Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social
I feel like a lot of our political moment stems down to tens of millions of Americans literally incapable of imagining something worse than someone being annoying.
Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social
I feel like a lot of our political moment stems down to tens of millions of Americans literally incapable of imagining something worse than someone being annoying.
This is where the cognitive dissonance shows up. One party tried to push health care for all, cheaper education, relief from loans, and the other did absolutely everything they could to worsen the situation if not outright sabotage it. Yet that same fascist side is the one that people wanted, that offered no real solutions, and unquestionably stated they were going to implement policy that would cause more harm to those already down on their luck. But that didn’t matter. Nationalism, prejudice, and (troll-farm assisted social media) hate for their opponents won instead of supporting policy that would actually have helped.
That’s ignoring the fact that the election was rigged. Trump straight up bragged about it, but no one did a thing.
Uh… No? Democrats had a supermajority that one time and decidedly did not codify healthcare for all. And, you know, they’re the ones keeping the filibuster around, so all that progress they’re supposedly trying to achieve is being sabotaged by them. Point being: If they actually wanted any of these things, they would’ve made them reality rather than make up reasons for why they couldn’t. When Republicans make concrete policy promises they actually get them done or make a real effort to do so, while Democrats for the most part don’t. Democratic bad faith is as important a part in all this as Republican fascism.