Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social
I feel like a lot of our political moment stems down to tens of millions of Americans literally incapable of imagining something worse than someone being annoying.
this post was submitted on 26 Sep 2025
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You may not like it but Americans have been suffering for decades as well. They also keep saying this is the best economy ever when everyone is dying because they can't get healthcare. Our suicide rates have BEEN high. Wage theft is rampant and there is no way to thrive. You can barely survive. The playing field may have changed to look more glamorous but the toll on our psyche has not. We are suffering and history will show the true depth of it even as our government denies we have a recession or depression. Hundreds of thousands sleeping in tents that get swept up once a month. We ARE suffering. We ARE enduring turmoil. We just aren't allowed to admit to it because why? We have internet now? How much is the intent costing? More debts. This phone I have in my hand on a payment plan costs more in debts than the Germans could even imagine. That weighs on people. We are absolutely suffering.
This is where the cognitive dissonance shows up. One party tried to push health care for all, cheaper education, relief from loans, and the other did absolutely everything they could to worsen the situation if not outright sabotage it. Yet that same fascist side is the one that people wanted, that offered no real solutions, and unquestionably stated they were going to implement policy that would cause more harm to those already down on their luck. But that didn’t matter. Nationalism, prejudice, and (troll-farm assisted social media) hate for their opponents won instead of supporting policy that would actually have helped.
That's ignoring the fact that the election was rigged. Trump straight up bragged about it, but no one did a thing.
Uh... No? Democrats had a supermajority that one time and decidedly did not codify healthcare for all. And, you know, they're the ones keeping the filibuster around, so all that progress they're supposedly trying to achieve is being sabotaged by them. Point being: If they actually wanted any of these things, they would've made them reality rather than make up reasons for why they couldn't. When Republicans make concrete policy promises they actually get them done or make a real effort to do so, while Democrats for the most part don't. Democratic bad faith is as important a part in all this as Republican fascism.