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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How on earth is none of this enough “touching the stove” to set people in the US off? Even in Canada we’re not as bad for it(don’t worry, many are certainly trying). But regardless, Schumer is center-right and does not fit the “lib” label in the slightest(neo-liberal, maybe, but “lib” has a specific meaning). I see what you meant at least, but it’s not like Trump’s big shut down really stuck in people’s minds and it would give the Democrats reason to pretend that they have spines and a great excuse to tell people why they did it. What I’m saying there is that the Democrats aren’t making a hard choice but an objectively bad one and I hate how low the bar is that this is where things are at.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

To me touching the stove is when 70 million grandmas need financial, physical, and medical assistance all at once.

None of these people think it's going to happen to them. I live in a state full of 65+ and then a bunch of MAGA veterans. They need to lose those VA & SS benefits. Some of them are using grandmas social security. From what I can see in my state it would take about 2 weeks of no Social Security checks and MAGA would be looking to Jan 6 again.

So ya I agree with ya. We should have shut down the government and explained why we did it and explained what we needed to open it back up. It was a really simple maneuver and Schumer dropped the ball and fucked us all. I was inspired to see Booker holding the floor yesterday for 25 hours. We need more Booker's and less schumers in the house. Dems need stronger leadership. Stronger strategy, etc etc.

i don't want to see trumpism cemented into American law for the next 30 years.