Yeah if we all hate the fascists but then condemn the Democrats, we will have the numbers and the shear power to accomplish nothing….
Seriously, if you don’t like the Democrats then fucking vote for Democrats who will steer the party left. That’s what the neo-cons, tea party, maga did to change the Republican Party (and change it they did).
This notion of a progressive third party is just a waste of time by self-absorbed clique-ish people who fancy themselves too good for “the mainstream”. Grow the fuck up and work with your fellow country-persons instead of this weird romantic fantasy of third party revolution by the superior left…
I look forward to your scathing responses and down arrows. Just know that the fascists don’t care what you think because in all likelihood, that down arrow is the most you are willing to actually do….
Thank you!
not american but wondering which good politicians you have
Summer Lee in the democrats seems awesome
That’s not how the Republican party went further right. They went further right because their previous right rhetoric and aesthetic laster long enough for the economy to continue to collapse and for their constituents to feel real economic pain. So, they had to go further right in order to rationalize the situation in the mind of their voters by blaming the erosion of traditional values even more. It’s a death spiral driven by economic realities, not voter ideology.
In the same way, the Democrats are losing because the voters want a solution to the economic problems but the only solution threatens their true constituency - the owning class. So the Democrats can’t be pulled further left because that would accelerate the erosion of the power of the elite. And the Republicans are forced to go further right to explain why their previous policies didn’t create the change that was needed. Thus, the entire elite, both Ds and Rs are dragged right, back into the original rationalizations for founding a nation in indigenous genocide and chattel slavery.
Voting D will never fix that. The proof is all throughout history. The Ds and the Rs collaborated to purge every leftists they could find in the country - twice. And they may very soon be doing it again, because this is what happens when unions get stronger, when resistance movements get stronger, and when solidarity movements get stronger.
Delusional half-truths from lemmy.ml, and no one was surprised.
The Democrats are doing whatever they can to win elections. If you don’t want them appealing to billionaires, stop fucking letting billionaires influence you and people you know. Get off of Twitter. Get your family off of Twitter and Facebook. Find ways to reach out to people.
This both sides bullshit is sabotage to prevent people from useful voting. Vote for whoever you want in the primaries, but in the general, vote for whichever isn’t a fascist. Yeah, if you’re a neolib and you’re scared of communism, whatever, vote for Mamdani anyway. Have this stupid fight in the primaries. The general is against fascism.
The dems aren’t losing.
Im convinced posts like this are pro trump propaganda
Did you miss the whole debacle of “we’ll never cave without ACA subsidies being extended” immediately preceding caving without extended ACA subsidies? That’s far from the only example of such behavior. In fact, I’d say the only anamoly in that situation was the strong stance Dems took before reverting to their usual cowardly selves.
All I see is that you guys complain that democrats don’t fight back against trump and the moment one does, you guys tear them down and shit on them. I see Trump being a dictator and you guys still blaming democrats, the Dems you refused to vote for. All I saw was you guys demand the old white man step down, and the moment you saw him replaced with a black woman you all went “eeew I rather have trump” And these posts just say “I still prefer trump”
The people you’re talking about in this post are all different people with different points of view. You’re the only one combining them into a single nebulous idea of a person.
Im ok with combining all Americans into a single nebulous moron, i accept that
TBF… it’s looking like there will in fact be a vote to extend, which will likely pass thanks to some R that are not fully MAGA
am I missing this article, last I heard, trump was talking about extending the cuts… followed by Mike Johnson saying no we aren’t interested in that at all.
Which then I guess further follows up the question, does Mike Johnson even need to bring it up to a vote at all? Like hypothetically even if they whip the votes and get 10 republicans to defect… would anything actually force johnson to bring it to a vote at all?
My gift, fellow Fedizen
Once Foes of Obamacare, Some Republicans Push to Protect It Nov. 25, 2025
A small cadre of politically vulnerable Republicans in Congress is breaking with the party to push for the extension of health care tax credits for a program the G.O.P. reviles.
It is possible, and encouraged, to call your party out on their bullshit. Criticism is a very important tool in democracy.
"Don’t, don’t, don’t let’s start
This is the worst part
Could believe for all the world
That you’re my precious little girl
But don’t, don’t, don’t let’s start
I’ve got a weak heart
And I don’t get around how you get around"
came here for the TMBG
🎵 We die alone
We die afraid
We live in terror
We’re naked and alone
And the grave is the lonliest place🎶
Sadly, DNC leaderships VCRs are still flashing 12:00, so it’s unlikely they’ll ever see stuff like this. The interwebs are a dog gone mystery to them.
They’re still doing more than the progressives.
It might suck to hear that about your team but it’s true.
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I like what you did there.
For what it’s worth I am happy you’re not taking me too seriously right now. Been a long thanksgiving weekend with family for this American. You don’t deserve the blowback from that just becuase I dont agree so I am sorry, how ever feel free to keep that little wordplay in your back pocket, it does come in handy.
It won’t and it’s not clever but I do enjoy it.
Have a great thanksgiving!
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Needs text alternative.
Images of text break much that text alternatives do not. Losses due to image of text lacking alternative such as link:
- usability
- we can’t quote the text without pointless bullshit like retyping it or OCR
- text search is unavailable
- the system can’t
- reflow text to varied screen sizes
- vary presentation (size, contrast)
- vary modality (audio, braille)
- accessibility
- lacks semantic structure (tags for titles, heading levels, sections, paragraphs, lists, emphasis, code, links, accessibility features, etc)
- some users can’t read this due to lack of alt text
- users can’t adapt the text for dyslexia or vision impairments
- systems can’t read the text to them or send it to braille devices
- web connectivity
- we have to do failure-prone bullshit to find the original source
- we can’t explore wider context of the original message
- authenticity: we don’t know the image hasn’t been tampered
- searchability: the “text” isn’t indexable by search engine in a meaningful way
- fault tolerance: no text fallback if
- image breaks
- image host is geoblocked due to insane regulations.
Contrary to age & humble appearance, text is an advanced technology that provides all these capabilities absent from images.
Sure, leadership of the Democratic party is feeble & ineffectual. What’s stopping everybody else from doing something more? That’s right: they lack ideas & suck just as much. This system ultimately depends on the people.
- usability
