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Cake day: July 7th, 2023

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  • Dems imbraced the race to the bottom instead of being a true opposition party. I voted for them this time around but never again unless they make a platform surrounding core left prencipals and left leadership. Many within my communities gave up on political means to help their communities and threw themselves into volunteering, activism, and self sustainability. You can’t demand bottomless support and obedience from your base while ignoring their cries for help.

    Dems said they are the party of science and facts but wouldn’t support universal health care or simply stop sending weapons to Isreal. If they were just as ravenous as republican are, can you honestly say we couldn’t achieve those good things?

    Dems said the Supreme court and justice system was courupt, but never even investigated the court or made cuts to the militarization of the police forces. Police are still killing people at the same rates with no real accountability. If the Supreme Court was left leaning Republicans would have expanded the court to make it right leaning.

    Just do what Republicans do to get there way but for good. I honestly can’t think of one dem policy that has been as impactful as some of the top Republican changes in the past 50 years.

    Ultimately we need to come together and demand better because if the dems don’t change it’ll be 50 more years of being steamrolled.






  • May point is arguing from the already compromised position didn’t bring about enough change.

    I am not Naive to, the realities of this world.

    I am not Naive to, the past pains and harms done to others that brought us to the current state of the world.

    I am not Naive to, the fact that change happens slowly and rearly without violence.

    I am not Naive to, the fact that I will not get everything I want financially, politically, or socially.

    I am not Naive to the fact that those that oppose my beliefs and values may come to do harm to me and those like me.

    I am not Naive.

    But I do know what’s Naive.

    It is Naive, to argue from an already compromised position.

    It is Naive, to not take on other struggles as your own because those that wish to do harm are on your side.

    It is Naive to, forget the lessons from the past.

    It is Naive to, think those worse off don’t hold limitless potential.

    It is Naive to, not argue for the most kind and empathetic position as possible.

    Because the compromise will be less kind and empathetic than the compromises that came before.

    We are not Naive.


  • Lol you’ve drank too much of the coolaid. The ACA was better than what we had before but still not even close to fixing our disastrous Healthcare System. Middle class people still can’t afford preventive care and the line between the poors and the middle class just gets smaller every day with the shrinking of the middle class. There is no marginal growth/change when we know the answer to this problem. Anything short of universal health care coverage cost none wealthy people their lives.





  • Doubtful. Best case scenario is the old leadership literally dies off. Because any real progressive organization is deemed a Iranian, Russian, or communist and gets zero funding. Sad truth is, if all the progressives pooled all their none essential resources and money they still wouldn’t scratch the amount of money the two major parties spend on TV ads. Honestly. A collapse of the US is more likely to bring about a progressive change than any “conventional” processes.


  • So this proves we need to rebuild or create a true opposition party. Running as a moderate party just continously pushes America politics right. Those that wanted a fully different option just stay home on election day. This isn’t a both sides argument, just facts. We can’t keep failing in this way when the writing is on the wall. We need to change the leadership in the dems. They all need to go! Yes race and gender played a role but Trump is projected to get 6 million less votes this time around than last time. So that means the base for dems just didn’t vote. Yes that’s upsetting but trying to shame and meme them into voting will never work. Give people something to vote for, not just against. Republicans get it but using fear and promising a better life for their base. (even at the expense of others they at least give that to their base.)such a sad day in America and the only thing that’ll save us is to come together as a community and create a party that represents that community.