Right, like I'm aware that the President is not emperor, trust me. But the whole "oh we dont wanna undermine foundations ;-; " shit is infuriating. The foundations are IN THE FUCKING OCEAN AND COLLAPSING.
One of these institutions just signaled that they want to roll back constitutional rights on 3 other fronts after rolling back one, and Biden is the one who is concerned with doing anything that would damage their reputation even further? Fuck outta here.
Never said it would be easy, but however difficult that may be will pale in comparison to how fucking *awful* things are gonna get here.
If you read the article, the big, bold moves that he will not pursue are:
Performative politics, and the need to have big, powerful phrases is the worst.
I'll eat my hat if that happens. I'm fully expecting an electoral bloodbath.
I'm aware those aren't in the cards. Its the "Undermining foundations" part that has me steaming.
And your being dishonest if you think thats whats stopping it and not the actual roadblocks
Of course not. The statement is still infuriating. I outright said I'm aware the President is not an Emperor.
How about just inverse-Trump? Just a leftist version of him? How about just someone who is willing to get as visibly angry as we all are feeling right now. Someone who will lash out at the ones who want to subjugate their fellow Americans, the way Trump would lash at his perceived enemies? Instead of just bullshit and excuses and apologies for doing nothing.
So you want a dictator? I get frustrated with Dem leadership plenty of times too, but I do not support a further move than we already have to a dictatorship like government.
We are watching public hearings about how the former President attempted to undermine our democratic foundations and we want that displaced by the current President undermining another co-equal branch of power? If the President doesn't hold the Court's supremacy as valid and undermines it on Rulings that it does not agree with, can Governors do the same? At the end, won't more people suffer if we then have Red States disregarding some of the protections that have been granted by rulings from the SC as they are caught in the crossfire between state and federal authority?
Look - we don't have a choice: we are getting a fascist government. If I have to choose the one we're getting, i'd vastly prefer a liberal one than the conservative nightmare thats about to be imposed on us. We aren't living in a country where getting a functioning democracy is in the cards anymore. Its not. Thats off the table now.
It's always the next election.
Public hearings which, btw, despite how flagrantly obvious this is all actionable under the law, yet we have this same commission arguing that they shouldn't make a criminal recommendation. And Garland is sitting doing fuck-all until some blatant testimony literally forces his hand, all while we all fully know that the GOP will both get away with every single thing being shown here, Trump won't be indicted, and the obvious plan to steal elections going forward goes off without a hitch next time around.
I don't want the democratic party run like a dictatorship. You dont, in fact, have to hand it to Trump. I like the big tent. I also understand if we don't want the Manchins and Sinemas blocking everything then the only solution is to elect more Democrats and make those 2 irrelevant. Sucks but it's how it is. More Democrats, less Republicans. That's the way it's always needed to be.
Join me, if you will, in the final days of January, 2023.
How about we just reject ALL fascism and not be like "fascism but from the left is ok with me"
If you think there weren't any other D's hiding behind Manchin and Sinema, then I hope we get the ultimate scenario of having 2 new Ds elected this November, only to find out theres another asshole or two who don't wanna gut the filibuster who just come up out of nowhere.
I would love nothing more than to live in the functional democracy I was told America was when growing up in school. We just don't live in that world right now, and we're gonna get a fascist dictatorship regardless. Appealing to some institutional democracy while seeing every aspect of it being eroded in front of our very eyes, is just nonsense at this point. For as awesome the 'big tent' approach is on paper, the D's are getting their fuck asses handed to them and doing nothing about it.
We didn't push on Sinema or Manchin. Not really. The grassroots and twitter crowd did. But the actual power-holders in the party? They said jack fucking shit. They literally gave Manchin everything he wanted just so he can say No, but much slower. And they will vote against fillibuster reform for the same reasons Manchin and Sinema are - bought and paid for by corporate interests.
But isn't that actually demonstrated by Biden? We are now 2 votes away from:
Jfc. You were lied to in school. Columbus isn't a hero. Santa doesn't exist. Quit throwing your ketchup against the wall and go put your anger towards helping people who need it. Or exit stage right.
I actually agree, that Democratic leadership (whatever you think that might be; people or corporations) haven't done nearly enough to push Manchin and Sinema. They should have threatened to cut off all donations, and withhold any donations from average citizens. They should have been stripped of any committee assignments. Their websites should have been shut down. Primary challengers should have been immediately assembled. Paint these two as the raging pariahs they are, and turn the entire "fuck these people" machine that we often use against Republicans towards these two. Make it so bad for them that when they inevitably lose reelection, they have to flee the country in shame.
I too love being so progressive that I use homophobic slurs in my posts.
I agree with this. If they had 52 Senators. They can't excommunicate Manchin or Sinema because both have the real ability to caucus with the GOP leaving Biden with only majority in the House.
