Breaking down the illusion of a 2 party system

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[–] 7 points 5 months ago (4 children)

This is a Democrat vetoing Democrat bills.

The answer is for progressives to face our worst nightmare and, gasp vote in the primaries. (June 30 this year in Colorado.)

If we can't win an election among the left leaning voting populace, probably means we don't have the support we think we should.

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  • [–] [S] 9 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Continuing to elect Democrats by various titles keeps the cycle of dysfunction turning. There will be no change until people abandon the DNC. Cant reform a system that's operating exactly as designed.

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  • [–] -1 points 5 months ago*

    Cant reform a system that’s operating exactly as designed.

    The design is to reflect the will of the people.

    If we don't have the support for a more progressive governor, do you think the people should just be overridden for voting incorrectly?

    Edit: Frankly, if I wanted to maintain the status quo, I can think of few things more effective than convincing the farthest Left parts of the Democratic coalition to stop voting in primaries.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Does Colorado not have a veto-proof majority in their legislature?

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    [–] 65 points 5 months ago (12 children)

    Just remember, it's not D vs R, it's rich vs poor.

    He's just trying to KEEP it that way.

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  • [–] 24 points 5 months ago (6 children)

    Since the emancipation of the N******, the distinction between the two parties has been diminishing. The fight between these two parties has been mainly over the height of customs duties. Their fight has not had any serious importance for the mass of the people. The people have been deceived and diverted from their vital interests by means of spectacular and meaningless duels between the two bourgeois parties.

    VI Lenin, 1912

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  • [–] 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (5 children)

    I feel like in historical context it's unnecessary to censor the word Negroes, even though it's no longer acceptable. I actually looked up the article you quoted to make sure Vlady wasn't dropping hard R's, since you kind of never know.

    However that could be the type of buried white privilege similar to thinking it'd be fun to travel back in time to see history in person is, and am open to correction. Just seems like the term wasn't being used with hate like the N word absolutely always was and is.

    Edit: never been more relieved to be on the mark...

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Honestly I'm just used to censoring it for the reddit/facebook/etc algorithmic censors. I generally dislike censoring quotes.

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago

    I strongly agree with censoring quotes, largely in general. Unless the person has used such terrible vulgarity that the repetition of it in quoting is useless and can just be replaced by [slur], don't wash somebody else's disgusting language for them let their words belong to them.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago*

    The term is still acceptable, just not on US social media. You also should say "unalive" instead of "dead", it's all idiocy.

    I think you can still say "idiocy"

    I'm not sure if the word police phenomenon is a USA thing or world-wide... hopefully other countries don't divert themselves with such needless, constant drama over language.

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  • [–] 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    The real lesson is absolutely anyone can put a D by their name...

    Even if not a politician, trump gave so much money to the Clinton's they came to one of his weddings. He was a Dem "power donor" for decades.

    Anytime people just care about the letter by a name we're fucked.

    But people are really opposed to critical thinking and really love easy binary labels.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child)

    Life should be easy. I wouldn't want it any other way.

    I'm confused why someone with enough money to make them puke wants to make life difficult for ME.

    Nothing better to do?

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    Human variation.

    Some people are wired to hoard as much resources as possible, like a squirrel compulsively burying nuts.

    We didn't evolve for the abstract concept of wealth we have now. It's just a number on a screen, it can go up indefinitely and at a certain point it's can't help but accumulate.

    At a certain point there should be "to much wealth to manage" that limits these people, if they don't have a limit they're never stop hoarding.

    If they could have ever been satisfied, they would have been long before a billion.

    What I don't get is why not everyone see this....

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  • [–] 51 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    Polis is a big-time big-tech ball-licker. I hope Coloradans send him packing.

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  • [–] 19 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Don't have to do anything to send him packing. He's term limited and done after this year.

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  • [–] 36 points 5 months ago

    Had to look him up

    In 2018, Polis was elected governor of Colorado. He is the first openly gay man elected governor of a U.S. state

    Does that make him the first openly gay governor to engage in union busting? how progressive 🙃

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  • [–] 13 points 5 months ago

    Another proud Democrat representing for the "labor party".

    In the glory days of the 1950s, unions were almost 50% of workforce... now about 10%, and those are mostly cops and government employees.

    Check out worker benefits and pay in Poland. Minimum wage a little less, in return they get healthcare, maternity leave, paid vacations, universal healthcare, and more.

    The year is 2026 and Eastern Europe has surpassed the USA, good job Democrats you are best labor party ever

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  • [–] 13 points 5 months ago

    Colorado has pioneered some really good pro-worker and pro-consumer legislation in the last few years, so this is especially disappointing. But par for the course considering how deep the anti-union propaganda runs.

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  • [–] 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)
    [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    There is no stronger union than the Uniparty fighting for their donors

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