• Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    No. You’re saying that people who can’t afford groceries should be ecstatic about being lied to that they’re doing fine.

    And then belittling anyone who says that things ain’t as great as you’re claiming by pretending that they’re expecting the impossible when they just want their own party to accept the reality that they’re not doing well. Which I guess since that party is Democrats, is asking the impossible. After all, everything’s perfect at all times when Democrats are in office and if your lying pocketbook tells you otherwise, it’s only because you want Trump to win.

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      10 days ago

      We aren’t doing fine, but we are doing as well as can realistically be expected. There is nowhere on the planet that isn’t struggling right now. Food insecurity is up everywhere. Cost of living is up everywhere. The global economy is still recovering from Covid and nobody can fix that with a snap of their fingers. It will just take time.

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        10 days ago

        We aren’t doing fine, but we are doing as well as can realistically be expected.

        Democrats didn’t seem to think so during the last election cycle.

        Cost of living is up everywhere.

        Gee. If only someone had the opportunity to raise the minimum wage during the past 4 years.

        The global economy is still recovering from Covid and nobody can fix that with a snap of their fingers. It will just take time.

        We shoveled a fuckton of money at people who were already rich. The global economy is working just fine for everyone the two major parties actually give a shit about.

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          10 days ago

          Gee. If only someone had the opportunity to raise the minimum wage during the past 4 years.

          By everywhere I mean other countries.

          The global economy is working just fine for everyone the two major parties actually give a shit about.

          Get out of here with that “both parties are the same” shit. It only helps Trump.

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            9 days ago

            Get out of here with that “both parties are the same” shit. It only helps Trump.

            HE’S NEVER RUNNING AGAIN. You just don’t want criticism of how Democrats represent the same interests as Republicans.

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              9 days ago

              I wish I had the faith in Trump following the Constitution that you do. Democrats and Republicans are not the same. If you disagree, try talking to a woman who needs an abortion, a black man in jail for weed possession, or any LGBT person.

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                9 days ago

                If you disagree, try talking to a woman who needs an abortion, a black man in jail for weed possession, or any LGBT person.

                In order: Democrats thought the filibuster was more important than codifying Roe, Biden ran out the clock on purpose on rescheduling cannabis, and centrists in this last election cycle used right wing “boys in girls’ sports” hatred in their own ads.

                Both sides aren’t the same, but they’re converging, and I refuse to make or accept excuses for it.

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                  8 days ago

                  They would be converging if the Republicans weren’t moving even further right. They are literally rolling back civil rights legislation, weakening child labor laws, requiring public schools to teach the Bible, and want to deport citizens. Plus all the Project 2035 stuff.

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                    8 days ago

                    They would be converging if the Republicans weren’t moving even further right.

                    That’s just an excuse for chasing after them.

                    They are literally rolling back civil rights legislation, weakening child labor laws, requiring public schools to teach the Bible, and want to deport citizens.

                    And Democrats look at that and see an opportunity to move right.