LoriHCMy fellow Americans, I have voted for many Democrats, along with Green Party, Independent, Libertarian, non-partisan, and even Republican candidates (ok, one Republican candidate) over the years. This year, it is of paramount importance that you vote for Democrats in every race, especially the Presidential contest. Please, I beg of you: Do not anoint a king. Do not allow the planet to burn. Do not permit the repudiation of inalienable rights for ALL of us.
dxpack@lorihc @marcoarment Sure ok, but then what happens? Every indication is: nothing. Biden commissioned a working group report on “what to do about the Supreme Court” 3 years ago. And he shelved it. Is the point of Democrats to slowly allow Republicans to destroy things instead of quickly, and then campaign for money in perpetuity? So they’re just a money extraction tool?
@lorihc @marcoarment Should I vote for a Democrat that has never said they will do something? Or a Democrat that has said they will, and then had all the opportunity but did nothing? Why? Because now the Republicans mean it? They’ve meant it for decades - and the Democrats have never done anything. There’s a reason for that: they don’t need to because they’ll extract money along the way and will get enough votes to satisfy their need to continue extracting money and doing nothing.
@lorihc @marcoarment It sucks. But it’s the reality. There’s no point in pretending otherwise.
Jan@dxpack @lorihc @marcoarment as a German I can tell you that it only takes one election to go bad to destroy literally everything.
Kyle McMahonThis:
“had all the opportunity”
is pretty ignorant.
Liberals have not had the Supreme Court in decades.
Even when Democrats have had the White House and Congress, they still don’t have “all the opportunity” because the Senate is supermajority rule. Even if it weren’t, the composition of the Senate overweights rural interests.
It’s *still* important to elect Democrats because the alternative is worse. Not accomplishing as much as *you* would like is not the worst outcome.
@kmcmahon The Democrats can’t do anything because they’ve never had the power to do anything? Tell that to the Republicans who somehow had the power to block a Supreme Court nominee. Somehow had the power to remove the filibuster when they needed to. Democrats could have done just a ridiculous number of things - but they haven’t and they won’t. Because that is not their purpose - they keep showing you that, and you keep saying “I gotta vote harder!” Honestly, it’s pathetic.
gormster@dxpack @lorihc @marcoarment I want you to imagine, for a second, that you live in Australia.
You are required to vote. It’s compulsory. You are also required to vote for every candidate - you must place a number in every box on your ballot, indicating your preferences.
Who’s coming out ahead of who?
I don’t believe for a second you genuinely have no preference. I don’t believe you wouldn’t put one of them ahead of the other.
That’s what you’re doing here. Your voting system is busted but we all know the two parties that will emerge are D and R, and that’s the preference you’ve got to express.
@gormster @lorihc @marcoarment I genuinely don’t think you have a grasp of the reality. Do I prefer someone who has done nothing and will do nothing? Why would I prefer that person? You act like *this time it will be different, I promise* - but you’re living in a fantasy world. It will not be different. Nothing points you in that direction. But you think it anyway.
@dxpack @lorihc @marcoarment i don't think you got what i was saying, although i also think your characterisation is pretty unfair; i see a lot of stories about what the current administration is doing and i don't even live there.
but like - you know what current guy is like, because he's been there for a while. you know what other guy is like, because he was also there for a while. are you genuinely telling me you have no preference for the policies and behaviours of one over the other? i don't believe you. you're lying to me and to yourself.
@gormster @lorihc @marcoarment You are attributing goodness to an organization that has demonstrated time and again that they have no interest in goodness. Democrats are not going to stop Republicans - they’ve proven that time and again. Their goal is the extract money. How can you possibly imagine that is better? It’s just a scam. Their methodology is to convince you they will stop the Republicans - and then they don’t do it. How many times must you be fooled before you recognize it?
@dxpack @lorihc @marcoarment what are you talking about?
like genuinely, it's like you’re not reading what i'm saying at all. are you an AI?
Granneman 😡@dxpack @lorihc @marcoarment If you genuinely cannot see all that Democrats have done for people in the Biden administration, then please, don't vote. But don't act like there's no difference between the parties in terms of what they've done and what they will do. That's just willful ignorance.
@Granneman @lorihc @marcoarment I didn’t say anything remotely like that. You sound like you are regurgitating talking points.