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Democrats should just declare they hold the law as valid and any tech company that ignores it will suffer the consequences it prescribes when they come back int

Democrats should just declare they hold the law as valid and any tech company that ignores it will suffer the consequences it prescribes when they come back into power.

dylan604 1y ago
will suffer the consequences it prescribes if they come back into power. I guess we'll see in the mid-terms, but there's no guarantee at this point. A few special elections is not a telling of things to come for the whole country regardless of how many news articles hoping it does. Do not count on a blue wave as much as you would like it to happen. The right is just that much better at getting their message out than the left will ever be. It's much easier when you can just make stuff up and lie about everything that is verifiably false and your base eats it up. You can't counter that, at least they have shown no concept of being able to yet.
- thrance 1y ago
  > The right is just that much better at getting their message out than the left will ever be. Absolutely true of the democrats, not so much of the actual left. Look at Mamdani's meteoric rise in the NYC mayoral primaries. Granted, it was in a very progressive city but still.
SpicyLemonZest 1y ago
I am absolutely a single issue voter, for as long as Trump is alive, on who will promise the most punishment for him and everyone associated with him for their misdeeds.
almosthere 1y ago
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thrance 1y ago
That's part of an obvious winning strategy, but the establishment is too stupid and weak to notice that hate and resentment are the main drivers of modern politics. Instead, they'll keep trying to "build bridges" and "seek bipartisanship" with a group of people that cheer on the murder of one of them [1]. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/17/melissa-hortman-mike-lee-minnesota https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/17/melissa-hort...
- mandmandam 1y ago
  The establishment aren't stupid and weak when they're fighting progressive candidates, third parties, or peaceful anti-genocide protesters. Or when they're enabling a holocaust while pretending to 'work tirelessly for a ceasefire'. They're shockingly competent when they want to be. And the 'bipartisan' 'reaching out across the isle' has been their go-to since Obama used his super-majority to pass a Republican health care plan and ignore his campaign promises around torture, abortion, etc. I'm amazed it's still working for them. The other ones they love to use are 'they go low we go high', or, 'we're just following procedure'; like when they 'failed' [0] to prevent a rapist, racist insurrectionist from running for Presidency again. 0 - https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/servants-of-the-mafia-state https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/servants-of-the-mafia-s...
  - thrance 1y ago
    Indeed, you are very right. At this point they are nothing but controlled opposition.
krapp 1y ago
The Democrats are controlled opposition, they don't actually give a damn as long as they maintain power in the new regime.

Democrats should just declare they hold the law as valid and any tech company that ignores it will suffer the consequences it prescribes when they come back into power.

dylan604 1y ago

will suffer the consequences it prescribes if they come back into power. I guess we'll see in the mid-terms, but there's no guarantee at this point. A few special elections is not a telling of things to come for the whole country regardless of how many news articles hoping it does. Do not count on a blue wave as much as you would like it to happen. The right is just that much better at getting their message out than the left will ever be. It's much easier when you can just make stuff up and lie about everything that is verifiably false and your base eats it up. You can't counter that, at least they have shown no concept of being able to yet.

thrance 1y ago
> The right is just that much better at getting their message out than the left will ever be. Absolutely true of the democrats, not so much of the actual left. Look at Mamdani's meteoric rise in the NYC mayoral primaries. Granted, it was in a very progressive city but still.

SpicyLemonZest 1y ago

I am absolutely a single issue voter, for as long as Trump is alive, on who will promise the most punishment for him and everyone associated with him for their misdeeds.

almosthere 1y ago

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thrance 1y ago

That's part of an obvious winning strategy, but the establishment is too stupid and weak to notice that hate and resentment are the main drivers of modern politics. Instead, they'll keep trying to "build bridges" and "seek bipartisanship" with a group of people that cheer on the murder of one of them [1]. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/17/melissa-hortman-mike-lee-minnesota https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/17/melissa-hort...

mandmandam 1y ago
The establishment aren't stupid and weak when they're fighting progressive candidates, third parties, or peaceful anti-genocide protesters. Or when they're enabling a holocaust while pretending to 'work tirelessly for a ceasefire'. They're shockingly competent when they want to be. And the 'bipartisan' 'reaching out across the isle' has been their go-to since Obama used his super-majority to pass a Republican health care plan and ignore his campaign promises around torture, abortion, etc. I'm amazed it's still working for them. The other ones they love to use are 'they go low we go high', or, 'we're just following procedure'; like when they 'failed' [0] to prevent a rapist, racist insurrectionist from running for Presidency again. 0 - https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/servants-of-the-mafia-state https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/servants-of-the-mafia-s...
- thrance 1y ago
  Indeed, you are very right. At this point they are nothing but controlled opposition.

krapp 1y ago

The Democrats are controlled opposition, they don't actually give a damn as long as they maintain power in the new regime.