• MotoAsh@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    You have said the actual truth.

    Democrats should be viewed as an enemy of progressives … because they ARE. They constantly hamstring progress and constantly capitulate to Republicans. They are nothing but an excuse for normies to ignore the rise of fascism. The fact they sometimes slow Republicans down is nothing but the coincidence of having someone who doesn’t vote ENTIRELY in lockstep with the Republicans.

    Progressives like AOC being in the Democrat party is nothing but a consequence of our shitty two-party system. I’m positive neither of those fucking ghoul parties would be in power if we had a proper voting system.

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      Democrats should be viewed as an enemy of progressives … because they ARE. They constantly hamstring progress and constantly capitulate to Republicans. They are nothing but an excuse for normies to ignore the rise of fascism.

      They’re literally white moderates.

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        7 months ago

        The fact you’re being downvoted shows there is a depressing number of moderates in the crowd.

        Good job, people. Prove you’re incapable of learning from history.

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            No, not democracy itself. That takes many, many forms, and ours (the US, anyways) is an extremely skewed representative democracy where the people themselves don’t even pick two entire branches of government.

            When 2/3rds of the government isn’t exactly democratic, I think it’s unfair to use it as the paragon of democratic ideals.

            Especially when our two-party system guarantees the options won’t be very representative, either.

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                No, but then I’m familiar with the ignorant mindset and the gaslighting since I grew up in a conservative family and had to reason my way to the left, and now I have my head above those clouds.

                I just wish people would listen when they’re told the view is so much better above the clouds, but some people don’t even want to look at reality, let alone consider it.