Why is the onus on Democrats on being the "saviors" and not the fukking reprehensible Republicans and the people who vote for them and not vote? Why in the face of massive racism, classism, sexism from one source the blame is being laid on the party that is not in power?
People were told by Republicans what they would do if they got elected, on how they would fukk them over and in 2 out of the last 3 presidential elections they have won, not even counting the midterms. At this point you can not even blame Republicans for their evil because they are very open and honest about it, the American people are at fault.
You expect the same people that either vote against their interest, or do not vote time and time again to somehow magically have an awakening and change up? The same people complaining about the same shyt that the people they elected do to them? The same people that complain about politicians but can not even be bothered to vote in primaries for good people, or even vote at all? Plenty of progressives and leftist candidates have ran but because people do not actually vote they rarely win, so what is going to change now?
All of this blaming Democrats talk is pointless and harmful because the main issue that has plagued the American public is the American voter. No matter how weak or "centrist" you think establishment Democrats are, they would be infinitely better than the party with full power. Fight the centrists when it comes to the primaries but when you are faced with a destructive force like the Republicans, stop all of the bullshyt and make sure they do not win.
What people are expecting is that the democratic party should be an opposition party. Being an opposition party doesn't mean adopting the framing of your opponent when it comes to certain issues to the point where you are more focused on trying to take voters from that party than empowering those who are your own base and appealing to the people who stayed home.
Look, people whose rights are used as a political bargaining chip ALWAYS show up, the issue is the whites who won't be negatively affected either way who choose to stay home. As you saw in New York, people had a choice to vote for a "lesser" evil in the forms of adams and cuomo. They didn't vote for either and instead voted for someone who actually made what they want the focus of his campaign(taxing the rich parasites and using those funds on things that would make it easier to afford living in the city like other mayors(including mayor Laguardia!) have done). The democrat response was to delay endorsement, join in on republican style bigotry, and double down on criticizing the candidate for not being sufficiently submissive to the demands of a foreign country. They spent 22 million because they had no actual policies besides "I'm not republican" and they lost.
People want POLICIES that will change their lives. Donald Trump understands a BASIC fact of politics: You should promise things and then deliver on them in a way that people can see. He promised to cut down immigration and what did he do? he started construction on a wall and gave ICE basically a blank check to do whatever they want. People who voted for him can point to the wall and they can point to the footage of people they hate being assaulted and arrested and say "he followed through". He promised law and order in "warzone" cities and there are camoflaged soldiers toting rifles in those cities. MAGAts are VERY satisfied with their vote because they can literally see the policies they voted for in action.
Obama said he'd expand healthcare coverage. He can always point to the ACA and say "I delivered on that. It's not perfect, but it's better than what was there before" Obama said he'd resolve the financial crisis and he can always point to General Motors and say "that company was on the verge of ruin. My policies saved it. He can point to the stimulus checks he signed and say "I put food on people's tables". As shytty as the chinese communist party is, they lifted over 800 million people out of poverty and created a sophisticated transportation system, home ownership is close to or over 80% and they have universal health care. People don't want to vote for the "lesser of two evils" they want to vote for someone who ACTUALLY represents their interests. What democrats have been doing is kicking the can down the road and allowing republicans to be a cudgel they can use to threaten the american people into voting for them only for them to do nothing that would actually help the majority of americans but would keep their donors happy.
I'm one of those people that emphasizes community organization and mutual aid because that shyt actually gets results. Look at how democrats behave when they lose elections. Do they donate their time and money to community legal aid? do they donate their time and money to food banks? do you see them joining in to help unions win lawsuits? do they donate time and money to make sure people have access to healthcare in their own communities? no of course not. Do they engage in actual community activism and boycotts? of course not. Those pussies run back to their gated community and write a book about how sad they feel about losing and then go around doing interviews and lectures about how they're a loser but they'll still "fight" and spam you with text messages and emails begging for more money. How the fukk do you get 1 billion dollars to run a campaign against a white supremacist and not only lose, but then also end up in DEBT?
I'm not a millionaire but I at least donate financially to local organizations and boost them whenever I can. What the fukk is Chuck Schumer or Hakeem jeffries doing other than trying to see who can suck billionaire and israeli dikk the hardest? Mexico is a country we've been told should be conservative considering how the majority of people are catholics and that they have a strong patriarchal machismo culture. How the fukk did they end up electing a jewish woman with a european last name who ran on a socialist platform? How did Brazil go from an incompetent fascist to a socialist? how did America's center of finance that was a victim of Islamic terrorism elect a Muslim who doesn't back down when he's called a socialist? BECAUSE OF THE POLICIES. Because he said "I'm not the lesser evil, I'm not evil at all" and despite the efforts of a 22 million dollar smear campaign, people got off their asses and voted for him because he was actually offering policies they wanted instead of fear mongering about conservative politicians. They voted for him because he literally ASKED them what they wanted instead of paying consultant firms to tell them some bullshyt and give them moronic talking points that reflect what the investors want and not what people want.
It speaks to the sheer power of propaganda that it's considered "radical" and not "electable" for a politician to propose common sense policies. The power and omnipresence of propaganda telling people to not expect their elected officials to put forth policy that is popular and changes people's lives has created a gigantic rift between the reality that regular people live in, and the fantasy that these millionaires and aspiring millionaires that control the democratic party. It's not too much to ask for for a party to do more than write strongly worded letters and cave into nearly every republican demand. That's literally how politics USED to be done in this country and that's how people like FDR were able to create the welfare state that republicans began to dismantle and democrats are all too cool with helping them dismantle if they can use it as part of their campaign sloganeering.
is that it's far too implemented into the overall medical system for Republicans to tank it without replacing it
