• FuzzyRedPanda@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    If we’re expecting democrats to fix our broken, two party system, we’re going to be waiting a long time. The left is going to have to work hard and do it ourselves. Democrats are enslaved in a broken system they helped create.

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      4 months ago

      If you’re expecting anyone to fix a system for you while you sit on your ass, you’re in for a world of disappointment.

      This isn’t a fix, it’s one step. You need to do a hell of a lot more than show up once or twice a year to get things fixed. And it takes more than just you. That’s what the whole post is about. People don’t show up because they feel it’s impossible to change.

      In no small part because of doom-sayers like yourself who constantly keep saying that “if you do it that way you’re bound to fail, so don’t even try”.

      Democrats are a stop-gap. I’m not saying they’re not. But if you remove that stop gap the entire system floods. If you have a better way to staunch the flow, I’d love to hear it. But all I hear from your type is “But I put in the bare minimum possible effort and it didn’t change things, so I’m going to stop trying at all”.

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        4 months ago

        Whoa, I didn’t say not to try! I’m saying the opposite! We should never stop fighting to make things better.

    • Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      You know you get to choose who the Democrats are, right? You can get involved in the party and vote for the leadership of the DNC and your local and state chapters. You can vote in the primaries. Hell, you can run for office yourself.