He continued in a similar, ranty vein, “Don’t believe the Radical Left’s Fake Poll numbers. They are Crooked and Corrupt, just like the Country Destroying Dumocrats are Crooked and Corrupt. VOTE REPUBLICAN FOR GREATNESS IN AMERICA!”
I realize a lot of Americans hate the radical left, but could they really be any worse than these shit-for-brains Republicans? And I'm not talking about violent Stalin apologists, who are essentially non-existent offline, but democratic socialists.
Martin offered a warning to Trump and his Republican allies after the vote was announced: “We’re coming. This is a new Democratic Party. We’re taking the gloves off.”
They're taking the gloves off and they're going to show the world just how aggressively they can fight for moderate, measured, conventional, temperate ideas!
Martin now becomes one of the most important players in the Democratic Party’s comeback attempt as Trump pushes the limits of presidential power. While Martin promised bold changes, he said he could not discuss specific actions until the party conducted a postelection review to determine what went wrong in November.
Bold changes will follow once we have conducted a thorough analysis, even though we've had well over a year to do that already. Not to worry, though, I'm sure it won't take more than 12, or maybe 18 months to complete our review. And once it's completed, oh boy, will the findings and recommendations be middling and ordinary.
Also, even if only 1/3 consider themselves democratic socialists, 73% would be either enthusiastic or OK with nominating someone who described themselves as a democratic socialist, and only 27% would be uneasy or upset by that.
That 27% are the Democratic establishment. Those somehow still committed to neoliberalism, that sad, failed ideology.
The climate crisis is also taking an increasingly large share. Snowmelt that feeds the river is evaporating more quickly, and thirsty soils and plants soak up more water. Flows in the Colorado are down 20% over the last century and precipitation has shrunk by about 7%.
This crisis is being caused by people who are too stubborn to accept the reality. This is unsustainable. Water was a relatively limited recourse before climate change, it's only gotten more limited as climate change has advanced and you can't use water that doesn't exist. If some people refuse to accept that fact, I'm afraid they're just going to have to be forced to accept it.
I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, but it's a little confusing to me why that is. I mean, aren't working class people the vast majority of eligible voters? It seems to me that if you could get a majority of working class people on your side, you'd win every election in a landslide.
But, I suppose that depends on how one defines "working class." It doesn't necessarily mean the same thing to everyone.
Well, an actual workers or labor party might be one possibility. Neither of the two parties in the US can really be described as a workers party (as in, a party of, by and for working class people), or even a party that makes the concerns of working people one of their priorities.
I do think the Democrats have been more receptive to working class people and their issues than the Republicans, though that is a very low bar. When the only other party in the country is actively, aggressively hostile to working people, it's not hard to be the better option for labor (despite that very low bar the Democrats have still somehow struggled to clear it, at times).
That said, even when the Democrats are "pro-labor" it's been in a condescending or patronizing way. The Republicans hate the working class, Democrats pity them, in a very infantilizing way. They feel they must shepherd the working class because they are too stupid, too crass, too uncouth and incompetent to lead and direct their own movement, so the smart, educated elites must do it for them.
For the American left, in the 2028 presidential election, there is a straightforward answer to that question: AOC must run for president. If she doesn’t, she is leaving significant gains on the table. Not gains for her; gains for the movement, for the working class, for progress, and for the world.
If the Left really cared about the working class (they don't), they'd let the working class choose their own leader (they won't).
Now, to be fair, this is by no means exclusive to the Left. Neither liberals or conservatives are willing to give the working class any kind of real power or autonomy, either. No one is.
The county isn't really divided by state lines, it's divided by: urban v rural, college educated v non educated and rich v poor, as well culture, ethnicity and religion.
I would say the "heartland" of America is relatively culturally homogeneous, and many, if not most people from the heartland definitely seem not to like or trust the Pacific Coast states or the Northeast/Atlantic Coast area. If there's a big political divide in America I'd say it's more the interior v the coasts and big cities v small towns than red states v blue states.
I think our aversion to anything difficult or challenging is a big part of the problem. We've gotten really bad at doing things that are hard. Unfortunately, though, I don't think we can just avoid doing hard things forever.
You'll soon find out just out devoted to creating jobs businesses really are.
Yeah, because jobs and innovation have only ever been produced indirectly as a result of capitalism. The point isn't to create jobs, the point isn't to innovate, the point is to make as much profit as possible. If capitalists can make profits without innovating or creating jobs, they're happy to do it.
More importantly, economies generally grow by encouraging innovation rather than limiting it.
Granted, reasonable people can disagree about Musk’s leadership style or his public statements. But creating businesses that generate jobs, technological advances, and shareholder value is ultimately how wealth is created in the first place.
Important insights (/s) from a capitalism cultist.
They're the closest thing America has to middle class voters, not the poor and stupid underclass you suggest.
But that's not what I said, though. I didn't say that "Republicans" are "the poor and stupid underclass." I said:
...the educated - who tend to be wealthier, urban and liberal - and the uneducated - who tend to be poorer, rural and conservative.
I shouldn't have said that the educated, specifically the college educated, tend to be wealthier, because that's not necessarily true. However, it is true that college educated people tend to have higher incomes than non-college educated people.
The problem is the politicized misinformation that's served up by algorithms and convinces idiots of all education and wealth levels that their doctor is part of a 5G conspiracy to give their kid autism.
So is the problem the misinformation or the "idiots of all education and wealth levels?" If we get rid of the misinformation, will those people then stop being idiots? If not, what should be done with all of these idiots? What causes idiocy? Is it genetic or biological in some way?
I realize a lot of Americans hate the radical left, but could they really be any worse than these shit-for-brains Republicans? And I'm not talking about violent Stalin apologists, who are essentially non-existent offline, but democratic socialists.
Factor in owner profit and executive compensation and it all sums up.
They're taking the gloves off and they're going to show the world just how aggressively they can fight for moderate, measured, conventional, temperate ideas!
Bold changes will follow once we have conducted a thorough analysis, even though we've had well over a year to do that already. Not to worry, though, I'm sure it won't take more than 12, or maybe 18 months to complete our review. And once it's completed, oh boy, will the findings and recommendations be middling and ordinary.
People are down voting you even though you are objectively correct. That's sad. I feel bad for those people.
That 27% are the Democratic establishment. Those somehow still committed to neoliberalism, that sad, failed ideology.
This crisis is being caused by people who are too stubborn to accept the reality. This is unsustainable. Water was a relatively limited recourse before climate change, it's only gotten more limited as climate change has advanced and you can't use water that doesn't exist. If some people refuse to accept that fact, I'm afraid they're just going to have to be forced to accept it.
I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, but it's a little confusing to me why that is. I mean, aren't working class people the vast majority of eligible voters? It seems to me that if you could get a majority of working class people on your side, you'd win every election in a landslide.
But, I suppose that depends on how one defines "working class." It doesn't necessarily mean the same thing to everyone.
It really is. Professors should use this as a shining example of what not to do.
He's a bust. Shame, kids got talent.
Well, an actual workers or labor party might be one possibility. Neither of the two parties in the US can really be described as a workers party (as in, a party of, by and for working class people), or even a party that makes the concerns of working people one of their priorities.
I do think the Democrats have been more receptive to working class people and their issues than the Republicans, though that is a very low bar. When the only other party in the country is actively, aggressively hostile to working people, it's not hard to be the better option for labor (despite that very low bar the Democrats have still somehow struggled to clear it, at times).
That said, even when the Democrats are "pro-labor" it's been in a condescending or patronizing way. The Republicans hate the working class, Democrats pity them, in a very infantilizing way. They feel they must shepherd the working class because they are too stupid, too crass, too uncouth and incompetent to lead and direct their own movement, so the smart, educated elites must do it for them.
If the Left really cared about the working class (they don't), they'd let the working class choose their own leader (they won't).
Now, to be fair, this is by no means exclusive to the Left. Neither liberals or conservatives are willing to give the working class any kind of real power or autonomy, either. No one is.
It's true, we are beyond pathetic.
Turns out Americans are tired of being Israel's attack dog.
The county isn't really divided by state lines, it's divided by: urban v rural, college educated v non educated and rich v poor, as well culture, ethnicity and religion.
I would say the "heartland" of America is relatively culturally homogeneous, and many, if not most people from the heartland definitely seem not to like or trust the Pacific Coast states or the Northeast/Atlantic Coast area. If there's a big political divide in America I'd say it's more the interior v the coasts and big cities v small towns than red states v blue states.
Likely true. And when that time comes, I think it's going to be rough.
I think our aversion to anything difficult or challenging is a big part of the problem. We've gotten really bad at doing things that are hard. Unfortunately, though, I don't think we can just avoid doing hard things forever.
Yeah, because jobs and innovation have only ever been produced indirectly as a result of capitalism. The point isn't to create jobs, the point isn't to innovate, the point is to make as much profit as possible. If capitalists can make profits without innovating or creating jobs, they're happy to do it.
Important insights (/s) from a capitalism cultist.
But that's not what I said, though. I didn't say that "Republicans" are "the poor and stupid underclass." I said:
I shouldn't have said that the educated, specifically the college educated, tend to be wealthier, because that's not necessarily true. However, it is true that college educated people tend to have higher incomes than non-college educated people.
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So is the problem the misinformation or the "idiots of all education and wealth levels?" If we get rid of the misinformation, will those people then stop being idiots? If not, what should be done with all of these idiots? What causes idiocy? Is it genetic or biological in some way?