It's weird there isn't even a pretense of kabuki. I guess the dem machine hopes for Trump to cause pain and chaos so they can be seen as the only hope. But at this rate - I think even if prices soar and there are a "troubling" number of bird flu cases and deaths in the run up to the midterms - the dem base could be angry and/or demoralized. The elections could be a dem bloodbath.

Whatever their actual strategy is - they are playing a dangerous game

[–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 21 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I guess the dem machine hopes for Trump to cause pain and chaos

That is exactly their strategy, 100% literally

[–] goferking0 30 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And libs are eating it up.

they didn't get enough votes what do you expect them to do???

[–] jack@hexbear.net 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And libs are eating it up.

no they aren't, they're feeling very distraught and confused

[–] goferking0 1 points 4 months ago

I keep seeing too many going on about it's all those genocide Joe bots, not at all the fault of the dnc so why shouldn't the dems roll over

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 40 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Call trump a fascist
Lose election to trump
Turn over government willingly to trump the fascist
Refuse to interdict trump the fascists government

Math says dems are fascists

[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 11 points 4 months ago

Liberals only know how to oppose the left, vote for the Enabling Act and lie.

[–] GnastyGnuts@hexbear.net 28 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not even adequate for a jobber (pro-wrestling term for person who always loses to prop up new talent)

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

jobber

Thanks. What a fantastic word.

[–] GnastyGnuts@hexbear.net 20 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Pro-wrestling has a wealth of terminology to describe US politics!

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago

Really makes you think

[–] AcidSmiley@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago

The main difference between the two is that US politics only has face-heel turns, never the other way around.

[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 28 points 4 months ago

That's because their real goal is to be stewards of the empire, so they don't want to threaten to fuck it up even temporarily.

[–] Deadend@hexbear.net 21 points 4 months ago

The Dems don’t know how to sell a shut down until they get what they want as a good thing.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 21 points 4 months ago

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[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 18 points 4 months ago

the-democrat Should've empowered us to do nothing with a majority, now we're stuck doing nothing with a minority.