• Psychodelic@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I’m with you 1000% on pretty much everything except your last paragraph. But, let’s slow down.

    This started with someone saying, ‘choosing who to vote for shouldn’t be a difficult decision.’ You replied saying, ‘actually Dems/the DNC sucks.’ Can you see how in the context of that conversation, it might seem like you’re trying to respond and even refute what the previous commenter said (i.e. it actually should, or could, legitimately be a difficult decision)? Cmiiw, but I think you were just trying to hijack/insert your point into the conversation and that’s totally fine! But you need to have work it in somehow or else you’re just being disrespectful of them and ultimately others in the forum. Gotta have a bit of rizz, you know. Even saying something like, ‘I totally agree, but tbf Biden sucks and…’ or ‘while I dont disagree…’ would help.

    The DNC is probably worse than the RNC because of it, at least the Republicans are clear about their shitty intentions and rally behind that. Instead, the Dems attack and undermine each other as if the Republicans and their fascist threat didn’t exist.

    Now, to address this. You say this like Rs/the RNC is honest to their voters. Trump is literally lying to them in nearly every sentence he makes. You really need to take a step back and try to see the nuance (literally always in everything).

    Middle America has absolutely been shafted by both parties for decades while investments in infrastructure and whatnot have obviously been focused on cities. This makes sense, they literally don’t like cities. Still, they’re struggling and we, as a nation, have abandoned them. This video honestly breaks my heart. It shows how each president has made promises they either knew or should’ve known they couldn’t keep.

    Where does that leave us? Well, you might say no one really has a choice because both parties suck. I’d say, well, before the tea party, Republicans weren’t so crazy. They legit took over the party that most aligned with theirs. Can you say we’ve done the same? If I’m honest, I won’t even register as a Dem because I’m kinda with you. But surely we see how that’s a bit of a problem if we want to force the DNC to take us seriously and to ultimately bend to our will.

    Alright this got too long. Basically, there’s lots of unhappy Americans being lied to. And some are dumber than others. One party is clearly lying more and unfortunately it’s paying off bigly.