Are both sides (Democrat/Republican) the same? [TheColi General Consensus Poll]

[Isaiah Bradley]

A discussion in another thread pushed me to reread this thread and noticed the most popular argument from both-side deniers are specific policies/bills being "championed" for. While accepting that all politicians take money and is more likely swayed by it, which is the root of all healthcare/insurance/gun/wealth gap/greed/tax problems, thus why both parties are the same

The only way a politician proves their commitment is
1) vote result
2) amount of political capital willing to spend
3) what's done with leverage

-A politician having press conferences/tweeting opinions doesn't mean they're supportive of your interest, maybe just pandering

-A politician getting bills submitted into/passed a committee doesn't mean they're supportive of your interest, a common fund raising talking point is the amount of bills a politician sponsored/submitted into committees to show they "getting shyt done" and it's because of "someone/something else" why it's being stopped

Spoiler: example

Legalize weed argument

Politician A for weed, Politician B not

Both politicians can take money directly/indirectly from tobacco and support their interest, while catering/pandering to their respective base

It's not the public stance, but the work/result done in the chambers that determines their commitment. Submitting bills knowing/hoping that it's going to get killed on delivery is career politician tactics 101

Rubio and Warren both take money from wall street/corporations/banks and blindly support Israel, but they different because he's for fracking and she's not? stop. Fracking isn't the root of society's problem

 

[Carlton Banks]

Bump

 

[OfTheCross]

We have a loud minority on here

 

[OfTheCross]

 

[acri1]

that's the exact playbook

 

[aliG]

When you have Israel as your master yes. Both are the same playboy.

 

[kevm3]

Both sides doesnt mean they have the exact same policies. It means they are equally apathetic and damaging to blacks and the republicans are overt with their feelings while the democrats are covert. How many threads do we need of democrat shills begging and trying to shame blacks for free votes?

 

[RAX 010]

Yes and No

Yes when it comes to what party has our best interest at heart (neither)
no when it comes to their particular approach or style or mantra

at the end of the day, we need our own political party if we want to get anything done as a collective
if yall still want to believe otherwise we will continue to be conquered and divided every 4 to 8 years as they whip up spectacles and garner hope for those not yet fully aware of the psychological scheme our govt runs on its citizens

point blank fukkin period

 

[Reflected]

I'm saving this shyt, it unironically works like this. I so badly want to know the catalyst in American history that led to this kind of thinking. I suppose the Republicans just play optics and headlines better than the Dems and it's not even close. I suppose they also put more money into think tanks to establish better messaging.

 

[kevm3]

It's like that because Democrats want blacks to give up free votes and they are all over this board and try to shame and ridicule people if they aren't voting for them. If Republican sycophants were all over this board telling black people that they better vote Republican or they are a c00n or sell-out, they'd be getting worse treatment.

 

[At30wecashout]

Repped. This is fukking true. The coli has a couple of people who pop into threads with some shyt Republicans do and immediately they asking what Dems will do...ignoring how the system works. This is absolutely the flowchart of bothsiders.

 

[Nkrumah Was Right]

Democrats and Republicans are not the same, but they have similarities.

Democrats are liberals who support plutocracy.

Republicans are fascists who support plutocracy.

In Weimar Germany, Francoist Spain, Pinochet’s Chile, authoritarian Argentina - liberals always with fascists to maintain wealth and capitalism over the needs of working people

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

. If Republican sycophants were all over this board telling black people that they better vote Republican or they are a c00n or sell-out, they'd be getting worse treatment.

That actually does happen here. It's just hard for "both siders" to recognize them because you all have the same rhetoric. They have the same takes on vaccines, lockdowns, abortions, gun control, and criticisms of the dem leaders

I actually respect them more than both siders because they at least have conviction.

The @Family Man , @Hell Rell, @Rell Lauren 's of the board make the same types of posts as you but they're at least honest about who they will be casting a ballot for (trump and desantis)

 

[dyingonce]

off the subject, ....are they gathering information on us???

on this topic, history gives the answer to this question......

a way to approach a issue is to look at similarities with the issue or problem at hand....... that will give insight in a way not commonly seen.....

by design it's doing what it is designed to do....... Research L. Parsons 1853-1942

prob***, **action,s******n ? anyone?

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