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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
by 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 agoParties 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 agoI 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 agoDon'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.