• AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      I mean… Yes. They are less evil. Way less evil. It’s not even close.

      Pelosi is a giant piece of shit, but she doesn’t make the top 75% of conservatives.

      Also AOC is a goddamn gem. Conservatives have previously zero of those.

      Are Democrats anywhere near where I want to be? No. But I can’t see how anyone could say they’re the same.

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        There is a seemingly, almost intentional obtuseness to internal criticisms of the DNC from folks on the part of Democrats.

        Fundamental to why the right has been able to organize a fascist takeover of this nation is actions like this from the Democratic party. Fascism in this country wouldn’t be ascendant if the DNC didn’t rat-fuck Bernie, twice. Health care CEO’s wouldn’t be getting gunned down in the street if the DNC forced M4A instead of the corporate sellout of Obamacare in 2016. Trump would not have won if Democrats had focused their efforts and spent their political capitol on issues that would make a fundamental difference in peoples lived experience in the period of 2021-2024. We wouldn’t be in this position if Democrats didn’t slow walk the prosecution of Donald Trump, effectively sitting on their hands until an election year to start taking action.

        The state of this country is a direct consequence of the managerial class politics, which is all that the DNC has come to represent in a post 2024 world. They enable and empower the ratchet effect that allows the rightwing to become more and more fascist, because they are only ever willing to be a lessor evil.

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          They’re rich and using rich advisors from the corporate executive sector. Is it any wonder they act like they don’t care about the working class and don’t care if Trump wins? They probably don’t believe he will do half the stuff he says he’s going to do. They’re used to losing and making millions of dollars off GOP trickle down policies. Crying right into their bank accounts. This is why we need more people from the working class in Congress. Why we need to uncap the House of Representatives. If we let the House of Representatives float a ratio like we used to a couple things happen. One, we can have cheaper, smaller campaigns that aren’t off limits to the working class. Two, we can further reduce the cost of running for office by using telework stuff. Anything classified can be done in any government building or military base that has access to the government’s secure intranet. This isn’t 1940 anymore, there is no more argument for freezing the number the seats in Congress.