The Democratic Party in Trump's Fascist 2nd Term. Commentary, Ideas & Strategy (+ non Woketicism)

That won't solve the problem. Just push things down the road.

 

We’ve got a red team and blue team, that’s it. If you’re not onboard with team blue, let’s hear your solution.

 

Fake democracy with 2 parties.
It's like mls number of clubs for 350 million people while we have around 1500 clubs for 450 million people.

 

Lol, it's not like there's any doubt about the will of the people now...

 

It's not ideal but it's the way things work here. The left does these third-party things sometimes, but it really only weakens team blue and makes it easier for the red hats.

 

You know there are other US leagues besides MLS, right? UPSL (kind of like the 5th tier) has about 800 teams all by itself.

 

Yeah, that's us. Tell you what. Send us some European immigrants who don't have issues with nonEuropean cultures. The USA might never have reached this global low...

 

He’s got the highest ratio of self confidence divided by reason to be self confident of anyone this side of Trump. Dude’s an expert on everything in the world. It’s unreal.

 

Having two parties isn't really the issue. With a FPTP that's kind of implied. We had essentially two parties here as well for a long time and parties tended to coalesce around what was popular because it was what worked for most people.

I think it's more the way the system operates in the US with the different layers that don't reflect the intentions of the voters.

The reason for the EC is rather obscure and, as has often been said, why are there two Dakotas with 4 senators, for instance. It doesn't really make any sense.

If the potus represents ALL the people, why not just simply add up all the votes of the people and figure out who has the most?

The way that money has been able to infect the politics should be unacceptable if the system worked as was intended and the way that politicians can effectively 'choose their electorates' with gerrymandered areas is an obvious flaw.

Obviously you could have more parties but without changing to some form of proportional representation, it wouldn't be great as all it usually does, (as it did when we had the LibDems over here with labour), is split the anti-tory votes. There's just no way people can organise to vote AGAINST the people they really, really don't want.

An alternative would be for ranked choice voting but that seems to confuse some people... or maybe the current crop of low quality politicians don't like it as it means they have to actually provide something of worth instead of just being against the other lot as they are ATM.

 

do you not agree?

 

Lol not my “argument”

 

You didn’t. You said it “came out of.” So I thought about the issue in chronological order.

 

I do agree with you here, I'm just thinking that operationally it's easier to yea/nay everyone and then take the time to sort through the nays. You'll have millions with their papers relatively quickly and then get into the nitty gritty. Absolutely, those who have turned things around no problem. Those with very minor charges, sure. And then go on from there. Not sure exactly where to draw the line, but that's mostly due to my legal ignorance.

The leadership (generally) would get tougher sentencing but no...all the field staff get blanket minimum sentences and if some of them were worse off, add time for that. For example, anyone deployed to Minnesota for this operation? Just add a flat x years and if there is specific proof of something (like say shooting someone in the head and killing them?) track that on. You gotta treat them like the SS at this point. Non field staff wouldn't be saved either. What's going on in these camps and detention centers is horrific and they get what's coming to them too.

Let them leave. There's plenty of people and opportunities for someone else to step in. We've got the population, wealth, infrastructure, and resources that when tuned correctly can counteract any of that. And truly, most of those people are cancers and were better off without them. Treat them like the Simpsons, "There's a leaving town tax!"

I recognize my opinion here isn't exactly popular so it's likely a fight I can't win and...to be honest, this is the last step to do after everything else is done.

 

In 1966 in the Netherlands a new party was founded D66 (Democrats 1966) and their mission was to change the Dutch system. away from the proportional system towards a districts system with FPTP, to get rid of our coalition system with compromises.
I was very much in favour of that idea for a long time, but for at least the last 20 years I've gone the opposite way and thank god we, I was/am voter of that party, never succeeded in that mission.

 

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no I meant the shoe bomber was before white mass shooters all became lone wolves. I associate that term with mass shooters and terrorists. And Lenny Kosnowski.

I just made a logical leap on my own that you didn’t intend.

 

I have seen a lot of folks express this type of sentiment not just today but also in the last weeks and even months.

I always wonder who they are talking about. Who in the current Democratic party fits the bill?

If there are obvious people I am forgetting about, please let me know. I personally cannot think of any scorched earth Dems.

 

Jeffries didn’t whip the DHS funding vote. What a monumental ********ing failure this guy is.

 

I’ve said it before…this is how it always, always works. Activists lead politicians, not the other way around.

It’s like when people talk about how the US has a hard time breaking down a bunker. It’s not just us, it’s every team. It’s in the very nature of our sport. Every team has a hard time breaking down a bunker which is why inferior teams always bunker down. It’s not a flaw in our tactics or our personnel. And this isn’t a flaw in our politicians either.

Stop looking for politicians to lead activists. They won’t, and never have. But they will follow activists if the activists make them. That’s what this is about.

 

Jeffries and Schumer for that matter are simply feckless & useless.
I will contribute as much as I can to AOC if se decides to primary Chuck.