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Democrats lack power -> Republicans do evil shit -> Democrats can't stop them -> Blame the Democrats -> Democrats lack power -> Republicans do evil shit ->
On and on and on. If your house was burning down, you'd blame the firefighter, not the arsonist.
Given the Democrats have twice won both Houses and the Presidency - and in 2009 held an advantage the GOP hasn't since Reconstruction, that of supermajority.
To pretend they "lack power" is simply nonsense.
i suspect many non-voters fall in 2 camps, they like republicans but cant openly support or vote for them so they go for someone like jill stein or rfk jr(like 2million went to both) to appear like they are not trumpers and then the totally ignorant ones that dont vote(this doesnt affect me now and my vote doesnt matter)
how are people that vote for "someone like Jill Stein or rfk" non-voters?
It's more like this:
Funny how republicans always seem to have power to make things worse, but democrats never have enough power to reverse these things.
Almost as if both parties are funded by the same billionaires pushing the same agendas, just in different colors.
You need to stop consuming their propaganda (from both parties).
You need to stop working off of vibes and think about policy. Off the top of my head:
Obamacare, anti-monopoly regulation, non-compete agreements ban, Russia sanctions + Ukraine support, not ignoring covid, women's bodily autonomy, CLIMATE CHANGE
But fuck it, you didn't get ice cream, the total destruction of capitalism, and a blow job on top of that, so now we have AI-enhanced gestapo invading cities. It's very easy to be the enlightened centrist and say "both sides same" when it clearly isn't actually impacting your life.
They didn't say both sides were the same they said the Democrats weren't doing enough to fight. Which is true. Democrats are constantly conceding shit and compromising when Republicans want to do shit.
It seems like they did say both sides are the same.
The same billionaires with the same agendas can be donors to both parties without those parties being the same
They're saying it seems like this because Dems don't fight hard enough.
Ratchet effect is a made up talking point facists propagate on the internet to suppress voter turn out.
Fun fact: they call it an "effect" to make it sound scientific and well researched. It's really just a fabricated fantasy to encourage apathy and hopelessness.
It's the reality. USA is fucked with its two party system, both funded by the same billionaires with the same agendas. It's sad you don't see it, just look at where it got you... It got you to fascism, ironically.
The world saw it coming long ago, then it came, and now it's right in front of your nose and yet, here you are, still defending the system that got you into this fascist pedo mess.
I get you want to spread fascist propaganda, but "the ratchet effect" isn't real in any sense.
The system is fucked, but not because of scary made up propaganda. It's fucked because clowns spread FUD and hopelessness to suppress voter turn out. In the end it leads to facism and a country ruled by pesos and rapists, it's sad you don't see it.
Republicans have power because Republican voters choose to give it to them. The only reason I ever hear for that is that “Democrats don’t do enough”. The only excuse Democrats ever have for not doing enough is that Republicans have power.
By “having power”, I’m not referring to having a 51 majority. One or two corrupt dissidents is common for a political party, so it needs safeguards against no votes. Any “49” party still has a lot of sway as long as they can convince anyone. I’m talking about having 80% power.