It’s because the rich have essentially captured both parties. There are a HANDFUL of candidates in the democratic party and among independents who have not been basically bought and paid for, and still more out there who pretend to be to the left .
The democratic party’s only hope is REAL left-wing massive policy passage - the kind that cannot be ignored, that ignites a depressed, cynical voting base.
Instead, they constantly try to find some shitty halfway point between pissing off incredibly rich donors, and making the working class not want to burn everything down. What that effectively means policy-wise is - is instead of things like “universal free healthcare” we get a clone of Romneycare… with the public option stripped from it by another bullshit Republicrat / “bLuE-dOg” democrat… where insurance companies get paid no matter what… but you still can’t afford insulin.
All that then does is make people not show up for them - thinking the Democratic party - the only party NOT advocating for outright fascism - isn’t going to fight for their voting bases real tangible needs.
It’s almost like politicians will say whatever to get elected or something…so weird! This is probably the first time in American history a politician has lied for votes…I’m sure of it…
It’s because the rich have essentially captured both parties. There are a HANDFUL of candidates in the democratic party and among independents who have not been basically bought and paid for, and still more out there who pretend to be to the left .
The democratic party’s only hope is REAL left-wing massive policy passage - the kind that cannot be ignored, that ignites a depressed, cynical voting base.
Instead, they constantly try to find some shitty halfway point between pissing off incredibly rich donors, and making the working class not want to burn everything down. What that effectively means policy-wise is - is instead of things like “universal free healthcare” we get a clone of Romneycare… with the public option stripped from it by another bullshit Republicrat / “bLuE-dOg” democrat… where insurance companies get paid no matter what… but you still can’t afford insulin.
All that then does is make people not show up for them - thinking the Democratic party - the only party NOT advocating for outright fascism - isn’t going to fight for their voting bases real tangible needs.
The same thing is going on everywhere, tbh.
Right-wing populist arseholes are gaining traction because the political mainstream has just been fucking us all over for decades.
WOAH
It’s almost like politicians will say whatever to get elected or something…so weird! This is probably the first time in American history a politician has lied for votes…I’m sure of it…