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Yeah. Very well said. To add, take note of how the candidates they were screaming at us to vote for have disappeared into a cloud of irrelevance.

They’ve entirely abandoned their little handful of supporters.

But don’t worry 3rd Party’ers, they will be back in 2028 to promise a heck of a lot more fun and games for all! Boy howdy!

Thank you!

not american but wondering which good politicians you have

Summer Lee in the democrats seems awesome

That's a fair point about the minor parties. Then again, I have seen Libertarians try to do valuable things at the local or state level in various places. I've never seen a Green Party candidate for school board or city council.

It is possible, and encouraged, to call your party out on their bullshit. Criticism is a very important tool in democracy.

Did you miss the whole debacle of "we'll never cave without ACA subsidies being extended" immediately preceding caving without extended ACA subsidies? That's far from the only example of such behavior. In fact, I'd say the only anamoly in that situation was the strong stance Dems took before reverting to their usual cowardly selves.

I destroyed a bond of friendship and respect between the only people left who'd even look me in the eye. Now I laugh and make a fortune off the same ones that I tortured.

i've just been basting myself and gathering bibs

Trump could easily override them, but they should still do more.

At the end of the day, their strategy is to give in to the demands Trump in the hopes that it prevents him from destroying their precious institutions. They hope to be able to take over from an unpopular Republican party after Trump dies without really undoing the damage he's doing. The problem with this approach is that it will prevent the system from needing to be properly rebuilt, effectively legalizing most of his abuses of power and prolonging the instability of our country. A big part of this will be institutionalizing the blatant corruption and oligarchy while further rigging elections to make it impossible for popular movements to ever legally gain power.

A Gavin Newsom or Pete Buttigieg presidency will see them ruling as a weaker feudal king than Trump, but only to promote business activity and interests. Relying on the honeymoon period following Trump's removal, they will position themselves as the saviors of "democracy," yet they will do little to actually undo a lot of the election rigging that Republicans are installing right now. They will suppress workers rights and throw the most disposable minorities under the bus, deregulating and burning through all the goodwill they have. They parade the corpse of liberalism around as long as fools will believe it, but it will have been long dead.

In order for actual liberal democracy to exist again in this country, the liberals would need to show a backbone and resist Trump no matter how much he destroys institutions. They would need to risk temporary jail time and potential assassination to invigorate long term support for a rebuilt American dream. Instead they're showing that they never cared about liberal ideals, only the goodwill liberalism afforded their power.

There were the government shutdowns but they always cave. Then there's getting arrested while protesting (not breaking the law BTW, just straight up intimidation), which is honestly the bare minimum at this point. Look up Kat Abu for an example.

came here for the TMBG

Particle Man, Particle Man,

Doing the things a particle can,

What's he like? It's not important,

Particle Man

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Triangle Man, Triangle Man

Triangle Man hates Particle Man

They have a fight, Triangle wins,

Triangle Man