The US had to come to this point. We couldn’t go on as we were, even under Democratic presidents. For 40 years, a narrow economic elite has been siphoning off ever more wealth and power.
Over the last 40 years, starting with Ronald Reagan, the US went off the rails: deregulation, privatization, free trade, wild gambling by Wall Street, union-busting, monopolization, record levels of inequality, stagnant wages for most, staggering wealth for a few, big money taking over our politics.
America’s so-called “leadership class” is a sham. Most of them do not care a whit for the rest of the US. They are out for themselves.
The “fucking nightmare” is not over by any stretch. It’s likely to get worse in 2026 as Trump and his sycophants, and many of America’s “leaders”, realize 2026 may be their last unrestrained year to inflict damage and siphon off the spoils.
I still think the Sarah Palin floor - the 20-30-some percent of dead-enders that support Republicans no matter what they do - will likely never wake up.
before i start i want to make sure that this should in no way be interpreted as a “both sides” argument: i think yall should choose the most likely to win, least bad candidate (ie defensive voting; as disgusting as it is) - which almost certainly means a democrat at this point
i think it’s important to remember that both republican and democrats are relatively symmetrical in a lot of regards (not all). there are likely a similar number of people who actively support the democrats (distinct from defensive voting) no matter what, and they’d likely be equally problematic fixing systemic issues
perhaps they’d be easier to persuade, but it’s really easy to think that people on “our side” are governed by logic alone, but study after study has said that both sides are susceptible to propaganda and other political tools to a similar degree
Ha, nope. A headline like this is not even worth clicking.
It’s Robert Reich, he’s worth paying some attention to.
Ha, nope. A headline like this is not even worth clicking.
They just said they don’t want to wake up. Too busy writing comments to pay attention.
LOL no they are not. Queue: “I have to work”, “I have to pay bills” etc etc the best they could do was two “protests” on weekends amidst a fascist takeover Americans have no clue what it is to protest or to resist. The next hunger pang is stronger than their willingness or ability to protest. Yet they yammer on endlessly about “mah rights” and “the 2nd amendment” 🤡💯
If they put as much effort into waking up as they do into protesting then all the rest of the world will hear is snoring.
