Impeachment and getting even aren’t priorities: They’re framing one of the key things they were elected for as childish and unnecessary.

I’m actually a little stunned they didn’t let voters enjoy the thought of whatever they imagined Democrats would do for a little while.

He didn’t even give people time to enjoy the fantasy.

I figured that was already a euphemism for shitting yourself.

Afraid not, and even if it popped out of existence the inertia is still there.

The challenge of designing/iterating on a better system is easier than the political challenge of getting a chance to try it.

And then you have to defend that chance from saboteurs, enemy propaganda, poisoning the discussions on how to proceed, sanctions, invasion, literally anything and everything the old world can do to try to smother it.

I wouldn’t say core problem but it’s definitely a critical component missing from any ernest attempt at actual democracy.

I can’t wait for all this to be long forgotten when we’re being loudly told all over again how important voting (and nothing else) is.

After the ‘4’ incident my calibration for guessing if something like this is a joke is completely broken.

No answer to them being paid off by the same people because there cannot be one.

Well met, the-answer-is-thought-terminating-cliche-what-was-the-question.

I hope you’re having a lovely day.

and that finally – and this goes for the capitalists too –

an inhuman power rules over everything.

The comment was on the fecklessness of the ‘resistance’, not downplaying the brutality of the established order.

Americans have been taught “the right way” to resist by their class enemies. At this rate they’ll frog-costume-dance all the way into the camps holding hands and chanting “this is the way”.

Looking at it coldly going by the selection pressure of the market, they almost certainly are more fit for survival than a company that isn’t finding an excuse to spy on you (even more) and sell your data.

Ah, the classic thought-terminating strawman.

Now if I’m careful not to think about it, or look at their policies, or how the “”“left”“” party deals with popular upstarts, or how they respond to their constituents, I can imagine the two party system isn’t deliberately maintaining an Overton window far outside what any actual democracy would tolerate.

Let’s all just forget how many of these ghouls make sizeable contributions to both parties.

Americans have been picnicking at unprecedented scale.

I saw a thread about it where someone asked “Ok, but what are our demands this time? All this turnout is useless if we don’t do anything with it”.

The answer given? Vote.

… That was all. …

Democracy under capitalism isn’t difficult, it’s impossible.

“I can fix them.”

Them: the graveyard of social movements.