Biden aimed a lot closer to the yellow line than he got; the fact he was able to achieve legislation for the blue line in our current corporate-whore government is a goddamned miracle
And yet somehow, instead of being mad at the elements of our government that blocked the yellow line, or asking who in government we can promote who’s further left than Biden and how we can realistically get those people into a position to win power, some people are purely angry at Biden about it
I wonder why
Step 1: Vote for Biden now. Step 2: Vote for every Democrat. Do this until the Republican party is a smoking crater. Step 3:Then primary the fuck out of the AIPAC and oil-backed Democrats once you get past Step 2.
It's important to let the Democratic Party think they've got the levers of power, then shift the sands beneath them.
And of it doesn't work, at least you didn't get Trump, because no matter how bad the Democrats are, Trump and the Republican Party are so much worse.
Imagine you live in a world where major voices of a political party is clearly expressing that their current guy will run down the world and thinks that it is a w, because the other guy is worse.
Thanks Dems, you fail the USA and the world at large! Literally ruining the only accessable livable planet. But w for not being trump!
conservative astroturfing. love it!
“why would she tweet that?”
because it’s important.
this post is so embarrassing and so is that response tweet. how did you want her to present this information? or did you just want her to shut up about the very topics which you self admittedly find to be critical?
reactionary posturing. not even a meme. for the love of everything you care for don’t let this shit affect your vote.
UHOH!
Somebody forgot to write a 1,000,000 word essay on how Republicans are worse then democrats before submitring one morsel of criticism against the Democratic party. Thus you are a secret Republican Russian.
No you don't get to ask for Ranked Choice voting to solve the spoiler effect. The spoiler effect must hover over your head every time you're in the voting booth. THIS. IS. DEMOCRACY. MANIFEST!
I see you left the voting booth without a big enough smile, it will be 10000% entirely your fault if the democrats weak willed attempts don't work out.
No you don't get to have any input. Taxation without representation is how this country was founded silly. This is just how it works here. Maybe when you grow up, you will realize the real adults, the real americans are the only ones responsible enough to control the nation until their last gasp on this planet. Of course it is right to continue shifting the Overton window to the right! This is reality sweetheart, maybe you're just a idealistic dreamer with to high of expectations.
Now smile really REALLY big and say "Joe Biden is the most pro-union president in American history" 20 times in the mirror before you go to work your 3 part time jobs.
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In the last couple weeks, I've noticed a sudden and dramatic shift in tone with how Biden is talked about on Lemmy as well as other corners of the internet I lurk on(e.g. this comment section). Before, it seemed like the general opinion was "he's nowhere close to my 1st choice, but the alternative is Trump." And now I feel like people are a lot quicker to jump to his defense and treat him like one of the better presidents of our lifetime.
I'm gonna admit that I'm a lot less up to date and informed about politics than I should be, but where did this recent pivot on Biden come from?
Do we have to talk about how we move the Overton Window?
The Democrats can't do everything wanted when there's still a very real chance of losing the election. It's really that simple. If you want to move the Overton Window, you have to keep voting for the closest thing you want. When the Republicans know they can't win on their views, they will be forced to change. And congrats you have moved the Overton Window.
(yes yes I know the quote they won't abandon their views, they will abandon democracy, but as for now they still have a real chance of winning.)
If we need more convincing, why are we having stupid movements to disband the EPA? Because the republicans won elections. They moved the Overton window by winning elections.
The really bad part is that carbonbriefs analysis is that the Biden line is only the laws Biden has passed or is about to pass, before the election not being revoked by Trump. So if Biden actually gets elected he can and probably will do more, bringing the actual results much closer to the Target line. However being able to create a graph, seems to hard for a modern PR team.
The actual answer is to vote in local elections because they matter more to the country than presidential elections. If you have a house and Senate that vote the way you want the president doesn't actually matter that much. That's how Republicans undermine a Democratic president, and why they gerrymander.
The answer is to vote and ensure the house and senate are blue. Then ensure Trump loses by voting against him.
Poof, we then make progress towards the yellow line.
To vote for the yellow line, use a brick as a ballot and [redacted] as the ballot box.
Although in practice a general strike would be most effective, it’s just very hard to organize and reach critical mass.
Writing in "target" on my ballot
haha rip the system down.
Right because if you can't have optimal, you should have FAR FUCKING WORSE.
That's the neat part...
Target
I didn't realize that corporations could run for office, or that Target was running. Or that Target was so environmentally conscious.
"Vote Target 2024 and hit the Bullseye."
HRC needs to STFU.
The woman who got cucked by Monica Lewinsky and lost to Trump continues to make an idiot of herself.
You vote for the blue one and organise a general strike in aim to paralyse the country until situation improves
The list of demands is long indeed
Source: https://x.com/HillaryClinton/status/1782400479743324603
Report source she's talking about: https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-trump-election-win-could-add-4bn-tonnes-to-us-emissions-by-2030/
Education can be had from everything
Possibly vote in multiple countries since you are so dense.
Or… recognize we are one part of a larger group, dare I say, a “planetary” whole.
Maybe the bigger issue is the idiot obsessing over a yellow line and not someone showing multiple options.
I love it how people assume protesting republicans is never an option
