US Authoritarianism

It's funny that you've thought about this for so long and you still don't understand. You need to take your position and think about it for 15 more minutes. People here who are blasting the Democrats in Washington are probably people who voted for them or who considered voting for them. The politicians who are supposed to represent us are failing to do so. That's a big problem.

If you want to point out that the Republicans are worse, good for you. Many of us have much worse things to say about Republicans, and we definitely vote against them. So if you're accusing us of being shallow or hypocritical, you're just wrong.

Many commenters have defended Washington Democrats by talking about how the Republicans obstruct everything. Yes, that's true, and it's an old problem. What have the Democrats done to prevent it from happening in the future? The Democrats could have tried to get rid of the filibuster, they could have raised the debt ceiling by minting coins worth a billion dollars, they could have tried to stack the court with Democrats to offset the Republican efforts, they could have tried to create national health care. They could have done lots of things. And some Democrats are honestly in favor of these things. Others are corporate centrists. They'll talk the talk as much as necessary, but they won't act towards progressive interests.

If you think pointing that out is destructive, you've just adopted an anti-democratic position where leftist views don't mean anything. And if that's your view, I don't think it's worthy of respect. Also, you might say that speaking critically about the Democrats is bad because it hurts their chances of winning in the election. That's wrong for two reasons. First, halfway intelligent voters already know some of the major issues, and pretending those issues don't exist isn't going to motivate them. It's better to be honest about the state of affairs. Second, we have a civic duty to redress our grievances with government. Biden was hurt in the bull's heavily because he had supported Israeli genocide. The public was opposed to that in large numbers, and you can bet that other people have carefully considered their stances as a result of the pressure that they saw Biden feel.

The American people just spent 15 years watching Obamacare get gutted from what it originally was, minimum wage not increase at the federal level, the SCOTUS got 3 conservative judges appointed to it despite two being appointed against precedent, marijuana is still illegal at the federal level, Chevron Deference was just gutted, Roe v Wade was overturned and half this country lost bodily autonomy, the last two decades have seen the least productive congresses in our nation's history yet the filibuster remains because "decorum/the Republicans might take advantage of it," cops still have qualified immunity, millions of people don't have health insurance or are food insecure or are homeless, school funding has been gutten, college tuition continues to skyrocket, trillions of dollars have been funneled from the poorest to the richest in this country for no other reason than greed while social welfare programs are being cut, the list goes on for a long time.

And all of this was done by "Republican obstruction," which is fine, it's a legitimate reason for things to happen or not happen. But after 15+ years, minimum, and this new generation of voters watching the Democrat Party hum and haw and wag their fingers at each other and Republicans while the American people get fucked more and more year after year...

It's not a legitimate excuse anymore, and this whole Democrat shtick of "you have to vote for us because we're not the Republicans" isn't working anymore, people are fucking tired of it. I'm fucking tired of it, honestly. Republicans got TWO SCOTUS nominations because, at a minimum, one man in one position in the Senate refused to follow decorum. And the Democrats just twiddled their thumbs and said "humpty dee, nothing we can do, sorry, it's the rules" 🤷‍♀️.

To get back to the minimum wage: Trump got funding for his stupid wall by taking money slotted for shit like schools for the DoD and such through a state of emergency, but Biden/the Democrats can't do anything about the minimum wage? Or abortion? Or marijuana? Trump got his wall funding basically overnight, it seemed, but it took 3 years for the director of the DEA to reclassify marijuana because reasons?

Regardless of the reasoning behind it, whether its legitimate or not, people are sick of it. They're sick of being told to pinch their nose and vote for the candidate they don't even like because the "boogeyman" over there is gonna be much worse. But... How? They actually get shit done, and in ways that are apparently "illegal or against the rules" yet they have to remain as law/precedent because they still happened.

Bullshit. I'm as left/liberal/whatever you're supposed to call it now as it gets. I'm a veteran who thinks the DoD budget needs to be gutted and that the US military is the largest and most successful socialism program in our country, I'm a trans woman, I've worked public service and private sector jobs, I'm registered and vote blue, and I'll be honest, until Biden stepped down, I was seriously considering sitting out of this vote just because it was like, what's the point?

The Democrats don't care about what their constituents actually want (hence why they fucked Bernie over so badly, he wasn't "establishment" enough for them despite his popularity) in a candidate, and they don't pass legislation that actually benefits most of us. The biggest thing I've heard people rally behind is student loan forgiveness, which yes, the Democrats have achieved progress and victory on and been hampered by the Republicans, I'll acknowledge that.

But notice that's the only debt they're willing to forgive because it impacts enough of their constituents to warrant it? I've yet to hear a single Democrat (but have heard one Republican) say credit card debt from during the Pandemic should be forgiven since so many were forced to use credit cards to pay rent, groceries, utilities, etc while they either couldn't work or couldn't. And when I bring it up to friends with student loans, fellow Democrats, I'm basically told, "Well, you need to wait your turn, they'll get to that after the student loans." Why the fuck can't they do both?!? Why do the Democrats keep hindering progress so they can have a platform to run for reelection on, and God forbid they just accomplish a goal the American people actually want and then gasp actually have to come up with something else.

All this, everything above, the American people have to watch and listen to bullshit excuse after bullshit excuse day after fucking day while Congress ensures they still get their raises, they still have their health insurance, and they still only "work" like 32 weeks/year with all of their recesses and breaks and everything else, while the average American worker isn't even guaranteed a livable wage, or even fucking vacation/sick time, or health insurance.

So no, I'm tired of the "BuT fOx NeWs" bullshit that the Democrats keep spitting. Regardless of their circumstances, Republicans continuously hit their goals and ensure their policies are enacted, regardless of the decorum or precedent surrounding any of it. And all of that boils down to what Jeff Daniels said as Will McAvoy on The Newsroom:

"If liberals are so fuckin' smart, how come they lose so goddamn always?"

End rant/

Edit to OP's Update:

Yeah, democracy is 100% on the line, so why are anonymous senior Democrats coming forward and saying "We've resigned ourselves to a second Trump presidency?" Because it doesn't effect them, so why should they care??

And I'm sorry, but if the people we're electing resign themselves to failure, why the fuck should we even try? Like, seriously, if our elected representatives have resigned themselves to fascism and are perfectly ok with it, then wtf am I supposed to do? Give them more money so maybe they'll pretend to give a shit?

I understand what you're saying, but the Democrats don't get anything done. So after 30 years of getting fucking nothing from the party that keeps telling you the other guy is a fascist and you need to vote for them so they'll do XYZ, and then they pretend to half ass just X and don't even try to solve Y or Z, what's the fucking point? At the least the fascists don't bullshit, and at least the fascists get things done.

Democrat politicians act like they're their constituents parents who know what's actually best for them, and they're fucking not. We brought them into their position, they need to fucking get things done for us and stop with the constant bullshit infighting and bullshit excuses. If Trump can get 3 Supreme Court Justices and fucking Presidential immunity, why the FUCK can't Biden and the Democrats secure abortion/LGBTQ+/labor/etc rights into law? Why can't they fucking do anything other than enrich themselves with insider trading?

Notice despite things getting harder for the majority of Americans, every politicians portfolio across the aisle still went up? Yet they're telling us they understand things are hard, they're trying their best. At least the fucking Republicans just tell you they're gonna fuck you in the ass and how. The Democrats promise you dinner and then expect their cum down your throat to be sufficient, while expecting you to thank them for tapping your head before they cum.

I seriously hope this reinvigorated voting base convinces the DNC that the way things are going aren't working, and that the DNC were a lot closer to becoming non-existent with this election than they felt comfortable. Because that's how all of us minorities feel, but we don't have golden fucking parachutes to catch us when shit continues to hit the fan because the Democrats care more about gobbling the balls of lobbyists than they do the people who fucking put them there in the first place.