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Im now convinced more than ever that the left will never gain any traction in the US when I see posts like these. It's clear lefties are not interested in building political power but rather just opining endlessly about the so called dualism of American politics while sipping Starbucks and ordering delivery on their iphone
But I thought we had so much political power that we caused your pro-genocide corporate-owned candidate to fail?
Also leftists don't drink Starbucks dipshit.
You have power to be inactive, that's for sure.
...what
Do you think voting for Holocaust Harris qualifies as "being politically active"? Cute lol
We are but "moderate" americans are straight up reactionary, like the average american really believes homeless people are a necessity of the market system, they do not want them housed, they want them on the streets begging.
There is dualism of American politics. There is the working class and there are the red and blue fascists. Both of which fight the working class on behalf of capital.
At some point you grow out of your teenage years (maybe) and you realize not all of history is exclusively framed through class consciousness and this type of reductive powerlessness and inaction is why we have children in detention centers now eating moldy food. But thanks to the privileged lefties pontificating on social platforms like you we can ensure the cycle of cruelty continues. Keep it up.
Who built those detention denters for those children to be eating moldy food? Liberals and their arrogant hubris continue this cycle by refusing to hold their people accountable. They overlooked a fucking genocide so it would be their team continuing to kill Palestinians. They overlooked the highest spike in homelessness so their team can be the ones doing nothing for the marginalized. Cops and ICE received the highest bump in federal funding from Biden which helped give us cop cities, being trained by IDF, and an oppressive ICE.
This is 100% liberals that did this.
The 50bn dollar expansion to ICE happened unde Republicans and is larger than the military budget of many countries. Don't you dare try to both sides this because Biden gave ICE a bump. No amount of comparisons will wash away the cruelty and damage of this administration.
And before that they received their largest increase under Biden. And they will receive even larger increases under the next Democrat. Both Dems and Republicans love their expanded police state
How much did Biden increase it by? Give the raw numbers. And what were the funds earmarked for?
You're so full of shit.
Go back to watching Hassan Piker stream from his 1200$ hotel room in Cuba.
The rest of us are going to work on rebuilding. We know what you're doing.
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/15/ice-detention-expansion-biden-trump-deportation
https://unitedwedream.org/press/president-biden-signs-anti-immigrant-spending-bill-reaching-trump-era-highs/
Haha what a joke. That's why I asked for raw numbers. If you go beyond the sensational headline from "united we dream"
Meanwhile Trump increased ICE budget to 50 BILLION. Not millions. BILLIONS. 50
What a joke this conversation is
They were ready to increase funding with the promises of body cams, as if that means a damn thing since they already have dozens of cameras pointed at them. The only joke here is you thinking BlueMAGA is any different than MAGA
That isn't true. Several Democrats are being primaried by progressive candidates and winning. But that is a slow process. People that tell you revolution, that overthrowing the government, is the only way will not tell you the death toll that will come with that. If someone tells you revolution is the only option, they want you to not vote. And that should be a warning to you.
If you want to prepare for a revolution, fine. Donate to a food shelf. Create mutual aid networks. Meet your neighbors. Plant a food garden. Find or make your local leftist group. Help a food kitchen. Start small and prepare. A general strike or any other revolution needs preparation to work, and that doesn't exist. Yet. And while that happens, vote. Show up to primaries. Show up to the ballot. MAGA Republicans will do their best to harm your allies, and you need as many of the people around as you can get.
It's not a slow process. Incrementalism is what the oligarchy convinces voters of what's needed to create progress. Incrementalism hides the slow progressive march to the right.
Liberals have been making a claim for incrementalism/slow process for over 150 years.
Buddy... Voting and bureaucracy and legal processes are slow. Revolution is quick. But what safeguards are you proposing and preparing for a revolution?
Because I gotta say, you are saying nothing helpful to anyone. No guides. No groups. No information. You're just, and I hate to say this, some dumbass on the internet spouting nonsense. Your ramblings do not get you to your goal. Rethink yourself.
They are only slow to prohibit progress. Slow it down enough so voters can move on the the next they they are outraged about while providing empty vessels to prevent immediate change that will threaten the system
Do you not know how our candidates are chosen? Like, there is a caucus and primary system that exists that let's us choose our candidates. My candidates are the same ones pushing for mural aid structures. My candidates are the ones setting up leftist groups. My candidates are filming ICE, dropping off groceries, feeding the hungry, housing the unhoused.
I'm sorry if your elections aren't like that, but if you get involved in your local politics, you'll find these slow progress makers that you seem to think don't exist.
The US primary is used to manufacture your approval of their chose candidate
Such a collection of cliches and platitudes....are you going to say anything of substance at some point? Do you have a coherent plan of action... Or is it business as usual on Lemmy here?
There is substance, but liberals stop listening when they hear the word no