I like this comment, and your optimism. You’re right about atomization of the individual, that’s how they keep us ineffectual. Seek out the similars and organize to take action!

Well as an American witnessing the decline from within, I’d say you are fairly perceptive for an outsider. You’ve identified some of the biggest obstacles we’re facing. The attitudes of the boomers, who simply will not relinquish their grip on power (US Congress is the oldest legislative body in the world), have been devastating for our future. This has surely been shaped by unfettered greed and unbridled avarice brought on by capitalism.

The main point I was making is that the Dems have truly revealed themselves to be controlled opposition. They campaigned so hard with scare tactics of “Trump bad” and “end of democracy.” And now their strategy is to do nothing?! It’s beyond pathetic - it is a betrayal. So many Americans thought Dems were fighting for them all these years, but the insidiousness of the neoliberal machine ensured the only ones to gain since the 1970s had been the ultra wealthy and corporations. The wealth disparity in our country is honestly startling to witness firsthand.

This is why we need a real populist party to rise up and actually fight for the people. I have full confidence that if this happens, the tides will turn within a very short timespan. We are perhaps witnessing the beginnings of such a phenomenon, with Bernie Sanders and AOC’s fight oligarchs tour, but I’m afraid they will simply default to trying to convert the democrats into a useful party instead of building a new one. That path will be mired in obstacles and betrayal, and will ultimately fail. It simply has to be a new party in order to succeed.

Only a billionaire can do that though. Ask Dinesh D’Souza how I know.

Sure, you can blame the Dems for letting us get to the brink like this. But they won’t be our salvation in this moment. Americans have to organize for a new populist party instead.

Completely agree, a new party is our only way out of this mess. The corrupt dems are not it.

I think the quality of candidate you’re referring to is quite subjective.

Alternatively, what I’m suggesting is that a democratically nominated (by the voters) candidate would objectively be better positioned to win an election.

Because Biden should have never run in the first place, and the contest would have been much different if Trump were facing a competent opponent who was nominated democratically.

Biden’s brain was leaking out of his head during the presidential debate, arguably the most important night of his ‘24 run. That was way more than a speech impediment, it was dementia on full display. His staffers have already come out and said they knew he was suffering from serious mental decline as early as ‘22. Stop making excuses for the Dems trying to steamroll through an unfit candidate…it was a dumbass strategy and it cost the nation to such a massive extent we may never recover. We should have upheld the democratic process and held a contested primary instead, and Biden’s legacy will be forever tarnished by refusing to do so.

I dunno man, been hearing about the walls caving in on this too stupid to work regime since 2016…it hasn’t happened yet. Don’t underestimate them.

Yes, lock him up!!!

I’m going to dream real good tonight…even if I know it would never come to pass.

Inflation was part of it, also the Russian incursion into Ukraine was sparking fears of ww3.

The actions of this admin are reigniting those fears and we’re witnessing similar results in the market.

This is why it was foolish of Columbia, Harvard, etc. to have caved. They’re coming for all universities, better to resist now than cede ground and have less to resist with later.

Remember, supply side Jesus buys $trump!

Yes of course, meant Carlin.

Thankfully Takei is still with us, alive and memeing

Kash definitely has those “crazy eyes”

I miss him so much.

Republicans are so weird in their obsession with people’s genitals. Do they think of anything else, ever?..

I think it’ll actually be Butti / Slotkin, but yeah, not exciting prospects in the least.

Persistent, heavy propaganda has convinced many Americans that Medicare is somehow worse than their current insurance coverage. It’s quite insane but that’s why this number is so low.

To put a fine point on it: the common lie in the media is that Medicare for all means you lose your current insurance. This is true, and it would be replaced by the much better and more affordable Medicare, but they never say this last part.

Ah yes, the Dem primaries. If we’re lucky enough to be allowed a vote, millions in corporate PAC money will be spent on the establishment incumbent. No thanks, Dems are corrupt beyond redemption.