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[–] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 136 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Between the House and the Senate, there are currently 258 Democrats in Congress.

And 224 of them are fascist collaborators.

[–] endeavor@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Dems just making sure the 2 party system dies forever.

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 74 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The Democratic party is a party of cowards.

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 week ago

Most politicians are cowards.

[–] Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 65 points 1 week ago (4 children)

The dnc is controlled opposition. We have to get actual progressives elected at local levels and it’ll be a fucking process but it’ll eventually make the party actual opposition

[–] WarlordSdocy@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

We've been doing pretty good at that in Oregon in the Portland area especially, we got a fair few DSA people elected to the city council and to the state house in the last election. Although I doubt that will ever really convert the Dems into an actual progressive party, it's a lot more likely that the Democratic party dies with the rise of new progressive candidates and new progressive parties winning.

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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

And until we get people willing to talk about who is controlling the dnc and why (the zionist) then the dnc will remain trapped in other peoples pockets fwith no conceivable end in sight.

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[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 57 points 1 week ago

"No way to prevent this, say the Democrats who are actively collaborating with the fascists"

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 39 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lots of people are trying but it's not so easy to do. Our voting system is geared to only allow two parties and any actual third party that starts to gain traction gets shut down by the people with money and existing power. I don't think it's strictly impossible but I also don't think we can realistically pull it off. We need a solution outside the existing hierarchy imo

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Starting a new party is going to require current elected Democrats to leave the party and start a new one. It probably can't be done by just "lots of people" and has to be done with people who have serious clout.

[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why would people who have power and wealth under the current system try to change it?

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well supposedly some of them are "progressives" and want to actually enact progressive change in politics.

🙃

[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago

Supposedly.

[–] DemBoSain@midwest.social 30 points 1 week ago
[–] amorpheus@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] MisterOwl@lemmy.world 43 points 1 week ago

Just shows how cowardly the Democrats are now. Most of them were afraid to sign a piece of paper that means literally nothing.

[–] derryt@lemm.ee 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Sigh, I see I can't trust my senator to do the right thing anymore. Edit: meaning he didn't sign it. POS trader.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 17 points 1 week ago

And to think, 2 months ago, 46 Dems signed, along with most republicans, the Laken-Riley act.

[–] OldSoulHippie@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago

I assume the usual suspects are nowhere to be found on this letter

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 8 points 1 week ago

sad as fuck.

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