Hundreds of protesters opposed to the expansion of a Tesla plant in Grünheide, near Berlin, clashed with police on Friday as some of them attempted to storm the electric vehicle manufacturing facility....
Don’t forget the decision banning non-competes. Apparently the decision went along ‘party lines’, with you know who Gop trying to keep them. But nooooooo, bOtH sIdEs SaMe.
The Democrats can’t do as much as you want them to when there’s a very real chance of losing the election to the Republicans. If you want change, then vote. If you want policy 475, you need to vote for policy 1 first.
Dude no. They need to win elections which means they can’t lose to Republicans. That’s it. When they know they can’t lose, they will move on to better policies. They aren’t going to magically move left when there’s a very real chance of losing the election. Sorry to say, you’re twisting yourself into knots trying to justify not voting.
Your question is complete backwards. They can’t move left because there is a real chance of losing. You win elections from the center. If you have a risk of losing that means you stay firmly in the center.
It’s the Overton window. If the right ideas keep losing, then the left ideas have more say. If the right wing ideas don’t win you elections, they slowly fade away. If left wing ideas win you elections, the the whole Overton window goes to which left wing ideas will win.
Like dude you just listed off the entire Overton window that they’re appealing to because it won them an election and might win them another election. Like you just did it! Why do those talking points even exist? Because it won and could win again. Shut those out by voting. Tell them resoundingly that there’s no chance of winning on those ideas, and then the Overton window can move left.
You literally win from the middle. One switched vote is worth double from the fringes, because you take away from the other party and get one yourself.
And if you run against incumbents, you have to be even more in the middle - think Clinton and Biden. Biden had to run center, although he’s acting further left than what he ran on.
Sorry but you’re just trying to justify not voting, by pretending that not voting will magically make the party move left. It won’t. It’s fantasy. Not voting means they will meet in the middle even harder.
You want change? Make the Dems win resoundingly and successively.
Bill Clinton is the one that ran against an incumbent. He had to run center. Against Bush senior. Bill Clinton. The one that was actually president. Bill.
Hillary Clinton thank you for bringing that up. She ran on climate war/map room. That and the attacks lost it. But what do you think the window would be if Hillary Clinton won? Easy, it would be further left. You’re making my case for me.
And what did the protest no vote do? That’s right, fucking handed it to Trump. You’re making my case for me
Instead Trump won and guess what happened to the Overton window? It went off the cliff to the right. And it’s still there because he won and could win again. You’re making this too easy.
Disengaged voters you say. Hey I wonder what they could do. Hmmmmmmmm. Hmmmmm. Hmmmmm. I think they could, wait for it, vote! If you want policy number 475 you have to vote for policy 1 first. That’s exactly what happened with GOP, they voted for decades and they finally got roe overturned. You keep making my case.
Besides, swing voters don’t just vote according to a rational policy calculus of centrism. A lot of it is vibes or superficial nonsense.
Doesn’t fucking matter. They vote. And guess what, that means they get heard. You keep making my case for me.
Agree the Dems aren’t going to magically move left like you think they’re going to when you don’t vote. They will move with the voters. But you don’t like this so you try to say it’s all donors and whatever else. It’s unbelievable. The way you get things is to change is to vote. This is so incredibly easy but you want to make up excuses and do mental gymnastics. Get dem in the whitehouse and majority in Congress for 20 years straight and watch it fucking move. You do that by voting.
Oh I see you’re from .ml. it’ll just be more excuses and mental gymnastics. Ciao.
Lmao thank you for confirming your mental gymnastics! You don’t even make sense. Kinda figured after you saw your mistake with Bill Clinton. I did some edits though. Ciao for real and you don’t get to complain when you don’t vote.
Jenny Mathers, a specialist in Russian intelligence services at Aberystwyth University in Wales, said there has been a notable increase in the number and intensity of Russia-linked incidents for the past year, adding that “we are likely to see an acceleration of this trend"....
I watched the first 3-4 seasons before it wore thin. Now, like 5 years after its final season, I see it referenced places and the guys doing commercials. Can someone explain?
I constantly see angry mobs of people decrying “woke”, “critical race theory”, ““grooming””, and whatever other nonsense they made up this week. They march around with guns, constantly appending lib as a prefix to any word they can use to denigrate. They actively plot violence and spew hatred in the open....
The right wing has a long history of real repression. Think slavery, segregation, Jim Crow (simply saying it doesn’t do it justice), voter suppression, KKK, mob violence, etc. As much as I hate to realize it, they were fundamentally built on violence and hate. It’s never left them. Especially the mentality, which is “my way or violence”.
This is also why they project the left is violent. Because they are, so they assume everyone else is too. So they try to portray left groups as violent. Same with having an agenda. They have one, so they assume everyone else has one too. It’s all projection.
Donald Trump says he'll revoke Joe Biden's protections for trans people 'on day one' (www.advocate.com)
Eight hundred protesters attempt to storm German Tesla factory (www.theguardian.com)
Hundreds of protesters opposed to the expansion of a Tesla plant in Grünheide, near Berlin, clashed with police on Friday as some of them attempted to storm the electric vehicle manufacturing facility....
bOth sIDeS aRe ThE SaME!!1! (lemmy.world)
Sad, but rule (pawb.social)
TIL China now has a 3 child policy. (en.m.wikipedia.org)
Maximum, that is....
Does France have regional accents?
top ten loopholes (lemmy.cafe)
Amid fresh warnings that Russia is preparing “violent acts of sabotage” in Europe and NATO states, experts say there is already a significant uptick in what appears to be covert Russian sabotage (www.france24.com)
Jenny Mathers, a specialist in Russian intelligence services at Aberystwyth University in Wales, said there has been a notable increase in the number and intensity of Russia-linked incidents for the past year, adding that “we are likely to see an acceleration of this trend"....
Wake up babe ne Kamate droped (sh.itjust.works)
r*ddit
Tank you Vlad, very cool (sh.itjust.works)
r*ddit
When did the show "Suits" suddenly get popular?
I watched the first 3-4 seasons before it wore thin. Now, like 5 years after its final season, I see it referenced places and the guys doing commercials. Can someone explain?
My older sister and I (on the left) around 1992 (lemmy.world)
Our ‘90’s fashion and hair.
476,000-year-old ancient woodworking discovery rewrites early human history (www.earth.com)
Is there any research on the possible market impact or fund volatility due to generational die offs?
Put another way: What happens to the S&P 500 when the Baby Boomers see a spike in death rates and their estate liquidates their assets?
How come liberals dont hate conservatives the way conservatives hate liberals
I constantly see angry mobs of people decrying “woke”, “critical race theory”, ““grooming””, and whatever other nonsense they made up this week. They march around with guns, constantly appending lib as a prefix to any word they can use to denigrate. They actively plot violence and spew hatred in the open....