Not trying to choose a side but when did Dems become well wussies? They Have FDR, JFK, OBAMA, Clinton, under their belt. The Reps have Reagan. How come the Dems don't fight fire with fire anymore?

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• swordgeek@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The only ‘fire’ effective against Nazis is a molotov cocktail or a gun cartridge.

  Stop blaming the opposition for not being tough enough against fascism, unkess you’re willing to take up arms.

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• Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Obama did it (kind of); he moved the party line to policy instead of stunts and cutthroat politics.

  At the same time, he never gained a sufficient majority to enact his platform (in truth we’re lucky we got the affordable care act). Biden ran into similar issues with what was technically a majority but that had weak votes (e.g. Manchin).

  Honestly the problem is the Senate; Democrats just can’t get past the threshold that would let them actually govern.

  A Promised Land by Obama is an extremely good book if you want to understand the modern democratic party. Obama did a lot to get the spark back but also was in a very difficult position.

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  • credo@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Obama had a majority too. The problem is too many members rowing in different directions within the party.

    …m.wikipedia.org/…/111th_United_States_Congress

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    • Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      sufficient majority

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  • rottingleaf@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What Obama did should be judged by what he really did, not promised, not described, not was close to do.

    You can say whatever you want if it depends on majority which won’t ever support you, and then claim that was your real intention.

    This is simpler than average intrigue between friends or at workplace, or even of deciding whose turn it is to go for groceries, and politics are not simpler.

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• cetaceanprayers@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  when they started denying real progressive candidates a shot at running for president. clinton, pelosi, schumer, all old, soft pussies too afraid to shake the status quo.

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  • rottingleaf@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yes, surely people capable of denying someone popular are soft pussies. It’s the opposite, they impose their will upon the party. Evil, not pussies.

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• TheFANUM@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  They’re complicit. They are bought by the same billionaires as the Republicans. As long as you can purchase a politician, we have no functional democracy

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• watson387@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Citizens United

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• sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The simple answer: corrupt capitalism.

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  • hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Occam’s barbershop.

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• xmunk@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Obama was a huge wuss. He came in on promises of change and did nothing but continue to placate corporations.

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  • Kryptenx@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Dude had the mandate Trump thinks he has now to fuck the big banks and instead came in meekly asked for buy in from his opponents on everything. Huge wuss indeed.

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• PP_BOY_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  “Liberals took Hollywood, Conservatives took Washington”

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  • Patnou@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Then explain Ronald Reagan?

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    • kn33@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      He left Hollywood

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• JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Like it or not, the president is part of the system. One person doesn’t change the system.

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  • Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Please look at current administration.

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• lurch@sh.itjust.works ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  it’s over bro. come back in 3.5 years

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• SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  It sucks to say but yeah. For all the talk about saving democracy they forgot about the winning elections part.

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