Democrats refuse to undo what Republicans do. The best they deliver is upholding the current status quo for another four years.
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rbesfe@lemmy.ca 2 months agoPeople believing that they’re the same is the kind of mindset that leads to a Trump victory. Apathy rewards extremists.
IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 2 months ago
watson387@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Yep. The ratchet effect.
Sl00k@programming.dev 2 months ago
The Overton window has shifted so much in 4 years that 2024 democrats were definitely running on 2016 Republican platforms.
I don’t believe apathy is the solution but let’s not kid ourselves, they are effectively the same in regards to the proletariat. They just operate on a 50% societal deterioration as opposed to Republicans 100%
rbesfe@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
50% is not effectively the same as 100%
Sl00k@programming.dev 2 months ago
Whether Gaza is entirely rubble in 2 years vs 4 years, it’s still rubble.
Whether Billionaires and corporations make 50% extra profits or 100% profits via exploitation of workers, it’s still exploitation.
If on day 1 of a presidency you can effectively have nationwide ICE raids and deportations, the previous administration allowed and helped in that in at least some capacity.