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Are you denying that the Dems are shit? Just because the Reps are worse and currently in power?
What kind of an argument is that supposed to be?
What are you talking about the initial argument is completely insane to be begin with. I think Biden came into office and reduce child poverty or hunger or something by half as his first action.
We're gonna compare that to Trump destroying the economy, removing due process, open up national parks to logging, letting DOGE cut departments with corruption, invading other countries?
Biden gleefully engaged in one of the worst genocides of the era. He should be in a cell in the Hague.
I agree I think it's fucking horrible and I think Chuck Schumer and everyone on any side of the political aisle that upheld this should be in a jail cell too.
100% agreed. I'm forgetting my history though, what did they used to do with genociders and war criminals? Something about a rope or a wall.
And its a little past time that the entire Democratic party acknowledge that what Biden did was genocide, and what Harris was proposing was continuing with it.
Dems shouldnt measure ourselves by what republicans do, if they ever want to win an election again.
Lol, while technically true there's a big picture you're missing... The start of his presidency did co-incide with some things like the child tax credit etc. that did drop the official measurement to a historic low of 5.2% in 2021, but was then quickly repealed by bipartisan support in Congress causing it to skyrocket to 12.4% in 2022.
In the US the child poverty rate had been slowly, but steadily, declining since the peak of the great recession... Until the Biden presidency circa ~2022 at which point it skyrocketed by the end of his presidency reaching ~2012 levels.
While technically true that "Biden came into office and reduce[d] child poverty [sic] by half as his first action." It ignores that immediately afterwards he did "destroy the economy". Don't get me started on 'removing due process, open up national parks, cutting departments with corruption, invading other countries' because also yes!
Not to say Trump is better (we can all agree fuck that guy and all his cronies), but Jim Crow Joe is/was also evil, you've just been tricked into thinking otherwise...
Thanks for replying, I just recalled this:
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/27/1075299510/the-expanded-child-tax-credit-briefly-slashed-child-poverty-heres-what-else-it-d
Now we can say he failed but I can't say that specific act is evil. Palestine on the other hand ..... ☠️
Like, I get your viewpoints and you guys think I'm trying to bury any negative viewpoints of the democratic party or that I'm brainwashed. Which is funny to me because I hate the establishment Dems. I just think posts saying both suck and attacking the Dems aren't helpful because they currently have no power. The other party is causing a lot of damage and there seems to be no stopping them so kicking the feckless Dems when they're down seems weird to me.
I also think the democratic party needs to be ousted by progressive candidates that have a good vision for the future. I'm not gonna lie though I don't see it happening. The establishment Dems aren't gonna bow down. Also, I see so many protests happening and although AOC and Bernie have made the news I don't think I see the Dem leadership taking advantage of this and putting up a solid front either, like wtf is going on? I'm not sure it's the coverage but it really seems like they're lost.
The difference is the viewpoint:
If you buy into the underlying premises of how a liberal democracy functions (liberal used here as a technical term, not as a perjorative) then the only ones who have the power to stop the other party is the Dems and they actively choose not to. They're neither down, nor out they're doing their job of controlled opposition exactly as they are supposed to.
I still don't like saying how they're both the same because I fundamentally don't believe that to my core (ie if they had all three branches we wouldn't be talking about all this current mayhem).
However, I think I understand your point and I agree with it.
So thanks again!
They aren't the same, one's a sword and one's a shield. The shield can't effectively stab, but the sword can't either if it's forced to parry instead.
I engaged because it seemed like there was agreement, just miscommunication. Glad I was able to help cut through it :D. Appreciate you!
Are you having a stroke? I don't follow your point and/or syntax.
What do you want from me? Obviously we agree that Trump is worse than the Dems.
That still doesn't make the Dems "not bad".
Nobody said the Dems were perfect OR not bad through the chain.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_equivalence - is what this post is.
Never claimed that someone claimed that. Again: how is the original post wrong?
Two parties in a two party system is no case of "apples and oranges". That's as close to a fair comparison as you're gonna get.
Ghonorrea and pancreatic cancer are two things I don't want to have. Is this "false equivalency" as well?
stroke much?
seriously, this isn't a "fair comparison" because it doesn't address any sort of nuance nor is it supposed to. It's supposed to make people go: "yeah the dems suck too" rather than understand anything about what's going on.
If you claim to be on the same page then whatever, we can just agree on our core points leave it at that.
I guess you never make typos, then. Huh? /s
I'm sorry that I slandered ghonorrea by comparing it to pancreatic cancer. Clearly I forgot the nUaNcE between these two horrible sicknesses. /s
Wait. How can there be any "nuance" if you can't compare the two parties? Is a comparison of apples with oranges flawed because of the "nuance"?
That's what you think the intent is. I think that it's supposed to state that the US democratic system is not suitable for a fair and equitable world and the Dems are not the solution of the mess the US is in.
You can have your own interpretation but don't assume that this was OP's intent.
I was making reference to this.
I never said you can't compare. I'm saying this comparison is devoid of any content. The establishment dems suck for many reasons. None of which you can find here.
I think I will.
[edit] the point that everyone is emphasizing is the Republicans is setting the US on fire. The Dems have put on rallies to stop it. The posts that are saying "both sides" are just insane to me, but whatever. [/edit]
I know. Typos are different than incoherent grammar, though. Obviously, you got my point, as well.
Umm, you claimed that it's a false equivalency to claim that both reps and dems don't give a fuck about the people.
The meme never claimed to be comprehensive. You're making a mountain out of a molehill. No one claimed that both were "the same".
You're free to be wrong.
I doubt that the main resistance comes from the dems.
As are you.
Have a pleasant day! (no sarcasm)