I’d say you can lead a horse to water etc etc but the Democratic Party can barely even lead the horse anymore.
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In this analogy I don't think the Democratic Party knows what a horse is.
Pundits are losing their minds, but I don't think the Democratic party leaders are giving up.
My hunch is that they are playing the long game. They are counting on three things. First, Trump's plans will crash the economy. Second, the Trump White House always turns on its own. Third, with a GOP trifecta there isn't much Democrats can do to stop Trump - for now.
So any demands they make now will be ignored, and even used in the future to blame Democrats as obstructionist. I think they are lying low and giving the GOP what they need to hang themselves. When the public is furious about the economy, it will be time to start making demands.
Basically, it's the political equivalent of the Willy Wonka gif
My hunch is that they're in denial, still trying to treat the situation as "business as usual," and will make for very surprised corpses when Trump's thugs put them up against the wall.
They kind of have to, I suspect. But it won't work. They'll see things go bad, put in their sound bite as "we need to do something about ___!" And the average American won't see it, and instead be inundated with right wing "Democrats are screwing it all up!" And not think of the logic that the Democratic party can't do anything. And they'll vote Republican again.
Democrats need to get better at media.
they'll vote Republican again.
That's not how midterms usually work. More people will vote for Democrats in 2026 than 2024. The key is maximize just how many more.
The Democratic Party resembles the horse, or at least part of it.
Tbf I expected way better of Americans than to fall for Trump twice.
The Democratic Party might as well give up if they are still going to try to keep rooting for same old, same old. Blame media both sidesing and sanewashing, blame unlimited money in politics, blame your average voter's lack of critical thought. If the party leadership doesn't want change, if media doesn't want actual change, then it's hard to expect anything good from them for the time being. Governor Kathy Hochul is a prime example, she keeps kneecapping good policies at the last second like proper right to repair and congestion pricing, thinking like playing political games is going to help anyone. It's not, it only hurts us.
All blue states and blue cities in purple and red states can do right now is show themselves as shining beacons of democracy and progress as the remainder of states get absolutely screwed by the feds. The Dem party as a whole needs to take a moment and rethink its strategy.
You know what you call people who voted for fascism? Fascists.
I mean, yeah.. I don't blame them. America has spoken and they aren't interested in education, science, ethics, honesty, integrity, and certainly not any intellectualism. That is all sucker nerd shit. Good luck getting ahead with any of that sucker. I like people who just take what they want. - America
I mean I've basically given up on this country. It's so irredeemable at this point I don't see what my paltry involvment will matter. Bunch of people fucked around and now we all get to find out whether we wanted to or not. I can't keep expending energy fighting stupid.
Switch tactics to firearms training. At least it's a useful skill regardless of the future.
TFW you read the article, read the comments, then reread the article assuming you must have missed something.
You didn't.
Civilizations are born, then they live, then they die.
The US is critically ill, and at this point, it looks terminal. It might not be, but the odds are that it is.
And that, as they say, is that.
undermines the foundation of democracy to make line go up
is shocked when it starts to collapse
I'm still processing.
I'm definitely not giving up. I've thought about just being more blunt with people. But I'm naturally an empathetic person. So I'll probably still listen to people and try to understand. Some people are just freaking ignorant though. And it's frustrating to see people who disagree with everything Trump stands for still vote for him because they don't like Democratic vibes.
The article is okay but I'm struggling with the author's conflation of misanthropy and misandry. Both are mentioned, but only one applies. It could be that the author made a typo, but the tone of the article to me suggests otherwise.
Fixed my own typo.
I think this is what they were talking about about when labeling liberals with "misandry":
“White men without college degrees are going to ruin this country.
Finally, a Jacobin article I agree with.
Most Americans don't understand what an election is they just think it's funny content like pranks or something