Yeah well this “admin” is pretty much the antithesis of the essence and intent of democratic American government, so I guess that tracks.

Now this is the stuff that the founders would be furious over. What an abhorrent display of corruption.

Welcome to the 21st century NYT dipshits!

Sure I mean I’ll take this over the do-nothing strategy, but yeah he’s already pivoting to identity politics. Like bro…that’s not what this is about, stop huffing your own senator chamber farts for fucks sake.

Curious what he had to say about the corrupting influence of big pharma or commercial real estate bribe money during this speech. Anything? Bueller?!

This would actually be a decent plan to resist. We’ll just have to see if they catch on, I’m sure the donors are already firing up their wrap it up boxes…

I like this comment, and your optimism. You’re right about atomization of the individual, that’s how they keep us ineffectual. Seek out the similars and organize to take action!

Unironically yes. The plan is deport all the browns, and replace them in the workforce with children only educated enough to operate the machinery on the factory floor. Funnel all money and resources to the capital owners. And that’s it.

Well as an American witnessing the decline from within, I’d say you are fairly perceptive for an outsider. You’ve identified some of the biggest obstacles we’re facing. The attitudes of the boomers, who simply will not relinquish their grip on power (US Congress is the oldest legislative body in the world), have been devastating for our future. This has surely been shaped by unfettered greed and unbridled avarice brought on by capitalism.

The main point I was making is that the Dems have truly revealed themselves to be controlled opposition. They campaigned so hard with scare tactics of “Trump bad” and “end of democracy.” And now their strategy is to do nothing?! It’s beyond pathetic - it is a betrayal. So many Americans thought Dems were fighting for them all these years, but the insidiousness of the neoliberal machine ensured the only ones to gain since the 1970s had been the ultra wealthy and corporations. The wealth disparity in our country is honestly startling to witness firsthand.

This is why we need a real populist party to rise up and actually fight for the people. I have full confidence that if this happens, the tides will turn within a very short timespan. We are perhaps witnessing the beginnings of such a phenomenon, with Bernie Sanders and AOC’s fight oligarchs tour, but I’m afraid they will simply default to trying to convert the democrats into a useful party instead of building a new one. That path will be mired in obstacles and betrayal, and will ultimately fail. It simply has to be a new party in order to succeed.

Only a billionaire can do that though. Ask Dinesh D’Souza how I know.

Sure, you can blame the Dems for letting us get to the brink like this. But they won’t be our salvation in this moment. Americans have to organize for a new populist party instead.

Completely agree, a new party is our only way out of this mess. The corrupt dems are not it.

Yes, lock him up!!!

I’m going to dream real good tonight…even if I know it would never come to pass.

I think it’ll actually be Butti / Slotkin, but yeah, not exciting prospects in the least.

Pretty good take. I agree they actually are this dumb, but not everyone involved is necessarily, so it’s wise to be aware of alternatives such as what you suggest.

Right…it’s almost as if they really just want to be conservatives instead. Actual conservatives will win that contest approximately 100% of the time.

Marketing and advertising assholes, they ruin everything.

Oh it’s coming, this will be their big plan to “save” social security. Back it with shitcoins like $TRUMP or $DOGE

For some reason, we (the people) keep voting for them

There is definitely a lot of propaganda at work in the “media”, and divisive identity politics which drive those votes. Unfortunately that stuff doesn’t matter at all when it comes to people’s material living conditions, which should be the true litmus test for elected officials.

Thankfully it seems people are starting to wake up to those cheap manipulative tricks, and it showed with the Dems’ massive loss in the last election when they refused to change tactics. If they cared about winning they’d definitely change things up now, but they only care about lining their own pockets so I’m not going to hold my breath.

One solid theory on how to oust them is that a lot of what gets someone into office is name recognition. They get re-elected because it’s that comfortable, familiar name with the correct letter beside it that voters always see at the ballot box. Perhaps primary challengers can start to win if they get their name out there across multiple election cycles, but it does take a lot of valuable time to do it that way.

It’s not lost on me that this speaks to an incredibly uninformed voting populace regarding policy positions, but it’s really hard to appreciate that nuance in the context of today’s 128 character quips or sound bytes. Hopefully we can get back to that level of interest once we have people in power demonstrably helping their constituents as opposed to simply robbing them while convincing them of something else entirely.

Oh they know, but 98% of them consider taxing the rich to be self-persecution. The current crop of establishment dems need to be recalled or primaried, they’re too corrupted to turn a new page.

Tyranny of the minority