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Joe Lieberman and basically every Republican ever, for decades. And the Republicans on the Supreme Court that hobbled what the Democrats managed to narrowly ge

Joe Lieberman and basically every Republican ever, for decades. And the Republicans on the Supreme Court that hobbled what the Democrats managed to narrowly get through the political process. But sure, direct all the anger for that towards Democrats, that will result in better Healthcare any day now. I hear Trump has concepts of a plan that he's been working on for over a decade that he'll let us know about in just 2 weeks.

johnnyanmac 1y ago
I'm so tired of "this plan wasn't perfect, it failed. Democrats suck". And meanwhile the republican plan was to do nothing or actively make things worse than ignoring the problem. Why are some people seemingly hardwired to just blame democrats for any or everything? Because the plans they have don't immediately benefit them, the middle class person who was never down on their luck? Even then, I fail to think of any policy that legitmately benefits the middle class either. Did abortion bans improve your quality of life? Do immigration raids help your 401k? Did that cut to EV credits get you better public transit?
- ZeroGravitas 1y ago
  Murc's Law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murc%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murc%27s_law > Murc’s Law is typically phrased as: "the widespread assumption that only Democrats have any agency or causal influence over American politics".[5] [6] It reflects a perceived journalistic double standard, where Democrats are held responsible for political outcomes regardless of context, whereas Republican obstruction or extremism is treated as a given. This framing, critics argue, absolves Republicans of responsibility and creates an unbalanced political narrative.
  - meowface 1y ago
    Like half this sub-thread is driving me insane. The deep hatred of Democrats (for decades) from the left is very frustrating to me. They may not be as left-wing as those people might like but they're in fact not nearly as bad as the Republicans.
  - nobody9999 1y ago
    >Murc's Law Which, somehow is a weird outcome of the "Two Santas Theory[0]. I'm not sure why folks actually buy into it, but they apparently do. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude_Wanniski#The_Two_Santa_Claus_Theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude_Wanniski#The_Two_Santa_Cl...

johnnyanmac 1y ago

I'm so tired of "this plan wasn't perfect, it failed. Democrats suck". And meanwhile the republican plan was to do nothing or actively make things worse than ignoring the problem. Why are some people seemingly hardwired to just blame democrats for any or everything? Because the plans they have don't immediately benefit them, the middle class person who was never down on their luck? Even then, I fail to think of any policy that legitmately benefits the middle class either. Did abortion bans improve your quality of life? Do immigration raids help your 401k? Did that cut to EV credits get you better public transit?

ZeroGravitas 1y ago
Murc's Law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murc%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murc%27s_law > Murc’s Law is typically phrased as: "the widespread assumption that only Democrats have any agency or causal influence over American politics".[5] [6] It reflects a perceived journalistic double standard, where Democrats are held responsible for political outcomes regardless of context, whereas Republican obstruction or extremism is treated as a given. This framing, critics argue, absolves Republicans of responsibility and creates an unbalanced political narrative.
- meowface 1y ago
  Like half this sub-thread is driving me insane. The deep hatred of Democrats (for decades) from the left is very frustrating to me. They may not be as left-wing as those people might like but they're in fact not nearly as bad as the Republicans.
- nobody9999 1y ago
  >Murc's Law Which, somehow is a weird outcome of the "Two Santas Theory[0]. I'm not sure why folks actually buy into it, but they apparently do. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude_Wanniski#The_Two_Santa_Claus_Theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude_Wanniski#The_Two_Santa_Cl...