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[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 21 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Thanks I guess? Maybe try stopping the fascist movement first... we can talk about empty promises later, but I ain't seen y'all push back worth a fuck. Sure as shit, I don't believe that weak sentiment if ya can't even oust a certified pedo

[–] 8oow3291d@feddit.dk 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe try stopping the fascist movement first

Hard to do when voters just handed control of all branches of government to Republicans.

[–] architect@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yet republicans manage to get all sorts of things done when they didn’t even have a majority.

So democrats can try harder. Democrats can remove the pedotus by any means necessary.

Pedotus tried (succeeded?) to overthrow the us government and nothing happened to him. He got reelected.

Democrats can do so so much more. As proven by republicans. Yet they don’t. Why?

[–] 8oow3291d@feddit.dk 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Because

  1. SCOTUS is corrupt, filled by Republican partisans, after voters gave Republicans the power to choose judges

  2. It is way easier to block stuff, than to pass stuff. So when Republicans right now is preventing a minimum wage increase, Republicans can do that

  3. "Democrats can remove the pedotus by any means necessary." - which requires a supermajority in the Senate. Whereas leaving Trump in power requires nothing. So Republicans "win".

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

And yet they aren't blocking anything Trump is doing...

[–] 8oow3291d@feddit.dk 0 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

They. Don't. Have. The. Power. To. Do. So.

Voters have not given Democrats the power to block anything. Republicans control both chambers of Congress. How is that so hard to understand?

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Not having control of Congress never stopped the Republicans from throwing wrenches into things. Figure. it. out. Cheat if they have to. If this shit goes on til midterms we're never getting out of this.

[–] 8oow3291d@feddit.dk 1 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Trump is governing by executive order. Hence the Democrats have to proactively pass laws to stop Trump. It is not a bill Democrats can filibuster in the Senate.

Whereas Democrats actually try to pass bills, as the system is supposed to work. And when Biden or Obama did try to use executive orders, they were often blocked by SCOTUS. Because US voters allowed Republican Presidents to stack the courts with partisans.

Also, generally Democrats are trying to build stuff. Whereas Republicans are trying to block or destroy stuff. destroying stuff is inherently easier.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Don't care. The system is fucked and they need to act accordingly. They are the opposition they need to figure something out, legal or not. Letting shit play out until midterms will fuck all of us. The Republicans stopped caring about legality years ago.

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 15 hours ago

Really telling that you want them to do more and Blue MAGA gets angry at people wanting the Democrats to do anything meaningful.

Controlled opposition and it's brainwashed sycophants.

[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

A minimum wage increase without action against the powers and institutions that can simply adjust their practices to continue to make even $25/hr unlivable is just a bigger loaf of bread at a bigger circus. For a year or two the plebs will live like kings, then the new reality will hit. Democrats will do anything to win their base, but they’ll never actually confront the system. Fight for a world where $7.25 is a livable wage instead of one where $25 is just an opportunity for the wealthy to figure out new means to extract that much more out of you while your quality of life remains the same as it was before.

[–] AiricaFyresong@lemmy.blahaj.zone -2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Both parties are in on the whole thing, the system being rigged from the very beginning. I don't buy any of it; it's all theater.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

Conspiracy theory nonsense

[–] architect@thelemmy.club 5 points 1 day ago

I fully believe this now.

Losing to the worst man to ever live in modern times. Twice.

The people don’t want democrats. Democrats are the fucking block from the people to actually do anything. They are standing in our fucking way.

I fully believe that’s on purpose and I also believe the only way out of this is to let them lose so fucking hard no one can pretend anymore.

Those fucking pieces of shit backed us right up to fascism to retain power. I fucking hate those people for doing this to us.

Let them lose and let us fucking fight for the America we actually want.