if i say "i want to end world hunger"

then i'm elected president

and world hunger doesn't immediately end on day 1

am i liar? did i betray you?

am i immediately the same as the guy who said "more hungry, more bombs, more billionaires"

an objective is not a promise of complete victory in no time

your "standards" for making hilariously cynical judgments is fucking wack

Or hope the military stays loyal to the people.

I'll be voting a straight Democratic ticket -- Social Democrats whenever possible.

I have low hopes nonetheless.

Too bad most of us were more worried about school shootings than democracy. The Left could use a few self-defense guns when the fascists start hunting.

We simply MUST win the midterms.

I'm going to sleep.

Shouldn't you check what the Dems policy on Palestine is?
And stay at home because
Principles > Fascism ?

That really sounds like a list of reforms the broligarchs would support.

Might be getting to the time to water the tree of liberty.

you're disappointed in a stated policy position isn't happening fast enough on one issue, so "everybody the same"

do you expect the culture of the NYPD to change on a dime?

do you want Mamdani patrolling the streets along with the cops?

or will you show some patience and temperance and understand big problems take awhile to change?

or, you know, "utopia on day 1 or the same as fascism"

yeah, i think what you're saying is crazy

Why are you acting like what I'm saying is crazy, this is how the democrats have operated for well over a decade.

It's especially an issue if he's actually an alien from Alpha Centauri

Come on

You're speaking on baseless fictitious suspicions

You take the man at his word

If he goes back on his word, you castigate him

If he doesn't, you celebrate him

But if instead, he hasn't gone back on his word, and you sit there envisioning horrible betrayals this is just some fucked up bullshit

I'm going to take a wild guess and say you can be rather paranoid?

That's especially an issue if he is actually a sneaky establishment dem then it's the dury of the people to hold his feet to the fire.

of course

but let's not act like everyone on the left is a future fetterman

there will be future fettermans

that's just life. disappointments are normal. no progress comes without difficulties

but if a mere *possibility* that someone might go centrist or worse, nothing real, just a fear, is enough to turn people off from engaging, well that's completely fucked up. i don't know to address that kind of reticence

@QasimRashid

I think it was neoliberalism under Reagan and therefor the rise of super rich tech bros together with a broken bipartisan election system in a turbo-capitalist society led to Trump.

But I agree: the US need to fix their broken system.
Turn away from bipartisan system, throw the election system over with its majority based election, move to proportional representation, fix your crazy educational system, overturn the concentration of media outlets in the hands of super rich, tax the super rich until they are just rich, end the life time jobs of federal judges of the supreme court for a max. term of 10 years, get real universal health care for all, end US defaultism and exceptionalism, etc…

for real, people who dont live in gop-majority states cant fathom what its like to have their rights constantly being taken away

often times, its the democrats who providing the only protection for minorities and marginalized communities

that's wrong

but like you said:

"mine have mentioned they will not support Schumer"

and how was that arrived at?

it wasn't arrived at through those who don't vote

and empty "dems suck" comments result in that

dems *do* suck

so we *fix* that

in the primaries

we don't just throw up our hands and let MAGA take over. that's insane

and i'm not accusing you of that, but you have to accentuate the way forward, not just issue complaints

The worst centrist Dem is infinitely better than any GOP candidate. Vote.