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[–] mtoboggan@feddit.org 9 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

I‘m from Europe, so maybe we don‘t get alle the press news. But from the outside, I wonder: Where the f*** have the Democrats been for weeks?

[–] tauisgod@lemmy.world 10 points 1 hour ago

They lack unity and any sort of definitive leadership. They're a rudderless ship in a storm. What consensus they can muster among the older ranks is to not upset their wealthy donors, so any chance of creating a policy to invigorate the working class is out of the question. Any policy that is good for the working class will tap the brakes on the unfettered looting being done by the ruling class, so that's a no starter for the establishment Democrats.

[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

As an American, I've been wondering the same thing.

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 12 points 6 hours ago

The old folks need to go away. If your schools were segregated you shouldn't be in office.

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 12 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

America will die clinging to the idea that one of these parties will eventually save them.

[–] tauisgod@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

The only chance we have is the total elimination of private money involvement in politics, and at this point I'm not sure if we're so far gone that even that'll undo the cancer rotting our system.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 16 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Ok, so when will they take a step back as examine their tactics since they are obviously not working

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

They have, and the results of their soul searching are as clear as the last time they lost to trump: nothing.

If anything, they're more likely to double down and compete with the republicans on the corporate dick sucking, making it even more apparent to the working class that, with how bad the republicans are, they're just not an alternative...

Instead of splitting into a multi-party democracy, the US is just devolving into a single party state

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 hours ago

The ones who will have - the ones who haven't never will (i.e. Schumer)

[–] Liljekonvalj@feddit.org 6 points 8 hours ago

Maybe make the signs a little bit bigger... They need more Al Greens. Now. 31 % of the voters voted for trump. Around 40 didn't even vote. They'll loose more votes doing nothing, than actually doing something

[–] SleafordMod@feddit.uk 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I read the same story on CNN this morning.

Apparently the Democrats have a favourability rating of 29% ("a record low in CNN’s polling dating back to 1992 and a drop of 20 points since January 2021") while the Republicans have a favourability rating of 36%.

[–] metaldream@sopuli.xyz 14 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

That GOP number is right around Trump's floor, interestingly enough. The GOP is a cult and Dems are angry at their politicians, so this doesn't surprise me.

[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world -4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

America voted for Trump, because America is a racist country.

It's not the Dem's fault, it's the fault of the racists.

Lot's of rich right-wing shits right now funding these propaganda news articles, to muddy the waters about how everyone hates Trump.

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 1 points 27 minutes ago

It may not be their fault but we can still be angry at them for doing nothing back. They're not supposed to only work when times are good

[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world -1 points 4 hours ago

America voted for Trump, because America is a racist country.

It's not the Dem's fault, it's the fault of the racists.

Lot's of rich right-wing shits right now funding these propaganda news articles, to muddy the waters about how everyone hates Trump.