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The blueclear bomb (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 days ago by to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 97 points 5 days ago (9 children)

Careful, if Dems have a majority and they do nothing significant with it, you'll have 2025 all over again.

This happened in France during François Hollande's term. The French people were fed up with Sarkozy's outraging reign, so we voted massively "left", only to discover that the French socialist party was applying... right-wing politics and economics (signing the entire party's death warrant), leading us to 10 years of neo-liberal/fascist Macron, who claimed to be a centrist (the equivalent of your Dems), capitalizing on both right and left voters' disappointment.

Pressurize your elected representative. Don't let them slip, or terrorize them into leftism. They're your elected representatives. They're your bitches. Treason to the People must be met with retribution.

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  • [–] 19 points 4 days ago (4 children)

    Yep, this needs to happen. With the establishment today saying "we weren't elected to hold them accountable, but to fix the economy" (which the economy almost only ever means stock values to them, not how the average person is doing), they need to be pushed to actually do something. This clearly didn't happen in order for them to preserve the status quo, and they know that. Hopefully it's the dying breath of the corporate-owned Democrats.

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  • [–] 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago

    And this is why it’s difficult for me to get excited about voting for these motherfuckers. The election is over, can I say it now? I voted, I did my shit. We did the thing and elected them, and they’re already talking about caving and compromising with fascists.

    At a certain point, if you’re still really into compromising with republicans, it becomes difficult to say you’re that much better than they are.

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  • [–] 11 points 4 days ago

    Yeah write you reps today. Call them tomorrow. Let them know what you expect from them. Let them know the campaign is over but the fight has just started.

    Also tell them fuck no on Jeffries as Speaker.

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