With some prominent Democrats and liberal pundits arguing for the party to try to win Elon Musk back to its side, you have to ask: Is American politics simply a matter of who can best kiss the ass of narcissistic reactionary billionaires?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/40905844

With some prominent Democrats and liberal pundits arguing for the party to try to win Elon Musk back to its side, you have to ask: Is American politics simply a matter of who can best kiss the ass of narcissistic reactionary billionaires?

  • knightly the Sneptaur@pawb.social
    81·
    4 days ago

    If someone tries to you into a false dichotomy, the correct move is to call them out.

    If you want to comply with a political party that you yourself said “sucks”, that’s your perogative. I’ll be over here with everyone else whom the Democrats have failed to represent.

    • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world
      19·
      4 days ago

      Well maybe that is the reason both political parties have moved further and further to the right

        • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world
          111·
          4 days ago

          That’s what a lot of you keep telling yourselves to self soothe all the failures

          There’s always excuses. But the fact is the left lost the plot a long time ago.

          Hey, here is another example. The left can’t ever set it self up for success. Chase all the money and power away. Then wonder why there’s been a steady decline.

          https://lemmy.world/post/31156021

          • knightly the Sneptaur@pawb.social
            8·
            4 days ago

            Your logic doesn’t explain why that trend has persisted since these two parties were founded. Much easier just to wave the whole issue away by blaming the people who aren’t represented by the two-party system, right? They should change their politics to match the party and not the other way around, right?