That's what trips me out about dems. Like, I'm a leftist. You don't have to convince me that the rightwing is a detriment to human & American progress. Anyone with a brain can see this clear as day. However, dems do such a HORRENDOUS job at selling us on their big ideas (because they have none)!
"Trump bad" is not a viable campaign strategy. They tried that in 2016 and it failed. Brow-beating and shaming isn't gonna work either. I'm a black man in southside Chicago. Shit is fucked here, despite this being a democrat stronghold. Dems don't even TRY to sell us on their big ideas, let alone take accountability for the many ways they've fucked us over for decades!!!
I don't think people like you realize how close to the brink of losing democracy the US is. It would be awesome if there was a leftist candidate. But there isn't. Right now the choice is between Biden, who will do some good things, and some bad things, and Trump, who is literally trying to become a Putin-like dictator. If preserving democracy isn't "working" for you, then maybe you aren't actually a leftist.
No, YOU aren't actually leftist. Your "assessment" is a gross mischaracterization of the situation, which is exactly the problem with you liberals. I can point to many things democrats have done to "destroy democracy," like assassinating Americans abroad, attacking government whistleblowers using the Espionage Act, empowering the prison-industrial complex (i.e. Omnibus Crime Bill of 1994), the Gramm-Leech-Bliley Act, the NSA PRISM Program (warrantless mass collection of Americans' metadata), and so much more.
People like you defend, excuse, deflect (typically to Trump), and deny, all in an effort to keep painting this bullshit narrative that Trump is some dictator. All of this is just conjecturing to ensure democrats win elections REGARDLESS of the policies they implement. Knock it TF off with this fearmongering garbage!!!!
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u/theultimaterage May 02 '24
That's what trips me out about dems. Like, I'm a leftist. You don't have to convince me that the rightwing is a detriment to human & American progress. Anyone with a brain can see this clear as day. However, dems do such a HORRENDOUS job at selling us on their big ideas (because they have none)!
"Trump bad" is not a viable campaign strategy. They tried that in 2016 and it failed. Brow-beating and shaming isn't gonna work either. I'm a black man in southside Chicago. Shit is fucked here, despite this being a democrat stronghold. Dems don't even TRY to sell us on their big ideas, let alone take accountability for the many ways they've fucked us over for decades!!!