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Two days before the January 6 insurrection, the Trump campaign’s plan to use fake electors to block President-elect Joe Biden from taking office faced a potentially crippling hiccup: The fake elector certificates from two critical battleground states were stuck in the mail.

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[–] thecrotch@sh.itjust.works -4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That party isn't even particularly consistent given how many different types of people are in it.

That's a pretty long winded way to say "no, I do not believe they're good people who care about me".

Can you think of anything positive to say about them that doesn't involve comparing them to Republicans? I can't.

[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Can you define good without the definition comparing to bad?

[–] thecrotch@sh.itjust.works -2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes. Satisfactory, desirable, moral. If you need to compare a concept to it's antonym to define it, then you don't really understand the concept.

[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net -1 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] Seasoned_Greetings@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Bro, you dodged his question. He answered yours.

So how about instead of brushing him off with an insult, you actually pony up some good things you think democrats are doing that doesn't just boil down to "well republicans would have done it worse"

Frankly, I'm on the side of voting democrats with the exact reasoning that Republicans will steer us into fascism. But I wouldn't go so far as to say that they're doing good, they just aren't doing as much bad.

I can't blame people who are disappointed with democrats as a whole, and I think it's a reach to unironically take your position of voting for them because you think they have good policies.

[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Infrastructure expansion like trains, investing in education, healthcare plans, environmental programs, etc.

But of course you already know of all these so why do you need to ask the question?

(I'm not even from USA myself, but your Republicans have such deranged policies that it spills over to us in impacts on trade, etc)

[–] Seasoned_Greetings@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Infrastructure expansion like trains

We'll see. Congress doesn't like the president spending money without their explicit approval. At this stage of planning, it's little more than grandstanding by the president.

investing in education

See above. Congress undid Biden's first attempt at debt relief. It's still unclear if the second attempt will pan out. Cool if it does though. Still an if.

healthcare plans

The ACA really only pays out for people far enough below the poverty line that they basically don't have income. My wife and I make $50k/year. Not even enough to own a house here. I still shell out $600/month for basic healthcare for two, with a $1000 deductible we each have to pay before the insurance even starts covering costs. And that's considered a good plan. Deductibles can legally be as high as $10,000 per person before insurance starts paying anything.

The ACA isn't exactly a shining achievement for democrats.

environmental programs

I'll give you that one. My state is building and opening the largest carbon capture facility in the world so far, because of democratic policy.

etc

Etcetera is what people say when they run out of examples. By my count you've got 1 (one) example of good that democrats have done that has actually materialized and isn't in jeopardy of failing as soon as someone actually has to approve the funding. Most democratic policies die in congress.

But of course you already know of all these so why do you need to ask the question?

No need to be an asshole, I'm just here demonstrating for you that the broad strokes you're painting are not even close to the actual situation.

(I'm not even from USA myself, but your Republicans have such deranged policies that it spills over to us in impacts on trade, etc)

I'm with you on this one. Republicans are deranged in general. But it's abundantly clear that you do not live here. Democrats had 3 years to do something constructive, and they mostly haven't even managed to undo the damage Trump has done, let alone enact policies that benefit the majority of Americans.

In fact, democrats lost a major civil rights battle during their tenure (Roe v Wade) without even putting up a fight. I absolutely cannot blame democrat voters for being disappointed.

[–] thecrotch@sh.itjust.works -1 points 11 months ago

I can define irony too, it's when a guy who believes that one of the political parties in this country are good guys who are on his side implies that you're naive.