The entire circus is a masterclass in maintaining the illusion of resistance. Sanders’ roadshow against oligarchs? Admirable theater, but let’s not pretend it’ll dent the armor of a system where both parties kneel to capital. The Democrats’ leadership is too busy courting Silicon Valley’s purse-strings to notice their base drowning in medical debt and predatory rents.

Propaganda outlets spin Musk as some maverick genius while he pickaxes the last remnants of public infrastructure. Meanwhile, 60% of the country can’t afford a $500 emergency, but sure—let’s debate which billionaire’s tax cut gets extended.

The real kicker? Watching career politicians feign confusion when asked to actually fight. Resistance has become a branding exercise, all hashtags and hollow rhetoric. The machine keeps grinding, whether you’re wearing a blue tie or a red one.

Sanders’ roadshow against oligarchs? Admirable theater, but let’s not pretend it’ll dent the armor of a system

This is Loser Defeatism rhetoric. Please do not slander Bernie Sanders. There are so many great things about Sanders. Sanders is proof that not all politicians lie. He is proof that politicians do not need to be bootlickers. Sanders tells us exactly what our real problems are and he tells us exactly how to fix them. He’s right when he tells us what to do (focus on wealth inequality) and he is right when he tells us what not to do (focus on identity politics and personalities).

Loser Defeatism? Cute. Idolizing Sanders doesn’t make the system less broken; it just makes you a willing participant in the illusion. Sanders talks a big game about inequality, but what has that actually changed? His “truth-telling” hasn’t stopped the machine from grinding people down—it’s just made you feel better about watching it happen.

You call this defeatism, but the real defeat is clinging to a system that rewards performative outrage while crushing any real dissent. Sanders isn’t proof of what’s possible; he’s proof of how easily hope can be commodified. Keep cheering for your hero while the rest of us figure out how to break the machine he props up.

Sanders talks a big game about inequality, but what has that actually changed?

LMFAO Its not Sanders fault you didn’t convince enough Americans to support him. It’s not his entire responsibility. It’s yours too. And mine.

Keep cheering for your hero while the rest of us figure out how to break the machine

If only a minority of people voted for Sanders and his Political Revolution, then why the fuck do you think that a minority of the minority would be able to break democracy and the constitution?? Your revolution would be a small minority that was easily crushed. There is no way to achieve change other than CONVINCING ENOUGH PEOPLE. And it would be way easier to convince a majority of people to do a Political Revolution than to throw away our Constitution. Sanders has made a huge effort. You haven’t done shit in comparison.

Blaming everyone else for not convincing enough people? That’s rich. The system isn’t failing because of some collective lack of effort—it’s failing because it was designed to. Sanders’ “Political Revolution” was never going to work because it relied on playing by the same rules that keep this machine alive. Convincing a majority? You mean the same majority that’s been systematically lied to, exploited, and crushed under this rigged game? Good luck with that.

Sanders made a huge effort? Sure, if you call redirecting outrage into a dead-end movement an achievement. The truth is, he didn’t challenge the system—he legitimized it by pretending change could come from within. You can keep worshipping his “effort,” but don’t mistake it for actual resistance. Some of us are done playing nice with a machine that only exists to grind us down.

it’s failing because it was designed to.

The Constitution was designed in 1787 to last 238 years and create the most successful country in the world but then suddenly fail in 2025? What a bizzare claim.

Convincing a majority? You mean the same majority that’s been systematically lied to

Yes that’s who I mean. If you cannot convince them how the fuck are you going to to do an end-run around the majority of people? Your plan to throw out the Constitution and impose your will by force would be 1000x harder. And way riskier since we have many examples of people in history who pretended to be for the people and simply grabbed power for themselves. In fact that is the general rule, not the exception. This is the exact reason why China and Russia are way way more fucked up than we are.

Keep on doing things to break thru to people. Counter the lies. Oppose the Fascists. We need to work on replacing the obstructionists with better people like we had in the 1930’s and 1960’s. Never give up. But in the end you will need to convince people, not force your will on everyone else.

The constitution did NOT make America the superpower it is.

Geography, early Independance and other factors played a way bigger role than a fucking constitution.

Geography,

Weird that Canada and Mexico didn’t become the most successful country in the world.

early Independance

Weird that Haiti and Mexico didn’t become the most successful country in the world. I’m sure it had nothing to do with their creating dictatorships shortly after their early independence. /s

Canada got its independence later than the US and its geography is WAAAAY worse the US. For the most part, Canada is uninhabitable. Its 20 times larger than Spain, yet has a smaller population. But i am sure that a good constitution would have totally negated this.

Mexico, again, had a worse geography and an economy that was entirely dependent on exporting stuff to Spain. Their economy remained in a feudal mode of production until the Porfiriato in the late 1880. While America won its independence in 1783 and after that, only fought one more war against any former colonizer on its own soil, Mexico’s war of independence took 11 years. And even after its conclusion, Spain tried for 8 more years to retake the country. And do not forget the civil wars. Imagine the american civil lasted from 1785 to 1880. With interruptions of course, but essentially a constant state of war.

Now combine a weak, constantly warring neighbor to the south and a thinly populated, crown colony to the north and you get American Easy Mode.

Re: Haïti: I wonder why the country that had to take on the massive debt accumulated by their colonial overlords never took off. And maybe, just maybe, getting an slapped with an Embargo by your largest trade partner (because you cannot have a successful slave revolt next door) contributed to never developing your economy. But surely its just the lack of a “”“great”“” constitution that held these countries back.

Um yeah. I’m sure that the US just happened to get the most perfect spot in the entire world and becoming the most successful country in the world had nothing to do with the way we ran our country. /s

“most successful country” American exceptionalism at its best :)

The way you run your country and the constitution are two different things.

Do you really think that your “exceptional republic” got you the spot as the most dominant economy in the world?

Its imperialism. America dominates the world not because of the first amendment or the electoral college, but because of a willingness and ability to backup its economic interests with its military. Without having to fear an invasion.

“most successful country” American exceptionalism at its best :)

“most successful country” is a simple fact, not an opinion. You can call it exceptional if you want. Its not the word I used.

Its imperialism. America dominates the world not because of the first amendment or the electoral college, but because of a willingness and ability to backup its economic interests with its military. Without having to fear an invasion.

That only started a month ago with Resident Trump in the white house. America was very isolationist for most of its history up to WWII when we had to bail out Europe (2nd time) and Asia. And they we had to stay at our own expense to bail out Europe a 3rd time in the cold war.

Most successful at what?

Very isolationalist? 1848 - Invasion of Texas and Mexico, annexing both Texas and California. 1893 - Backed Coup in Hawaii, then annexed it. 1899- Invasion and Annexation of the Phillipines Between 1903 and 1925 the US “intervened” so much in Central America on Behalf of its banana companies, that we just call this period “The Banana Wars”. Several enacted regime changes for the sole purpose of maintaining their grip on Central American Bananas. 1912 - Invasion of Nicaragua, followed by 21 years of occupation. 1915 - Oh there’s Haiti. Invaded in 1915, then occupied for 19 years. During that time, the US redirected 40% of Haiti’s State Budget towards debt repayment, stifling any development. 1916 - The very next year, the US invaded the Dominican Republic, occupying it for 8 ,ears and selling of large amounts of sugar plantations to itself.

Isolationism looks different in my opinion.

And after the second world war, this continued, as you said, in the cold war. From which America massively profitted. 1949 - Syria elected a President who nationlizes oil, he gets overthrown by a military junta who immediately allows America to extract Syrian oil reserves and to build a pipeline. 1952 - Iran elects a left prime minister who nationalized oil, he gets overthrown and Iram regresses from a constitutional monarchy to authoritarian monarchy, which immediately allows America and Britain to extract American oil. 1954 - Guatemala elects a left president who does a land reform, he gets overthrown by military junta who redistributes the land to the United Fruit Company. The first attempt to do that failed in 1952.

1959 - Nam. You know about it. 1964 - Brazil has a left president who gets couped by american backed forces, leading to 21 years under a militqry dictatorship. That supports American efforts to coup neighboring countries. 1965 - US backs a coup in the congo, leading to 26 of brutal dictatorship. 1965 - The indonesian military starts a genocide, encouraged by the US-Ambassador, who says to “crack down hard on political opponents”. Half a million people die, the US had knowledge of this the entire time and actively supported the military. 1973 - Chile elects a left president, who nationalises its natural resources. America completely shuts down the chilean economy with the express goal of an overthrow and then supports the Pinochet Coup. Leading directly to mass murder.