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This is a weird meme. The Democrats actively tried to court suburban white voters and other traditionally right-Leaning demographics. They tried to peel Republicans off. The democrats never offered socialists a cup labeled "liberalism", they offered "moderate republicans" a cup labeled "Border Control and Bush era political icons" and they said "Bro. I already told you I will only ever vote for Republicans".
> Democrats: Run most leftist administration in the history of the country
> Democrats: Pass law after law and EO after EO that are a wishlist of progressive and leftist policies
> Democrats: Put officers from the most famous leftist movement in a century in high and visible positions of power in the government
> Leftists online: We never get anything by voting for Democrats they have betrayed us and move to the right constantly
TBH, it's long past time for the Democratic Party to actually start ignoring the fringe left and work for the American people.
Despite all the Biden administrations achievements, they still haven't addressed what the left has been asking for over the last decade.
Stop supporting the war in Gaza? Nah.
Single-payer healthcare system? Nuh uh.
Housing crisis relief? If you're good... maybe.
Courts and criminal justice reform? Lol.
Billionaire tax? Nope.
Livable minimum wage? Psh.
Legalize marijuana? Hah! No.
Man, it's a good thing Trump is going to implement all of those things.
It shouldn't be a surprise that the people who believe politics no longer serves them aren't motivated to participate in the political system.
It is also shouldn't be a surprise that political system not only doesn't give a shit but also doesn't have an idea about people who don't participate in it. Almost by definition.
So who's going to change? The disillusioned voters? Or the politicians running for office? Or are we just going to keep on yelling at people who aren't listening?
Oh, politicians will do the changing all right. They will identify the people who vote and will cater more to them, moving further right. Many of them don't want that actually, but since getting votes is the only way to be elected, and left doesn't vote, they just have to.
People though? I don't know, right now I'm disappointed in all the America, so I don't believe change is possible. I however will continue yelling at idiots who don't want right wing politicians but don't vote therefore don't express their wants. I will also continue doing public communication, maybe less yelly though.
Can't seem to get them from Democrats, either, so what's your point?
The point is that if you have one party that won't legalize weed and won't criminalize abortion at the federal level, and you have another party that won't legalize weed but will criminalize abortion at the federal level, the first party is better. Now apply this to other issues. Families will be forcibly separated when Trump begins his mass deportation, Bird Flu will be COVID 2.0 when RFK is in Trump's cabinet, etc.
Everyone on .world and .ml is focused on what the Dems haven't done or won't do. Ok, put that aside for a second. Do you think that Trump is going to put into place any of the policies listed above? Do you think he will be a better president than Kamala Harris would have been?
If the answer to both questions is "no," I truly don't understand the logic in complaining about what Dems didn't do in the last four years. Not voting for Harris because she wasn't left enough is cutting off your nose to spite your own face. The country will be far worse under Trump.
If you answer "yes" to either, then we are too far apart to have any meaningful conversations.
Dude, the election is over. The only thing we can do moving forward is try to learn a lesson. Blaming other people isn't a solution. We can only try to do better next time, which requires confronting what we could do better, not what others did wrong. We have no control over that.
If your only solution is that everything is other people's fault, you're not being constructive. You're only angry and lashing out, which is understandable but keep that to places that's wanted ideally. You're pretty deep in a thread trying to solve problems, not just blame others.
Mate, if you think anything I've said is "angry and lashing out," I don't know what to tell you. I'm frustrated sure, but wasn't the one who started to dole out blame. The original comment I responded to was blaming Dems lol.
Still interested in if you think the country will be better under Trump than under Harris.
The Democrats are the ones who we are supporting here. They can only do better through constructive criticism. They won't do better by just blaming their failings on Trump supporters (or non-Harris supporters).
No one here is saying things will be better under Trump. They're pointing out why the democratic message failed, so hopefully we can understand why it didn't work and do better in 2/4 years.
Blaming other people doesn't create actionable observations. It's only a cop-out to not recognize your failings. Sure, it sucks, but it can't be fixed. Giving people a reason to vote for Democrats can be fixed.