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Republicans and The Military actively worship an orange turd who is even more openly anti-military than I am. All while praising him for being good for soldiers and the troops and blah blah blah. Cops actively praise said orange dipshit when he is pro crime and terrorism rather than voting for the democrat geezer who has decades demonstrating he wishes he were a cop (and has a VP who basically is one…).
You are making the mistake of assuming that republicans are making educated decisions. They aren’t. They just do what they are told. Whether it is a slackjawed moron who is too afraid to ever wear a bowtie again or whoever is on OAN at this point. It isn’t about reality, it is about being told “the people you don’t like will be hurt”.
I do wish Democrats would cheer on more of the W’s. But moderates are similarly stupid and tend to vote for “decorum”. And, as amazing as it would be, watching Biden hop on stage and start doing DX crotch chops at the republicans while listing all his wins for labor and the everyday voter would probably do more harm than good.
No one thinks we will ever change those in the orange cult. Like zombies, they are long gone and collectively barely have one functioning brain cell.
Dems need to sell their wins to get their base excited - I’m so sick of the brasè attitude that most Dems have regardless of who their candidate is. They could have the most perfect candidate and they are always looking for someone else. They also need to get some independents on board. Neither party can win an election without getting some non-affiliated to vote for them.
The problem is that republicans are fundamentally united by what they hate. You can kick or piss on anyone and they’ll still vote for you so long as you make it clear you are hurting the black folk and the women who are the real problem.
Democrats? We are fundamentally not united. Because we actually want things. Many of us (I would like to say most but…) can agree on basic human rights. But I think UBI is one of, if not the, most important policies we need to have been “investigating” a decade ago to prepare for the upcoming ai job apocalypse (again, I was ready to vote for Yang. Fricking Yang)… Others want student loans to be erased. And others still want basic human rights regarding sick days that the rest of us forget about the moment twitter stops talking about it. And if you give those rail workers 4 sick days a year (jesus christ… it is depressing that that was a major win), that is great. Except all the folk with student loans are still angry and I am still dreading the mass unemployment that is a few years away.
And that is the problem. When leadership brags about getting a win, it mostly makes people say “you didn’t get me a win? Fuck it, voting doesn’t work, I am done with this”
And that doesn’t take into account the people who don’t know what they want other than “Bernie 2020”. Who are borderline trump levels of fixated. And the people who need to be explaining to them how government actually work, aren’t.
UBI is a joke and will only stand in the way of unity. To think the Dems should somehow rally around something that will never, ever happen is a pointless distraction. Might as well rally around the tooth fairy or unicorn and waste more time and energy instead of going after real issues.
Support politicians who are brave enough to admit that we need to tax the rich and corporations at a higher rate, support programs that will bring manufacturing back to the US (no other industry is as bog of a job multiplier than manufacturing), support programs which lower the cost of entry for higher education.
Hand outs do not work. Not only would they never, ever pass Congress, they shouldn’t even be considered. UBI is a goddamn joke pushed by those who smoke too much weed and have no goddamn clue about life.
You’re basically just trying to sell doom & gloom to discourage people from wanting what is eminently attainable. Your reasons for doing so are your own, but one wonders if you’re just thoroughly indoctrinated, or if you have some other interest at stake.
Many studies are ongoing, some with very positive results. Of course, they’re being hamstrung at every turn by conservative shitheads who want us all at the mercy of capitalism.
Republicans and The Military actively worship an orange turd who is even more openly anti-military than I am. All while praising him for being good for soldiers and the troops and blah blah blah. Cops actively praise said orange dipshit when he is pro crime and terrorism rather than voting for the democrat geezer who has decades demonstrating he wishes he were a cop (and has a VP who basically is one…).
You are making the mistake of assuming that republicans are making educated decisions. They aren’t. They just do what they are told. Whether it is a slackjawed moron who is too afraid to ever wear a bowtie again or whoever is on OAN at this point. It isn’t about reality, it is about being told “the people you don’t like will be hurt”.
I do wish Democrats would cheer on more of the W’s. But moderates are similarly stupid and tend to vote for “decorum”. And, as amazing as it would be, watching Biden hop on stage and start doing DX crotch chops at the republicans while listing all his wins for labor and the everyday voter would probably do more harm than good.
No one thinks we will ever change those in the orange cult. Like zombies, they are long gone and collectively barely have one functioning brain cell.
Dems need to sell their wins to get their base excited - I’m so sick of the brasè attitude that most Dems have regardless of who their candidate is. They could have the most perfect candidate and they are always looking for someone else. They also need to get some independents on board. Neither party can win an election without getting some non-affiliated to vote for them.
The problem is that republicans are fundamentally united by what they hate. You can kick or piss on anyone and they’ll still vote for you so long as you make it clear you are hurting the black folk and the women who are the real problem.
Democrats? We are fundamentally not united. Because we actually want things. Many of us (I would like to say most but…) can agree on basic human rights. But I think UBI is one of, if not the, most important policies we need to have been “investigating” a decade ago to prepare for the upcoming ai job apocalypse (again, I was ready to vote for Yang. Fricking Yang)… Others want student loans to be erased. And others still want basic human rights regarding sick days that the rest of us forget about the moment twitter stops talking about it. And if you give those rail workers 4 sick days a year (jesus christ… it is depressing that that was a major win), that is great. Except all the folk with student loans are still angry and I am still dreading the mass unemployment that is a few years away.
And that is the problem. When leadership brags about getting a win, it mostly makes people say “you didn’t get me a win? Fuck it, voting doesn’t work, I am done with this”
And that doesn’t take into account the people who don’t know what they want other than “Bernie 2020”. Who are borderline trump levels of fixated. And the people who need to be explaining to them how government actually work, aren’t.
UBI is a joke and will only stand in the way of unity. To think the Dems should somehow rally around something that will never, ever happen is a pointless distraction. Might as well rally around the tooth fairy or unicorn and waste more time and energy instead of going after real issues.
So what are we supposed to do? How do we get things to improve on a national scale in any significant way for workers? ~Cherri
Support politicians who are brave enough to admit that we need to tax the rich and corporations at a higher rate, support programs that will bring manufacturing back to the US (no other industry is as bog of a job multiplier than manufacturing), support programs which lower the cost of entry for higher education.
Hand outs do not work. Not only would they never, ever pass Congress, they shouldn’t even be considered. UBI is a goddamn joke pushed by those who smoke too much weed and have no goddamn clue about life.
Corporate taxes shouldn’t be raised because corporate taxes are overwhelmingly regressive.
Hand outs absolutely do work, and while I’m not on the UBI train, all welfare programs should basically just give cash instead of stamps/benefits/etc
You’re basically just trying to sell doom & gloom to discourage people from wanting what is eminently attainable. Your reasons for doing so are your own, but one wonders if you’re just thoroughly indoctrinated, or if you have some other interest at stake.
Name ONE country which has implemented UBI successfully.
Many studies are ongoing, some with very positive results. Of course, they’re being hamstrung at every turn by conservative shitheads who want us all at the mercy of capitalism.
LOL
Amazing! The entire world is stupid, (insert as many additional derogatory terms as you wish). Except for you, of course!
Good on you mate!
True for values where “the entire world” is “Republicans and The Military (also Cops)”. So basically… false.
Twist the words, add words, deflect from the point, anything to advance your “superior” intellect. I see what you did.
Good on you mate!
P.S. It didn’t work.
Go back to reddit “mate.”
You can’t handle the truth can you mate? Amusing