“They want 1939 Germany but they're going to get 1789 France if they keep fucking around.”
@benroyce
Why exactly is Chuck Shumer now the scapegoat for the MAGA-induced mess?
all blame goes to maga
secondary blame goes to nonvoters
tertiary blame goes to spineless centrist dems
for our mess
i do agree though if someone spends all of their time dividing and conquering for the right, by attacking dems only and ignorinng maga, they're not even on the left, they're fake left, they're agent provocateur from the right
but that's not the guy in the video
anger at schumer is acceptable: he's completely out of touch
@benroyce @oliverboehme Do not forget the main architect who gave the shitbag the keys to everything with his 'immunity' and 'official duties' bullshit: #JohnRoberts is the primary villain. He and his cohort of rancid cunts #Alito #Gorsuch #Thomas and #Kavanaugh
@kristen_d @benroyce @oliverboehme Biden could have used the powers Roberts gave him to stop all of this.
I don't blame Biden for being unwilling to be the monster history required at that moment. But still - he could have prevented all of this.
@Amoshias @kristen_d @oliverboehme
right but if a drunk is swinging at you in the parking lot, because someone didn't swing back doesn't change who the real problem is
@benroyce @kristen_d @oliverboehme I agree. Just like I don't blame Biden for being unwilling to be a monster I don't forget who the real monsters are.
But when someone asks you if you're a god, you say yes. And when the chief judge in your country says you are not a president, you are a king, you have a choice. I like to think I would have made a different choice than Biden did.
@Amoshias @kristen_d @oliverboehme
the democrats are fucking spineless
new leadership is coming. further left
correction: new leadership further left *has* to come or we are absolutely screwed
@benroyce @Amoshias @kristen_d @oliverboehme
You're probably screwed.
@linuxgnome @Amoshias @kristen_d @oliverboehme
yeah i hear you but fuck that
cynicism is weak spineless capitulation
all there is in this world is the good fight
@benroyce @Amoshias @kristen_d @oliverboehme
'cynicism is weak spineless capitulation' or, in the instance of expecting left-wing leadership from the Dems, as a party, realism.
@linuxgnome @Amoshias @kristen_d @oliverboehme
Thank you for shitting on us all and patiently advising hopelessness
I will cherish the anointed genius wisdom of "life sucks and then you die," thank you friend
It's not even true: we primary the fuck out of centrist dems and treat the democratic party as an empty vessel to fill with our will
Example:
AOC
Another example:
MAGA
No one is telling Maga they are stuck with centrist GOP
So why do you say the left is bound by centrist shit?
@benroyce @linuxgnome @Amoshias @kristen_d @oliverboehme hate what they stand for, but Maga/TeaParty tactics were bloody brilliant. they achieved everything they wanted, all the impossible things.
... after years of primarying the GOP candidates who wouldn't ban abortion (but voting GOP in generals regardless), they got the ones that would, and then it happened. For instance.
@StrangeNoises @linuxgnome @Amoshias @kristen_d @oliverboehme
Because the right, for all of their ignorance and bigotry SHOW THE FUCK UP TO VOTE
While the left wrings its hands and goes "not perfect enough, I'm staying home"
The USA'S descent into fascism is a two headed beast of rabid zombie will on the right and spineless whiny shit on the left
@benroyce @StrangeNoises @linuxgnome @Amoshias @kristen_d @oliverboehme
I hope that people realize now the consequences of those actions and change course. I blame the corporate media 100% for being part of team MAGA with relentless attacks on both Biden and Harris. Even Biden's economy didn't get credit. I can't think of one positive article they wrote in the last year of Biden's presidency. I'm talking CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, MSNBC except for a few shows. Their owners wanted MAGA.
@lin11c @StrangeNoises @linuxgnome @Amoshias @kristen_d @oliverboehme
we have two problems:
#plutocrats own traditional #media
plutocrats own centralized #socialMedia
in some ways we're rather fucked until we put a dent into that
i may sound like a complete airhead right now but better some dreamy hope than no hope at all:
#fediverse/ #mastodon needs to serve as a nucleus of an alternative
it's extremely tiny now
we can change that
we kind of have to
@benroyce @StrangeNoises @linuxgnome @Amoshias @kristen_d @oliverboehme
This is what my original post was about. Billionaire owned corporate media. People were propagandized but regardless of that I agree with your statement about voting. You must vote for the candidate most aligned with your beliefs. If you voted for a felon or didn't vote at all because Dems didn't do this or that, don't complain about the current situation. We knew what kind of a nightmare it would be if #DonTheCon won.