• Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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    9 hours ago

    The DNC isn’t fighting for workers. They are bringing a gun to the gunfight, they just aren’t interested in using it against the GOP, as ultimately both serve capital. The US has never been a democracy for the people.

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      4 hours ago

      Democrats seek to regulate said capital. The Overton window is too far right to have much effect.

      Serving capital does not mean we’re not a Democracy. Attempting a coup of the government and disinformation does, however.

      • Tomorrow_Farewell [any, they/them]@hexbear.net
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        1 hour ago

        Democrats seek to regulate said capital

        No, they aren’t.

        Serving capital does not mean we’re not a Democracy

        If you think that you live under a democracy, i.e. that your government’s decisions reflect your wishes, then you should be held accountable for the genocides and invasions that your state keeps committing.

        Attempting a coup of the government and disinformation does, however.

        The US suffering a coup would at worst not make anything worse, including in terms of ‘democracy’.

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        No they want to appear to regulate capital. Most of the time they don’t actually want to regulate it. Yes they won’t be as overt as to do the massive wealth transfers they the republicans do . But they will. Who was president in 08 ? Who continued to dump money into our military contracts despite running as anti war?

        Like yeah the parties are different domestically but foreign policy wise the outcomes are usually the same.

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          19 minutes ago

          Most right wing policies done by Democrats are necessary because of the electoral college. There is resistance from the right, and Democrats working within the unfair rules need to appease these swing state voters through compromise. Those compromises are ugly and unfair. It’s not usually because they want to appease billionaires. But definitely there is corruption on both sides. Just 10x as much on the right.

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              😂 I mean for one, the entire presidential election was purchased by a few rich people who used disinformation tactics. Then taxes for the rich were eradicated at the expense of everyone else. That’s the exact opposite of the Democrat’s political ideology. I should say 1000x. I’ll call it “orders of magnitude” instead.

              So where did you get 1.98?