Who the fuck has ever pretended a Democrat is perfect? What human person?
The choices are not “both sides suck equally” versus “my side can do no wrong.” It’s acknowledging 75% of Democrats got this right, and 100% of Republicans got this wrong. Even if we pretend there’s not ten thousand other issues to compare these schmucks on - one side is plainly better.
Better doesn’t mean perfect. Better doesn’t require perfect. It’s still better. You can talk shit about them, and still acknowledge they’re better. That is not somehow a contradiction.
It’s easy to say but the solution takes a lot more critical thinking for people to vote ethically or even just in their own interests rather than for the team they’ve been trained to vote for.
Most people either don’t have the available time to research, the interest to put the effort in or the capacity to understand the consequences of their choice.
Simplification to “trusted source K recommended by trusted source L says I should vote for team B” is the default solution. “Surely everyone in recommended team B is a fine upstanding person who will fight tooth and nail for my best interests?”
Most people need to be engaged and critical or the system defaults to whoever controls the trusted sources.
If we keep acting like anyone with a D by their name is perfect we’ll never fix shit.
Progressives usually don’t (value based on group membership). You know those disappointments only got into power because they were the least-bad option. Because progressives don’t value loyalty; progressives need to fall in love.
Thing is, they have just one option, and it’s merely the lesser of two evils. They need more less-evil choices. They need more people saying “people have the right to defend their land” and blow the dog whistle, and then say “that’s not their land. That’s not defending” when they get in.
I say that’s 45 disappointments, but it’s only 45. Promise me you’ll get it to 44 and lower if they’re in your area. Do what you can, at least.
This isn’t a movie script; it’s a continual slog with a progress report every 2 years. This is one time when “line must go up” from the pit it’s in now. So. And I mean this after all that rambling.
Know how to get shouted down on lemmy? Make a comment about how rotten the Democrats are, comparing their sins to Republicans. And here’s the secret sauce…
Let the next comment say, “fuck your ‘both sides’ bullshit!”
That’s all it takes. No matter the original comment, first reply sets the tone.
Sprinkle in some approved slogans to really rack up those points. A real point scorer is, “the suffering is the point!” Or, “capitalism”, or “racism”. Context be damned, just comment the right words and you can lead these kids around by the nose.
If we keep acting like anyone with a D by their name is perfect we’ll never fix shit.
The hard truth is the party needs to clean house because when shit like this happens “both sides” is hard to deny
Who the fuck has ever pretended a Democrat is perfect? What human person?
The choices are not “both sides suck equally” versus “my side can do no wrong.” It’s acknowledging 75% of Democrats got this right, and 100% of Republicans got this wrong. Even if we pretend there’s not ten thousand other issues to compare these schmucks on - one side is plainly better.
Better doesn’t mean perfect. Better doesn’t require perfect. It’s still better. You can talk shit about them, and still acknowledge they’re better. That is not somehow a contradiction.
Third party corruption investigations and prosecutions are needed on every branch of high level government.
The tone is set from the top. Hold the top accountable and the rats will cease to try and climb.
It’s easy to say but the solution takes a lot more critical thinking for people to vote ethically or even just in their own interests rather than for the team they’ve been trained to vote for.
Most people either don’t have the available time to research, the interest to put the effort in or the capacity to understand the consequences of their choice.
Simplification to “trusted source K recommended by trusted source L says I should vote for team B” is the default solution. “Surely everyone in recommended team B is a fine upstanding person who will fight tooth and nail for my best interests?”
Most people need to be engaged and critical or the system defaults to whoever controls the trusted sources.
Progressives usually don’t (value based on group membership). You know those disappointments only got into power because they were the least-bad option. Because progressives don’t value loyalty; progressives need to fall in love.
Thing is, they have just one option, and it’s merely the lesser of two evils. They need more less-evil choices. They need more people saying “people have the right to defend their land” and blow the dog whistle, and then say “that’s not their land. That’s not defending” when they get in.
I say that’s 45 disappointments, but it’s only 45. Promise me you’ll get it to 44 and lower if they’re in your area. Do what you can, at least.
This isn’t a movie script; it’s a continual slog with a progress report every 2 years. This is one time when “line must go up” from the pit it’s in now. So. And I mean this after all that rambling.
Primary their asses.
Know how to get shouted down on lemmy? Make a comment about how rotten the Democrats are, comparing their sins to Republicans. And here’s the secret sauce…
Let the next comment say, “fuck your ‘both sides’ bullshit!”
That’s all it takes. No matter the original comment, first reply sets the tone.
Sprinkle in some approved slogans to really rack up those points. A real point scorer is, “the suffering is the point!” Or, “capitalism”, or “racism”. Context be damned, just comment the right words and you can lead these kids around by the nose.