their capacity to resist by barraging them with stupid bullshit that consumes their money, power and influence for things that generally have no impact to 99% of people beyond a psychological one.
Not shown: the people who hate the left side of this photo while yelling at the right side and not doing much else.
Atleast the elephant has his side doing whatever he wants. The donkey is stuck fighting a battle with no support.
Now yall go ahead and downvote since that's the full extent of your power
I know Republicans won’t listen to me.
I assume Democrats might.
After all, I vote in all their primaries.
Or does that mean they don’t have to care because who the hell else am I going to vote for in the general?
I was just ranting about all the independents that would rather vote 3rd party or not vote at all because "the democrats are just as bad/lazy and don't get anything done" crowd
Every time the democrats have power they use it to try to help out to most common people, yet it's all brushed under the rug all the same because it's not normally headlining news.
The democrats try.
Republicans come into office with a 130+ page manifesto and the party in lock step.
Hell, the Democratic senate whip didn’t even know someone was going to be absent and they lost a fucking lay-up vote.
My problem isn’t that the democrats try. It’s that they fail so goddamn always.
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You forgot to add the corporations raining down money on both sides to keep things this way.
I swear to God, people spend more time blaming Democrats for not fighting Republicans well enough than they do Republicans for doing things that need fighting.
That's because after watching mitch McConnell do literally fucking anything he wanted for years, Democratic leaders and the DNC have the audacity to whine about not being able to do anything.
All so Cuck Schumer can suck off Netanyahu.
I hate republicans, and conservatives in general. They are worse than vermin. But democrats deserve a ton of hate for how badly everything is going. The DNC allowed this to happen, Biden failed his oath of office, allowing Trump to even get on the ticket. The Supreme Court straight up granting immunity to Presidents meant that he could have and should have done everything in his power force them to reverse that because that shit isn't in the constitution.
McConnell managed that because Republicans vote in lock step on basically everything. That's not the DNC's fault.
yes it is, They could absolutely do that, especially when it comes to defending democracy. That they choose to not obstruct everything always during this nonsense is entirely their fault. Who's fault could it possibly be?
That is explicitly the dnc’s fault
Democrats tend to follow rules. That's kind of their thing. When society prefers those who aren't following rules, and explicitly and implicity give them power, the power imbalance is undeniable.
Unfortunately, if Democrats stop following rules, it will make them not worth giving power, power corrupts and all that.
So while it's very nice to push all the blame on them, the only group of people who actually responsible is that quarter of Americans that still didn't lost their minds. Their job was to elect nit monsters and continue to push them to the right direction. Instead they elected monsters into all the power and now are surprised why monsters have all the power.
What the hell are you talking about? This is literally their job, of they could not do it then it would break the rules but it clearly does not break the rules because it's something they can do. And they should do it.
The idea that they wouldn't be worth giving power because they did everything possible to stop facism is insane. US citizens are being dragged out of their homes and harassed by ice agents and will never be compensated. People will die. We might not be able to have fair and free elections ever again and you're going to say this brainless shit? This is whats wrong with Americans. A literal insurrectionist was allowed on the ballot because Democrats didn't do anything, and you're really going to say "it's not their fault."
And if you're really going to say they have no responsibility for what is happening then you're literally saying they should wash their hands of the poor, minorities, and immigrants that are going to die because of this shit. You're fucked in the head if you think they have no responsibility. JOE had immunity 9 months. The votes in multiple swing states looked erroneous but a recount was never called.
The ire has to do with the representative government where the representatives are not representing.
Which would, in fact, prevent Republicans from doing things that need to be fought.
When representatives in democracy aren't representing. You kinda lose democracy.
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imagine functioning as controlled opposition while not even being controlled opposition. those desk jobs are way too fucking nice
We all need to do what we can do to fight back including civil disobedience. One of the most powerful but unfortunately forgotten ways of fighting back is protesting. The powers at be don’t like it because they have no control of the information. Reddit perm banned me for being too outspoken. So here I am. Please people rise up and get loud!!!
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Are people not paying attention, or just love to blame Democrats? They’re not asking for compromises. They’re making clear demands and getting voted down. Most recently, the House Judiciary Committee voted on the deportations. Democrats insisted that citizens be exempt from deportation. Republicans voted them down. This is what happens when you have full Republican control of our government. Keep bitching about the minority party fighting for you, and this is here to stay.
You want fresh blood in the seats? Me too. Vote in the congressional midterm primaries next year. We all have a say in who sits in those seats, but only the elderly retirees show up for the vote.
And they’ve been sitting on their hands for years even when they did have power. They routinely allow this shit to happen and it’s a little late to say them asking if maybe US citizens could be exempt shows how great they really are. Like, they should be demanding that any deportation needs far better scrutiny, and that would right there take care of the citizen part while also protecting so many others. It’s basically the meme we’re commenting on!
They aren’t protecting the US from shit, and it fucking shows. Your country is bad and you should feel bad, not be making excuses and complaining about Democrats not getting respect for unsuccessfully doing the bare minimum and then saying “guess that’s that.”
The only time in the last 30 years that Democrats had the same control that Republicans have now, was the 111th Congress. It was considered the most productive Congress since the 89th Congress.
Joe Biden took office directly after J6, allowed Garland to pull pud for four years, then got the biggest fucking stick an American president has ever gotten from the SC, and handed it to Trump.
I feel the Dems can take some blame.
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Democrats should have demanded the removal of most of the republican party from office via the 14th amendment. Refuse to cooperate with this illegitimate government.
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If you assume that Republicans will ever compromise, it makes an ass out of you and me.
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