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The democrats have an even lower approval rating and seem to be staunchly refusing to change. Assuming we still have elections, I don't see how it ends as anyth

The democrats have an even lower approval rating and seem to be staunchly refusing to change. Assuming we still have elections, I don't see how it ends as anything other than swapping desperately back and forth between the two corporate parties.

sorcerer-mar 2y ago
> The democrats have an even lower approval rating and seem to be staunchly refusing to change. These two statements can't both be true for very long. The Democratic Party is going to reinvent itself. Turbulent and uncertain though it may be, this is how it works. The GOP just used its generational transformation, has been given free rein to prove their ideas, and lo and behold: they suck!
- spencerflem 2y ago
  They haven't yet - they approved Trump's budget bill and Marco Rubio was voted in unanimously 99-0. They're still doing talks alongside Peter Thiel. Protestors are being arrested by Blue Govenors in Blue States. I used to be more hopeful but if they won't act now, in the direst of times, then they must actually be completely bought by corporate interests.
  - sorcerer-mar 2y ago
    Parties don't change by the individuals within them changing their minds, they change by replacing the individuals. People are absolutely livid about the things you're mentioning, which is why their approval ratings are low, which is why they're going to be replaced. > then they must actually be completely bought by corporate interests. This is a non-sequitur. I know it's an easy out to avoid thinking through the actual mechanics at play here (one of which is certainly corporate interests), but it's worth being more curious about this stuff and the individuals' motivations.
    - spencerflem 2y ago
      I really hope you're right. It seems like their plan is a repeat of 2016, 2020, and 2024- to hope that Trump will be so unpopular that they can get elected without changing anything.
      - sorcerer-mar 2y ago
        Don't just hope! Find and back new candidates in your local area who will represent the change you want to see. Politics at the end of the day is just conversations like these.

sorcerer-mar 2y ago

> The democrats have an even lower approval rating and seem to be staunchly refusing to change. These two statements can't both be true for very long. The Democratic Party is going to reinvent itself. Turbulent and uncertain though it may be, this is how it works. The GOP just used its generational transformation, has been given free rein to prove their ideas, and lo and behold: they suck!

spencerflem 2y ago
They haven't yet - they approved Trump's budget bill and Marco Rubio was voted in unanimously 99-0. They're still doing talks alongside Peter Thiel. Protestors are being arrested by Blue Govenors in Blue States. I used to be more hopeful but if they won't act now, in the direst of times, then they must actually be completely bought by corporate interests.
- sorcerer-mar 2y ago
  Parties don't change by the individuals within them changing their minds, they change by replacing the individuals. People are absolutely livid about the things you're mentioning, which is why their approval ratings are low, which is why they're going to be replaced. > then they must actually be completely bought by corporate interests. This is a non-sequitur. I know it's an easy out to avoid thinking through the actual mechanics at play here (one of which is certainly corporate interests), but it's worth being more curious about this stuff and the individuals' motivations.
  - spencerflem 2y ago
    I really hope you're right. It seems like their plan is a repeat of 2016, 2020, and 2024- to hope that Trump will be so unpopular that they can get elected without changing anything.
    - sorcerer-mar 2y ago
      Don't just hope! Find and back new candidates in your local area who will represent the change you want to see. Politics at the end of the day is just conversations like these.