"You didn't give in to the conservatives, so it's your fault that the conservatives are worse. If only you would have surrendered earlier, maybe they would have been nicer to you."
Ever so sorry we were prematurely anti-fascist, and rudely correct before it became blindingly obvious.
And it cuts both ways. If you think that they can get the votes on the budget to get it to pass, then they can get the votes on other things, and so promises to do those other things are precisely as not empty as what they are doing on the budget.
I think that what the Democrats are doing by holding the line on the budget is a good thing. It's what I want them to do. But you can't dismiss proposals of other things just because they don't have the votes to pass, while simultaneously liking what they are doing on the budget that also won't pass
I feel like you're deliberately missing my point. It is okay to ask our elected officials to propose measures in Congress even if those measures might not pass. After all, they can't pass anything without GOP support. Those proposals are not empty just because they might not pass.
furthermore, they expressly do not believe in democracy. not an exaggeration, their funders are fully in the technofeudalist/monarchist ideological swamp. their figurehead literally does not understand how our or any democracy works. they dont want to be in any kind of government with you at all
Because liberals tend not to directly insult conservatives on account of their humane and inclusive worldview so right wingers have to look back further for insults to GOP voters. Meanwhile this weekend every major Republican congressman said I hate America.
You can't get a majority of votes on your side if you don't try. I mean, it's going to take a majority to pass a budget that protects healthcare, too. Either they can work with the GOP to get enough votes to pass things, or they can't. If they can, it's not an empty threat. If they can't, well.
Like, I'm an inveterate Dune fan, and I think there's a lot that people could learn from it, but it's not a great place to start any more. Not in a world where Binti is an option.
I've referenced this several times in relation to the topic, usually when pointing out that Sam Harris effectively said exactly that. www.smbc-comics.com/comic/bias
The same thing happens in Puerto Rico. There's a lot of sympathy for fellow victims of colonialism, and the Puerto Ricans know what it's like to have your flag declared illegal.
This is the capitalist cycle in action: consumers want lower priced goods, manufacturers cut costs by not paying their workers fairly, workers (aka consumers) have less money to spend, consumers want lower priced goods.
