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[–] [email protected] 127 points 2 days ago (2 children)

"If there's ever been a time to discuss serious campaign finance reform, it is now. We are sliding into a new era of American oligarchy, and unless we take decisive action, the integrity of our democracy is at risk.

This is like saying, "hey, guys, we really need to talk about taking steps to prevent a fire," as the house is burning down.

I also wonder what their definition of "decisive action" is. I get the impression that it involves a lot of talking, and not much else.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 days ago

It involves getting money from other sources, their billionaires. Not the other team's billionaires

[–] Peppycito 17 points 1 day ago

"hey, guys, we really need to talk about taking steps to prevent a fire,"

So, like we've been doing with the climate since the 60's?

[–] [email protected] 101 points 2 days ago (2 children)

End Citizens United. It blatantly lets billionaires buy politicians. That's the only way out of this.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 days ago

Unfortunately the bought politicians are the only ones who can end it.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 days ago (2 children)

That's what voters want to do, but that's not what either party wants, and they're private organizations.

If they double down on neoliberalism again at the 2/2/25 chair election, it's time to leave the DNC behind.

[–] ayyy 3 points 1 day ago

My guy they have already like quintupled down, it’s well past time to ditch the oligarch dinosaurs of the DNC.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, I feel things have become so desperate that centrists, the left, and progressives are starting to look for an alternative to the DNC. It has already begun with Pelosi leading the charge by keeping AOC out of a key House position where she could have offered a fresh perspective for the left.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

centrists

They're the ones actively ruining the DNC....

But I have no doubts if the actual left splits, they'll follow us instead of going back to the Republican party where they belong.

30 years of trying to steal "fiscally conservative, socially liberal" voters has just depressed Dem turnout and made Republicans batshit insane.

They destroyed our political ecosystem and now want to play the fucking victims.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

The USA's centrists are right of many countries' traditional conservatives. (Though most countries' conservatives are busy reinventing themselves as fascists these days.) The Democratic Party covers a wide spread of flavors of liberalism, extending quite far into the right of the political spectrum.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Would love to see Elon in prison.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Would love to see that Nazi dead.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I would never wish any man dead, but I look forward to reading some obituaries with great pleasure.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 23 hours ago

It’s important that we, as a society, get past this whole “I don’t wish anybody dead “nonsense. This is just bullshit from the ruling class to control the working class. Religion, the ultimate controller, says to the worker you can’t help yourself, because helping is killing… But the afterlife is nice.

It’s perfectly fine to wish death on someone who is causing harm to others. There’s nothing shameful about literally being full of glee.

[–] heavy 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago

Double the asshole. I guess we have to use double the bullets

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It doesn’t matter at this point if they ban it they will just send them money somehow. 1 million mini packs or whatever. There’s no stopping it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago

Not without violence

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago

Sic semper tyrannis

[–] [email protected] 0 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Take note - this is precisely why it is important for the party to exert control and preference in its own nominating process. It is not corruption. It is not anti-democratic. But Elon Musk is 100% going to try to use the last decade of information warfare which had been waged on the DNC to convince you that it's perfectly normal to hijack primaries while invoking the Bernie Sanders defense.