Liberals Are Giving Up on America
Liberals Are Giving Up on America
In their despair at Donald Trump’s victory, liberal pundits are concluding that the masses, especially the working class, are irredeemably terrible. That’s apolitical nonsense.
I mean, yeah.. I don't blame them. America has spoken and they aren't interested in education, science, ethics, honesty, integrity, and certainly not any intellectualism. That is all sucker nerd shit. Good luck getting ahead with any of that sucker. I like people who just take what they want. - America
Op can you please just move to Britain and stop bitching
undermines the foundation of democracy to make line go up
is shocked when it starts to collapse
You know what you call people who voted for fascism? Fascists.
Civilizations are born, then they live, then they die.
The US is critically ill, and at this point, it looks terminal. It might not be, but the odds are that it is.
And that, as they say, is that.
I’d say you can lead a horse to water etc etc but the Democratic Party can barely even lead the horse anymore.
In this analogy I don't think the Democratic Party knows what a horse is.
Pundits are losing their minds, but I don't think the Democratic party leaders are giving up.
My hunch is that they are playing the long game. They are counting on three things. First, Trump's plans will crash the economy. Second, the Trump White House always turns on its own. Third, with a GOP trifecta there isn't much Democrats can do to stop Trump - for now.
So any demands they make now will be ignored, and even used in the future to blame Democrats as obstructionist. I think they are lying low and giving the GOP what they need to hang themselves. When the public is furious about the economy, it will be time to start making demands.
Basically, it's the political equivalent of the Willy Wonka gif
My hunch is that they're in denial, still trying to treat the situation as "business as usual," and will make for very surprised corpses when Trump's thugs put them up against the wall.
The Democratic Party resembles the horse, or at least part of it.
The article is okay but I'm struggling with the author's conflation of misanthropy and misandry. Both are mentioned, but only one applies. It could be that the author made a typo, but the tone of the article to me suggests otherwise.
Fixed my own typo.
Most Americans don't understand what an election is they just think it's funny content like pranks or something
Finally, a Jacobin article I agree with.