from the not-meant-for-this-moment dept

  • GodlessCommie@lemmy.world
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    20 days ago

    Of course they did, because that’s who Democrats are. They are controlled opposition that only talk about opposing Republicans, in the end they legislate exactly like them.

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    20 days ago

    Always remember: It’s not Democrats vs Republicans. It’s the poor vs rich.

      • Florencia (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
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        20 days ago

        No alt text for our blind brothers and sisters? For shame comrade.

        For a long time, I thought the Democrats were fighting valiantly but just overwhelmed by the oligarchy and the Republicans. Then I saw that the Democrats keep losing fights they should win and figured they must be just weak and ineffectual. Then I kept seeing them backing off without putting up a fight at all and decided they were gutless cowards. Finally I noticed that enough of them keep voting with the Republicans to always make sure the Republicans more or less win almost every fight, and that they keep starting from a Center position and bargaining to the Right, and eventually after enough of that it became impossible to ignore the only conclusion that actually fits the facts: The Democrats are not over matched, they aren’t weak, they aren’t cowards…they’re complicit.

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    20 days ago

    The timing here is what makes this move particularly baffling…

    It’s only baffling if you cling to the ever-more-laughable belief that the Democrats are any sort of meaningful opposition.

    If you instead simply shift to the ever-more-supported belief that they are in fact essentially oligarchic co-conspirators, then the timing makes perfect sense.

    • Ogmios@sh.itjust.works
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      20 days ago

      Yea, both Democrats and Republicans have a pretty solid history of voting in lock step on matters of giving themselves more power.