Comment on When the Democrats regain power, their centrist leadership will claim, "We can't do anything because...". Don't be fooled. We need to get the corporate centrists out and real progressives in!

• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  “A bunch” is roughly three. Sinema, Fetterman, and, uh…

  If you can’t name more than two Senators… Jesus, dude. Maybe start with Henry Cuellar and Bob Menendez. Ritchie Torres. Elissa Slotkin. Eric Swalwell. Josh Gottheimer. Do I really need to make you the full list?

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  • AWistfulNihilist@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Whenever there is a democratic majority, just enough Democrats will turn to make any actual change impossible, like a public option with Obama. Or when the blue dog Democrats fucked healthcare reform under Clinton. It’s happened every time and will continue to happen because the ratchet effect is a feature that always ends in facism and oligarchy, which is where you make your real money.

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    • Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The ratchet effect is real, but it’s because when the Dems have a majority they’re relying on West Virginia. Republicans kiss the ring or they’re kicked from politics, just look at Ted Cruz.

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      • AWistfulNihilist@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yeah it’s always something, and it’s always gonna be something. And that thing is oligarchy.

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      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        when the Dems have a majority they’re relying on West Virginia

        They’re relying on a billionaire scion of a coal dynasty. Plenty of working class labor friendly people in WV. But the Dem Senate committee won’t touch any of them.

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    • Natanael@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Is that why Biden got more progressive change through than any prior president despite record breaking political resistance?

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      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Biden got more progressive change through

        He did not. He got more “bipartisan” changes, and we’ve lowered the bar for what that means

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      • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Biden is only progressive to those who consider genocide to be progress.

        You support absolutely nothing bur genocide and that will never change.

        Like every last centrist.

        Now bring the gaslighting and abuse.

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      • AWistfulNihilist@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        This is adorable!

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  • 0tan0d@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Cory big pharma bitchboy Nooker

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• bitjunkie@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Jeffries, Schumer, Pelosi, Kaine, pretty much anyone not in the squad or otherwise on the AIPAC tiddy

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  • Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The neolibs are not responsible for the majority of our problems.

    Their biggest crimes are Israel and not being aggressive enough on changes. They’re not the ones preventing most of the legislation we’ve tried to pass, such as the public option with the ACA.

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    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      As far as you’re concerned, their biggest crime is not supporting genocide even harder.

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      • NedKelly@quokk.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        can you read I’m not American and have no dog in this fight apart from not wanting the USA to fuck the world worse than currently, but they literally mentioned genocide/Israel being their biggest crime

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      • Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        no u

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