• hark@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The possibility of the end of our democracy is precisely because of the many times we’ve gone along with “this is just how things are” and democrats insisting that we have to work with republicans while republicans kept getting worse and worse, moving the overton window to the right. Democrats need to put their foot down and pull back the overton window to the left, that is how we can make some real changes. Democrats doing this would show people that there is a party that will actually fight for them, a party worth going through the trouble of voting for. I thought this was the lesson that would be learned from 2016 when democrats pushed through a “safe” “centrist” candidate and lost, but instead they’ve doubled down.

    israel doesn’t need to have bipartisan support. Yes, aipac has a lot of power, but it’s because of this undying support for israel which creates this feedback loop. Doing the right thing is worth it in the long run.

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      1 year ago

      Democrats need to put their foot down and pull back the overton window to the left

      Yes, I’m sure a Republican win will definitely help pull things left. What the hell, dude.

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          1 year ago

          Every single time they win, things get worse. Remember what happened in 2016 when people decided to not vote, so they could send a message to the DNC?