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[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 70 points 14 hours ago

Forgot to put the portion where Reps try and block every single fucking thing that Dems try to accomplish.

Wanna know why abortion wasn't enshrined into law when the Dems had the majority? Because they didn't have a filibuster proof super majority for the handful of weeks they had all the power.

We got the ACA instead.

[-] shikitohno@lemm.ee 16 points 11 hours ago

There's also just a massive element of the Democrats no longer functioning as a coherent political unit. It wouldn't help in an instance needing a filibuster-proof majority, but since being a Democrat is mostly negatively defined as "We're not the Republicans" these days, it has grown to encompass a range of views that prevents them from having a cohesive platform backed by all members in the way the GOP largely operates today.

Yes, Republican obstructionism is a major element in the dysfunction of our government at the moment, but even before you run into that, you have a party that embraces the Joe Manchins, Kyrsten Sinemas and Joe Liebermanns of US politics, while also having your Bernie Sanders and AOCs. Even before you encounter the obstructionist tendencies of Republicans, you have Democrats who don't fall in line that can hold the party platform hostage, and no meaningful mechanisms to force them to do so.

The Democratic Party really needs to start defining itself positively, rather than the current "We're not the other guy, so at least we aren't so bad" stance, and presenting a unified front in the face of Republican obstinance. There should be a time a place for intellectual debate, but the Democratic status quo not only makes them look incompetent when they can't hold members to task for failing to support major elements of the party platform (see Manchin's stranglehold over Biden's agenda that left quite a bit dead on arrival prior to Republican efforts), it also demotivates would-be voters.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 12 points 12 hours ago

Also forget the portion where dems do not use their powers unless it is needed for Israel.

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[-] darthsid@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago

I’m not buying this anymore. Dems could do the same if they had balls. Enough of this when they go low we go high bs.

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Here, have an actual teacher - who goes to insane lengths to find shit (including the fact that many Dems were quite conservative)- explain:

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8L9EfNx/

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[-] enbyecho@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Perhaps you can shake your fist angrily. I assume a sternly worded letter or phone call would be too much effort.

[-] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 hours ago

And thanks to non voters you will never have a chance to get a better candidate since now free elections in america are a thing of the past. Congrats. Because you do your "both sides" garbage you destroyed any hope of improvement.

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[-] DrQuickbeam@lemmy.world 16 points 15 hours ago

Now make one with an elephant in the middle to put next to this one. It will be equally trite.

[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 29 points 15 hours ago

False. The one with the elephant in the middle accomplishes things. Terrible things. I'll take do-nothing over do-wrong

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

Yeah it’s a promise of $20 that never comes vs a punch to the face

[-] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml 17 points 14 hours ago

GOP gives their base red meat. This is because it is compatible with their donors' interests. This contrasts to Dems, for whom delivering for their base runs counter to their donors' interests.

What is deliverrd by the GOP is marginalization, of course, but this is still a more direct and materiap response than what the Dems do, which is just PR.

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 14 points 15 hours ago

Yeah it will be, because that’s how the corporate-run political duopoly works.
It’s a big club and you ain’t in it [1][2]

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