I was told im not spending more. So I guess im not?

What if the world always descends into fascism and its our job to create systems that keep us above water.

That’s a take

I dont know, I think there is nothing but dead air from the liberal side. Its gross. More messaging for the DNC comes from nobodies like me then from the party itself. Sure I might be more authentic but ffs Im just one dude.

I watch the news cycle and you can basically tell when the GOP are gearing up because its just dead silence on the platforms I visit. Now, not “dead silence”. There are your typical memes, news articles, and reposts but never anything from the dnc itself. No top down messaging; no platforming small creators; no baiting of the right. What the DNC has done is made these strile online environments where the right can constantly come in and, basically, disturb the peace.

It has become so insane that now the far left is doing it too. Show me one leftist who will get in the same beat down brawls they do on this site, do that on Facebook, Twitter, or Truth. They cant because they’ve been expelled from those places.

Im ranting too much and getting to in my own head. This is just what I see.

The DNC is rudderless and has no media strategy. Their only media guys think they need to turn right wingers into left wingers and it just doesn’t work. If trump didnt flip you, youre never leaving the right.

Ezra Kleins book

Youre probably right but as of right now they are completely directionless. Also, we all know what ever Ezra says is what they are going to do. So its like they are asking permission when really you just need to do what youre going to do anyway and quit posturing.

Id rather a grassroots movement that washes away all current leadership. Im banking on it, really.

I hope to be an old crotchy man someday and when I am ill change that.

Lol. I like him, hes funny and I like his self deprecating comedy style. Not everything is for everyone, I know.

I get this feeling when I watch Jon Oliver. Jon’s really good at identifying the problem, demonstrating why its a problem, and making you kind of upset about it.

God forbid you ever watched Jon Oliver back to back because you’d go mad with the immediate understanding that you live in bizzaro world.

So, it would be nice if HBO had a second show which was more like myth busters where people championed each of the problems Jon pointed out and left the viewer with a clear understanding what they can do or at the least, what can be done.

Well. I dont think empathy is bad. Its not a principle I can abandon. I dont get to shape the world the way I want it, either. Most of us really only get small chances to tip the scales. I dont think any presidential votes I cast in the last 8 years mattered. I dont think there is a world where they could matter. Ill keep voting though, and try to tip the scale.

The world I want, the empathic world I imagine, is not a world I will most likely get to live in. So, if its a good idea and I dont give up on it, surely it can only win because its good. Whether or not I get to see it is beyond my control.

This is all lost in the weeds, though. Youre in the right place because youre thinking of ways to stop trump. That’s notable. You’re also considering things we can do in the immediate future. All good too. So which path actually happens or whatever, just remember, you’ll course correct that one too.

Its a start. My point was, generally, 5 million could do a lot to help people and you wouldn’t see me keeping people’s lives tied to my finger.

Let me try one more time, if we still arent there I dont know.

Yes, the DNC can exclude trans people from the party platform. Does it change the fact that democrat voting people overwhelmingly support trans people? Does it actually convince moderates they want a long term stake in the party?

No, probably not on both accounts. What it does do is maybe win an election here or there.

So what will happen, when the same moderates say, “time to toss trans people under the bus”? Does the base move or do these moderates get tossed?

Wouldn’t it be better to stand on your principles. Principles that say all people deserve a better life and the trans community deserve to be treated with dignity and respect.

My gripe is, before this whole argument even matters the DNC needs a coherent, functional, media strategy and that does not just materialize out of no where. Start there, before lopping off your arms in attempt to be as intellectually bankrupt as the RNC.

Your problems not with me then. What principles do you stand for? Is it, “do what ever it takes to win” or “reason and compromise can be used to benefit all people”? Ideas that win are ideas that deserve to win. While this might not always be true its a principle you can stand by.

What’s private? Did you not suggest the DNC abandon its trans platform?

I think you could get a good amount of people out of debt. Maybe less so in america but elsewhere for sure.

The fact that a ring can be worth more then it would cost to provide financial independence for hunderds of people, is kinda jarring.

I know, I know, pretty rock and metal worth paper value notes.

Food for thought. If youre a working adult youve invested in this country. You have every right to expect something in return. Like the expectation that your investment hasn’t been squandered for the purpose of evil.

Consider it restored+

If its true their support has waned then the people in power are the exact people who deserve to be. You want to vote for dems because they wear blue not because you give a shit about principles.

These are farmers that i miss. The ones who dgf about the federal government and just want to be off the grid doing farm stuff.