But they won’t
Let’s just rip that bandage off right now
If we agitprop on this principle, we can radicalize some libs by 2028.
I did a pretty good job with a friend on Tuesday, because she was like “Oh god, it’s like waiting for the results of a biopsy” and I just went, “Wouldn’t it be nice if we had a system where you didn’t feel like every election was the Sword of Damocles hanging over your head?”
“But that would mean getting rid of every Republican”
“Yeah, why do we even have Republicans? Why is there even an option labeled ‘fuck everything up forever?’”
“You’re advocating for a single party government?”
“So are you, but you’re advocating a version where progress gets fucked up every couple of years because it’s ‘fair’ to the absolute worst people”
Then she got the
face and now she’s asking for literatureWow that worked? I’m surprised.
We were both pretty drunk, so I think her brain didn’t filter it out
Huh. Agitprop while drunk. I’ve never considered this, but that’s kinda genius. You just have to do it in a way that doesn’t harsh someone’s buzz.
Historically speaking, the origin of philosophy was Athenian men standing in a circle, drinking wine and each taking a turn to voice their opinion on the night’s discussion topic (For example ‘What does it mean to be beautiful?’), with people then arguing between each other after all opinions had been voiced. One of the reasons Socrates was considered to be such an idol was not only for his ability to tear down basically any argument, but also because he was almost always the anchor, and could hold his drink better than everyone else.
Part of the reason he was so reviled by the elders of the city was because he would basically be invited to parties as a guest of some young up and comer specifically to annoy the shit out of the usually influential host if they were known to be particularly boring, or if they had humiliated them in a previous dinner party. Which Socrates was apparently a master stonecutter by trade, so this would basically be like having particularly irritating union electrician be your plus one to a party at Mark Zuckerberg’s.
So yeah, discussing things while drunk is kinda the origin of philosophy.
I can’t really hold my liquor, so i’m honestly surprised I managed it
I guess practicing with my little town org is having some material benefits
I think if you try to keep it semi-joking and don’t press too hard, you can make some progress.
It’s a solid approach, I’ve used it too
“The United States is also a one-party state. But, with typical American extravagance, there’s two of them.”
What a horrible situation to be in for the democrats, now people will expect them to govern. Absolutely dreadful!
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“But we represent everyone, not just the majority who voted for us to do these things”
they won’t, but…
Michigan could have tipped the balance and has been under democratic governance for a while now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact
If they do this in the next 2 years I’ll have my severely lactose intolerant ass drink an entire gallon of milk on video
No one wins in a dairy challenge - Kenny Rogers
I’m Kenny rogers and this is jackass!
Chuck ‘n Hakeem start rappin’ to heavy beat featuring a loop of Pelosi saying “We need a strong Republican Party.”
But that would be rude.
US Democratic Socialists
the largest democratic socialist organization on social media with over 1 million followers on Facebook
Very sus, it looks like maybe a rebranding/clone of the Occupy Democrats page, possibly the same clout-chasing grifters.
You ever sit back and think how much needless suffering could still be avoided under capitalism if only dems actually cared about things?
Imagine an alternate Obama era where RBG stepped down day one of Obama AND Obama didn’t hand Scalia’s seat to the republicans on a silver platter. 6-3 in dem’s favor even IF material conditions would be the same and Trump won in 2016. How many laws are on the books already to get porky to fuck off, but no one bothers to actually enforce them?
Demo©®rat$, not democrats.
Somehow, some way, there will always be someone to
It would be very funny to comment on Hassans streams and encourage him to vocally state for the abolishment of the electoral college.
i’m not USamerican but i understand that not having the electoral college would be very advantageous to the dems (would just make the election a popular vote, right?), so why won’t they get rid of it? and more importantly, how are the everyday libs going to justify the dems refusing to get rid of it?
The point of the Democratic Party is not to wield power, it is to make money.
They make far more money when they are not in power, but they make less money if they have no chance of being in power, so they must walk the tightrope of not being in power as much as possible, while still letting people think that they might.
The point of the Democratic Party is not to wield power, it is to make money.
Hey thats not true! It’s also to keep the Left from building political power!
but surely they can’t have kept so simple a grift going on under national scrutiny for decades, especially now that they supposedly have so much power. this is something everyone openly hates and they could fix it but won’t. the longer (and more clearly) you deny people political action the closer you get to getting shinzo abed. neither the establishment nor the voter can’t possibly be as stupid as all this would imply
Have you met Americans? We’re a deeply stupid people.
But to elaborate more, the role of the Democratic Party has shifted over the years. In the Progressive Era it served as a pressure release valve against militant labor, but with the neoliberal turn and the complete disappearance of class consciousness, it’s just a money machine.
American politics is an amazing grift machine that is very stable and hardly ever changes.
The democrats or republicans could be disbanded tomorrow by GOD, and the next week would find similar replacements made anew
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