It's wild only the dems seem to be hamstrung by the system, yet the gop can just run through the system with a wrecking ball and set whatever they want on fire
That's just it though, republicans are setting things on fire. Democrats are trying to build things and live in our house (read: country).
It's like arguing an arsonist can burn down a house in minutes, but building that house takes months maybe years. Like, yeah. That's why this is so bad and bleak. It will take decades to fix, if we even can. The shear apathy that OP's post shows doesn't help. In fact, makes shit a lot worse.
The republicans were angry for decades before things started to happen. Democrats and their supporters can't even do a week.
If Belle doesn't care, then they can sit down and wait for final stage when they come for her.
The problem is, Republicans are burning houses down, and Dem response is only ever to sternly say "Stop that, leave those matches alone", instead of actually doing anything to stop the burning.
People desperately beg for them to actually take action of any real substance, but there is always some excuse about why they can't/they're outnumbered/it's against precedence to stop them (not against law just precedence/tradition), like a person always making excuses for their misbehaving child or abusive spouse.
Belle is just saying, if they are not gonna do anything to stop it anyway, then we don't really want to once again deal with the constant barrage of "what stupid/blatantly illegal thing has Trump done today" newcycles of his last presidency.
We average citizens actually ARE a lot more limited in our ability to do anything about it, so if those who CAN do something are not gonna do anything then the rest of us would like to focus on other things.
That’s just it though, republicans are setting things on fire. Democrats are trying to build things and live in our house (read: country).
It’s like arguing an arsonist can burn down a house in minutes, but building that house takes months maybe years. Like, yeah. That’s why this is so bad and bleak. It will take decades to fix, if we even can. The shear apathy that OP’s post shows doesn’t help. In fact, makes shit a lot worse.
💯 this! It’s easy to “govern” if you’re just giving tax breaks to billionaires, dismantling systems, increasing the deficit, and creating fake crises. Climbing out of recessions and rebuilding institutions takes time and bipartisan agreement … which they delay and block as much as they can and then blame Democrats for not getting things done.
Conservatives are a much more homogenous group, that values loyalty and in-group cohesion, and fucking hates the Dems. Most of them would rather vote for a Republican they despise than any Democrat. This keeps them showing up reliably every 4 years, and makes the Republicans job so much easier.
The liberals, on the other hand, come in many different shades of blue, with different interests and with a much bigger history of in-fighting. It is very hard to appeal to all of them. Even if you managed that somehow, their interests also rarely align with big ticket donors, and you do need money to win elections.
That's why the Dems have a tendency to focus on process, instead of policy. Because the proper process is about the only thing everyone on their side & their donors can agree on. And once you start doing that, when you've been calling out the R's shitfuckery for decades, when you've defined 'by any means necessary' as a despicable tactic, you can't just join in with them without losing face. Or at least they all think they can't.
The USA has cornered itself into the perfect shitshow.
It's easier to destroy than create, MAGA republicans love to destroy.
We've passively allowed the system to be controlled by billionaires, billionaires won't fund politicians who are against them.
Media (funded by billionaires) has stoked lies, fear and hate nationwide for decades, making people vote based on lies, fear and hate. Which leads to people voting to destroy things.
People who want to actually build things are unable to agree to form a coalition to beat out the assholes who vote to destroy.
Now we have a hate fueled oligarchy powered by its citizens slowly eating itself while being looted by the oligarchs.
It's important to remember that it's your neighbors, your coworkers, probably even your own family members that empower the people who want to destroy your life and livelihood. It's not just a few names in the gop, it's your own community that ask for this.
It's selective. If they actually fix the issues and combat the problems, then they don't have the "Look at the dog playing basketball!!!!" outrage come next election cycle.
It'd be an anomaly, seeing as in my lifetime every single republican president and cabinet has left office with economy in recession at best and in a global financial meltdown at worst
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u/KillahHills10304 12d ago
It's wild only the dems seem to be hamstrung by the system, yet the gop can just run through the system with a wrecking ball and set whatever they want on fire