They’re paid to.
Money. They want money.
They’re not spineless. They just have different values than you.
Because none of these scenarios happened on The West Wing so they have no idea what to do
I guess the debate is if that’s indicative of how well they represent the voters.
because they’re paid to be.
“look, there are good billionaires. We’re going to take money from the good billionaires, we won’t accept money from the bad ones.”
The new DNC “leader”
We’re going to take money from the good billionaires, we won’t accept money from the bad ones
As a lifelong Dem, thats just inspiring right there. “You’ll all service the clean Johns only, not the diseased ones. Some trickle down goodness to you poors may or may not happen in the process. Now everyone put on your knee pads and get on your knees. The boss billionaire is entering the building.”
just saw that clip today… this guy is exactly what you expect of the dnc- they’re signalling they haven’t learned a thing. hope democrats are looking forward to jd vance and co.
I was just asking a friend this last Friday. The party is led by out of touch boomers, backed by moneyed interests, and refuses to change. They’d rather not rock the boat or be the cause of a division in our society. Yet here we are, more divided than ever and growing by the day.
At least it wasn’t by their hands?
you don’t see any other actors or forces that have led to division?
There are plenty and too many to list here.
But Democrats, that’s the one?
The thing about wedge issues is that it doesn’t matter if someone gave it a whack, the divide was already there.
The fascists aren’t fascists because Big Scary Putin brainwashed them with a magic crystal, this is what they want.
Easy answer: because they are led by centrists who stand for nothing much beyond being in the middle so something can get done. The very nature of centrism is to not be in favor of either side of a political spectrum. Everything is negotiable, lately even the current value of human life abroad, which will come back to our shores. Centrists sure as hell cant lead much of anywhere coherent, or win elections. They can be proud of something like an infrsatructure bill, and they feel like that should be enough to get voters to the polls for them. Its just not. Anything uncontroversial enough that the right wont object to is not going to animate the left either. They can’t win on road-building and post office branch naming.
Parties need money to exist. Without voter funding from people and groups who want to get specific things done, the only funding they can get is from corporations who want dirty favors, so centrists inevitably become the dirty corporate favor party too. Or, “whores” if you will. Its whore or starve for these folks.
When their idea of “starve” is to live the normal middle-class lifestyle they’ve actively deprived us of.
In related news, frog with all legs removed becomes deaf.
Lmao because they are just as beholden to corporate money as the right
I think that’s mostly true, I see Democrats as the power brokers. Basically they hold power between the people and corporations and attempt to maintain order. This was the mo of Republicans until Trump.
I think that they probably believe they’re doing the best they can, but the reality is they serve corporations first, us second.
That was an excellent oped. Ibreally cant find any fault in it. The wet noodles running the party rihht now are a detriment to America. They simply are not up to the fight. They need to get in the mud or cease to be a party.
I mean yeah, but the better use of time is covering the takeover.
They’re bought-out by capitol, just like the Trump Troop.
Not just them, anybody with fucking power. Where is the military right now? Theres a fucken coup happening in plain sight.
well, no, not a coup, a constitutional crisis, but not a coup
Idk man I’d say it falls under the definition of coup. With extra steps sure, still a coup tho imo
Unlawful seizure of power is a coup . . . oh . . . wait . . . Trump has complete immunity . . . nevermind
It’s a distinction without a difference. It’s an unlawful seizure of power.
It’s not a coup unless it’s from the Potomac Valley region of the US. Otherwise, it’s just a sparkling crisis.
The Four Loko of coups
Eh more bud light than four loko
I thought this was what the second amendment was for… Well regulated militia and stuff…
Have you done anything like that yet?
Not my country, not my lifestyle. But when all those gun nuts give a militia protecting the democracy for an answer to the question why the second amendment is necessary you have to wonder if they started maching by now. Because if not, that argument might be bull.
It’s easier to call for someone else to be brave than it is to be brave.
I’m not a vegan, nor claim or aim to be one. But if I went about loudly proclaiming that I was, using this to justify my actions, and then it became public knowledge that I am in fact not a vegan, then it would be the same hypocrisy. When a group claims to need weapons to quell a threat to democracy, and then proceeds to ignore the threat when it arises, then they are hypocrites. Hope that helped understand the point - let me know if it did 👍
I get you, but being a vegan requires zero risk of injury or incarceration.
Like I told the (much less pleasant) other user, it’s no surprise that people are less brave than they’d like you to believe. That’s just… human nature.
I’m not calling anyone to be brave. I’m calling them to put their money where their mouth is. Twice now, but you seem to not understand.
You are using synonyms in this context. That’s twice you’ve pretended they’re different. I don’t know why you don’t understand.
You no understand, me see this. Me not bother anymore. You sleep tight.
They certainly had a spine when standing up for Netanyahu.
Whatever. Voters gave all the levers of power to the rebuplicans. Now don’t come asking for democrats to come to the rescue when they have no power at all.
Its not like they did anything when they did have the power.
The DNC wouldn’t know what to do with power if they had it.
What are you talking about, they give it immediately back to the republicans when they have it in the name of compromise. Even to the point of doing it before the negotiations happen
