1. Yes but, I guess they at least weren't residents I guess. To be fair prison for a lotta people isn't much better. Lots of democrats have been "tough on crime" before.

2. No they're more interested in shitting on the few fellow democrats that actually have leftist beliefs, or even a spine.

3. I'll give you this one. Americas military fetish has always been bad, but that was exceptionally pathetic.

I don't think they're the same thing, but they're part of the same systematic ratcheting over to the right. They're the ratchet, and MAGAts are the gear, cranking along to the right.

Not the same thing, but working in unison to accomplish the same outcome. Whether or not its intended.

So when people say they're the same, its not that democrats causing the issues, its that they're seemingly doing very little to stop it. Because they're willing to throw people into the meat grinder in the hopes they don't get thrown in too.

They're the same in that no party is willing to address or fix the systematic issues of late stage capitalism, outside of a few tokens viewed as "niche", kept to be laughed at and to keep those paying attention quiet.

That's what people mean when they say that.

Voting is necessary civil engagement: but it is insufficient. Both parties agree on the two-party system. Both parties agree on first past the post voting. Both parties agree on taking money from "good" billionaires (i.e., legal bribery). Both parties agree on insider trading. Both parties agree on government bailouts. Both parties agree on proxy wars. And so on. In a two-party system, who do we vote for to address these issues?

Of course there are meaningful differences between the parties. But they use social issues (e.g., immigration) to divide the American people so they do not notice just how much both parties agree on. We need deeper systemic changes to this system that literally will never happen through voting.