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The slogan "abolish Palantir" is a bad and overly simplified critique when framed as something the Dems could unilaterally do but refuses to. Private corporations can't just be legislated out of existence overnight. Reducing complex public-private entanglements to a catchphrase misrepresents how power works and risks leaving people disillusioned when, inevitably, no party -- even a willing one -- can deliver on something that was never realistically in their power to begin with.

A better critique would focus on what power actually allows, like ending federal contracts with firms like Palantir and SpaceX, enforcing stricter procurement policies, challenging surveillance and policing budgets, and confronting the military-industrial complex that enables these companies to thrive in the first place.

These are systemic issues fostered and exploited by these vultures. These battles should be fought through a real political program that makes bold, meaningful demands of Democrats, not with empty sloganeering like "abolish Palantir" for internet clout. We need to force them to use their administrative and legislative authority to starve the beast of federal support by reshaping the ecosystem that feeds it.

I hate to say this, but Nap was somewhat right. Simple slogans can get in the way. They may start out as rallying cries, but too often they become vulnerabilities, either because they're so vague they need constant clarification, or because they're so absolute they become easy to weaponize by opponents or to disappoint supporters. That's not me saying we should give up, just that we should move beyond slogans to plainly state our demands.
You're 100% correct but the voters don't currently give a sh*t about nor understand the long term consequences of the issue.

These important but complex topics and the framing of them is how we lost in 2024. Campaigning needs to center on delivering something tangible to voters.
 

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Stop. Being "against militarism" doesn't mean any of the weird straw man shyt you're talking about. It means questioning and challenging the bloated, unaccountable, and profit-driven systems that treat endless war, surveillance, and policing as business models.

My point was that we shouldn't confuse slogans like "abolish Palantir" with actual political power. That doesn't mean we ignore militarism, it means we use real tools like the ones I mentioned above to address this problem - and it is a problem.

You can reject militarism as an ideology. You can reject the idea that everything should be solved through force, surveillance, and control without arguing that the US shouldn't have defense capabilities. Be serious.
The USA is not Mexico or Canada. Our rhetoric of our “left of center” party has to be serious and honest.
 

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Chuck schumer really got more smoke with protecting Israel then the bill thats currently in the senate :picard:
 

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What do you think of a DeSantis run in 2028? :mjgrin:
Desantis is finished. it's Vance vs Rubio vs maybe someone like Burgum or Youngkin

i don't think Ted Cruz is even gonna run :dead: i'm curious how full this R primary actually is. most of these dudes probably don't wanna get involved with the last gasp of Trump influence
 

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Desantis is finished. it's Vance vs Rubio vs maybe someone like Burgum or Youngkin

i don't think Ted Cruz is even gonna run :dead: i'm curious how full this R primary actually is. most of these dudes probably don't wanna get involved with the last gasp of Trump influence

I think it'll be Vance vs whoever wins the NeverTrump faction of the Republican party. Vance will obviously beat that candidate to a pulp in the primaries (unless there is some catastrophe in the 2nd half of Trump's presidency that gets pinned on Vance successfully)

Rubio got bytch slapped by Trump, I have zero expectations of him outside of Florida :mjlol:
 
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