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Tinidril@midwest.socialto World News@lemmy.world•Ukraine’s parliament passes bill weakening anti-corruption agencies. The public is furiousEnglish10·4 days agoI don’t even see a justification for the need to put these departments more closely under the control of the executive
False corruption charges are frequently used by insurgencies and foreign influence operations to undermine legitimate governance. I’m not saying it is or isn’t a legitimate concern in this case but, if it were, we definitely wouldn’t know the exact reasons. Given Russia’s history of using foreign influence as a weapon of war and, in particular, their history of doing so in Ukraine, I can definitely understand the concern.
Of course real corruption can’t go unanswered because of the possibility of trumped up charges. It’s a tricky bit of business to get right.
Tinidril@midwest.socialtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•Well, we have the fucking camps opening. Luckily, plenty of terminally online leftists are ready to tell us how noble and moral not voting was!English93·4 days agoWill abstaining leftists be willing to offer a peace branch and vote for an anti-fascist candidate, even one that disagrees with their wider views,
You mean just like we have for decades now? Yeah, we might just do that. It sure as fuck isn’t going to be the neoliberals who can’t even bring themselves to endorse the Democratic candidate for NY mayor.
Abstaining leftists didn’t change the outcome, apathetic Americans did. And why are Americans apathetic? One look at the Democratic establishment makes that crystal clear.
Tinidril@midwest.socialtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•Well, we have the fucking camps opening. Luckily, plenty of terminally online leftists are ready to tell us how noble and moral not voting was!English138·4 days agoI’ll bet more people didn’t show up for Harris because their favorite video game had an update on election day. We don’t see these shit memes shaming them, only the people who are against genocide.
Tinidril@midwest.socialtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•Some of y'all are not ready to hear this...English11·4 days agoYeah it’s fear. Fear that fuckwits are going to drive the country into the hands of fascists. Is that not worth a bit of concern, or is that just too far fetched an outcome?
And don’t act like it’s one sided mate. Calling me a coward by coming at it sideways doesn’t change your meaning.
Tinidril@midwest.socialtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•Some of y'all are not ready to hear this...English33·5 days agoI meant anti-Harris lefties who actively wanted her to lose to Trump
If you think that’s a large enough group that it had any impact whatsoever on the election, then you are insane.
How? How would you propose that could have realistically happened?
Well, for one we wouldn’t have nominated Biden and never would have been in that position with Harris. We might have also held Biden’s feet to the fire more, thus discovering his mental state long before election time.
Its partially because more of them don’t vote compared to the last election.
None of that says that “lefties” in particular didn’t vote for Harris. Left policy sells, so a further left Harris would have done better, but that’s the establishment’s fault, not leftists. It also doesn’t take a leftist to be against genocide.
Now does some of the blame go to the Democratic establishment? ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY. But not all of it.
That’s funny, because nothing you said before gave them any fault at all, and you definitely seemed in the mood to throw fault around.
So you can go ahead and choose to not vote next election. I don’t care enough to argue with you on that now.
WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING TO?
Tinidril@midwest.socialtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•Some of y'all are not ready to hear this...English11·5 days agoWell theoretical the DNC is not baked directly into the government and continues its stranglehold by trying to kill all 3rdparty prospects pretty aggressively.
No, it’s not aggressive at all in trying to kill 3rd parties. That’s because 3rd parties aren’t a threat to power in this country. It uses 3rd parties as an excuse for their losses, and uses that to go after the left (something it does do aggressively).
Its a soft power Revolution similar to what happened with Adelle in Chile.
Chile is a parliamentary system with proportional representation, not a first past the post winner takes all system. Totally different animal.
I mean functional what’s occurring with the Trump administration is a soft power revolution.
Yes, executed through an inside strategy of taking over the Republican party. Imagine that.
The point of this discussion is to encourage people to put down the DNC in favor of other organizations like local ones that actually benefit the community by helping the impoverished or to look at other organizations like the DSA or PSL or FSRO
If that were the point of this discussion, it would seem like that might have been something to mention before now.
Tinidril@midwest.socialtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•Some of y'all are not ready to hear this...English51·5 days agoThis isn’t what happened. Centrists blame the left for all their failures, but the left keep showing up.
Tinidril@midwest.socialtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•Some of y'all are not ready to hear this...English6·5 days agohe’s not as popular in real life as he is on the internet.
Not exactly true. In both 2016 and 2020, the number one reason voters gave for choosing Clinton or Biden over Sanders was electability. They preferred Sanders, but didn’t think he could win the general. He didn’t lose because he wasn’t popular, he lost because people thought he was unpopular.
Tinidril@midwest.socialtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•Some of y'all are not ready to hear this...English12·5 days agoWe aren’t likely to get Reformations, the problems with the Democratic party are baked directly in to the institution.
What’s the difference between the Democratic party and the United States of America in this regard? If the Democrats can’t be reformed, why can the USA be reformed? If the USA can’t be reformed, then what’s the point of this discussion?
Tinidril@midwest.socialtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•Some of y'all are not ready to hear this...English21·5 days agoThere are two paths, an inside and an outside strategy. The inside strategy is far simpler, has far greater potential for success, and will harm the least people along the way. Acknowledging that isn’t “giving up”, it’s picking strategy like a grown-up, not some kid afraid to turn down a dare.
without trying
This is the most idiotic thing about third party advocates. There have been third parties running consistently for decades, and we are somehow supposed to pretend that that lengthy record of dismal failure doesn’t exist. Meanwhile, inside strategists haven’t won everything yet, so we are supposed to switch to a strategy with a far worse track record.
Tinidril@midwest.socialtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•Some of y'all are not ready to hear this...English31·5 days agoShe was in-arguably the worst candidate because she lost. She wouldn’t have been the worst president.
The bullshit is centrists blaming it on the left. We told them how to win, and they went a different way. We showed up for her anyways, but the shitty candidate lost.
Tinidril@midwest.socialtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•Some of y'all are not ready to hear this...English55·5 days agoWhat the fuck are you talking about I’ve heard it a million fucking times already. Its all anti-Harris lefties talk about.
Uh, no. This anti-Harris lefty, like the vast majority of anti-Harris lefties, knows an outside strategy is insane and mostly right wing propaganda.
Having fun with the fascism we’ve got instead?
Maybe if there had been more anti-Harris lefties in the party, we would have had a viable candidate. The hardline centrists did this.
makes me motivated to fight for my rights when my follow lefties keep empowering fascists through inaction
Nope. The following is from a Pew Research study.
The typology groups at either end of the political spectrum, Faith and Flag Conservatives and Progressive Left, are also the most politically engaged – that is, they voted at the highest rates in the 2020 presidential election, and they are most likely to say they post about politics on social media and that they donated to campaigns. The groups in the middle of the ideological spectrum have much lower levels of political engagement.
So quit uncritically accepting the mainstream establishment excuses. Harris lost because she was a shitty candidate, not because the left doesn’t vote.
you can both suck shit directly out of my asshole.
Gosh, were you out campaigning for Harris? I just can’t understand how she didn’t attract more voters. Scolding voters seems like such a solid strategy. /s
Tinidril@midwest.socialtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•Some of y'all are not ready to hear this...English212·5 days agoGreat way to logic. Let me try…
You cannot reform the United States of America because at it’s core it is a capitalist and imperialist country that will always put corporate interests over human interests.
Oh shit, now the whole project is hopeless. Let me try again.
You cannot reform humanity because at it’s core it is selfish and self-serving.
I guess we are all fucked. Or maybe we grow the fuck up and deal with the reality of what’s in front of us and the work involved in making things better. If we can’t reform the Democrats, then we have no chance in hell of shepherding a new party from nothing to national powerhouse without losing it to the same corrupting forces that hold the Democrats. Never-mind the realities of what it would take to take over the country with a third party in a first past the post system.
Tinidril@midwest.socialtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•Does Lemmy like nuclear engineers?English6·6 days agoThis is an outdated mindset. Design and manufacturing work best together in a tight feedback loop, and China has become perfectly capable of doing their own design work. America has positioned itself to become nothing but a nation of consumers and venture capitalists.
Tinidril@midwest.socialto Linux@lemmy.ml•Linux has over 6% of the desktop market? Yes, you read that right - here's howEnglish1·7 days agoI think that happens in any black hole formation. At least that’s my understanding of how neutron stars are formed. The electrons get forced into the nucleus and turn the protons into neutrons. From there it’s quark gluon plasma then a black hole.
In any case, I have no idea how either a grain of rice or a mountain could be made to do such a thing.
Tinidril@midwest.socialto News@lemmy.world•EPA Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research ArmEnglish4·7 days agoIt seems to me that “Americans” are doing quite a bit to fight back. Can’t say the same for the Democrats. THAT is why I want fingers pointed in the right direction. They are still doing it.
Tinidril@midwest.socialto News@lemmy.world•EPA Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research ArmEnglish91·8 days agoMore like, “Why did the Dems run interference for Republicans for 50+ years running?”. If you think our problem with Democrats is that they weren’t “good enough” then you have fundamentally misunderstood the arguments.
Tinidril@midwest.socialto News@lemmy.world•EPA Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research ArmEnglish83·8 days agoSeems pretty straightforward to me. Democrats threw the 2024 election.
What’s Jesus have to do with Christianity? Christianity has always been Paul’s religion, not Jesus’.