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[-] pjwestin@lemmy.world 26 points 5 months ago

The reason this meme works is that it's vague. If you zero in on a specific issue, you usually find the Dems helped drill the holes. Mass incarceration? Biden and Clinton led the charge on the largest expansion of prison-industrial complex in my lifetime. 2008 financial collapse? Clinton eliminated Glass-Steagall, which allowed banks to bundle and sell mortgages-backed securities. Iraq and Afghanistan? Bush may have started the wars, but Obama not only failed to end them, he created an unaccountable drone assassination program that killed thousands of civilians. Biden is rescheduling Marijuana, and that's great, but he also co-sponsored anti-drug legislation in '86 and '88 that gave us draconian mandatory minimums. Are we gonna pretend he didn't drill that hole?

Anyway, I'm not gonna sit here and pretend the parties are the same; the Republicans have been complete ghouls for my entire life, and now they're fascist ghouls. But let's not pretend that the Democrats are just well meaning idealists fighting against the Republicans and apathetic voters. They've done plenty to help sink the ship.

[-] snowday@sopuli.xyz 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yeah these are just the same reactionary knee-jerk boomer memes that racist uncles posted on Facebook in 2016. These people's post and comment history is actually just sad, when you realize this is pretty much what they spend every waking hour of their life doing rather than joining local orgs to build and contribute to their community. I hope they get the help they need.

this post was submitted on 21 May 2024
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