What type of smooth-brained clown wouldn’t think that the current election isn’t the most important one?
This meme isn’t as clever and edgy as whoever made it thinks it is and the comments I’m reading show that a lot of people here are totally fine to repeat the mistakes of the past and keep the status quo going.
Unironically typing “repeat the mistakes of the past” with ignoring the history of how we got here displays an astoundingly myopic view of recent events. Both parties serve the same billionaires, which is why the Republicans do what they want and Dems are content with “decorum”. In fact, our two-parties have displayed a remarkable overlap on the Venn Diagram:
• Republicans and Democrats both vote to increase ICE funding every year.
• Republicans and Democrats in Congress both practice insider trading.
• Republicans and Democrats presidents both bail out corporations that are "too big to fail" (i.e., Bush Jr., Obama).
• Republicans and Democrats both vote to give corporations subsides (i.e., corporate welfare).
• Republicans and Democrats both receive campaign finances from billionaires (i.e., legal bribery).
• Republican and Democrat presidents both order drone strike, resulting in mass civilian casualties.
• Republican and Democrat presidents have both bombed countries without Congressional approval (e.g., Trump, Biden).
• Republicans and Democrats both kept Guantanamo Bay open for decades. (A precursor for Trump's treatment of immigrants.)
• Republicans and Democrats both crack down on whistle blowers.
• Republicans and Democrats both maintain a surveillance state on its citizens.
• Republican and Democrat administrations both assassinated democratically elected leaders overseas.
• Republicans and Democrats both fund Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people.
Trump was not created ex nihilo. Presidential power has been growing for decades. Congress has been blatantly corrupt for decades. We have broken (and supported breaking) international laws for decades. Trump is a symptom of a larger problem: our government functions to serve profit rather than people. The problem will continue long after he is gone, unless the American people demand more.
Unironically, no. The last election was the most important in American history, and this next one will do little to undo the damage. Even if Democrats win every seat in the midterms, all it could do is make Trump tear off that last veil of normalcy and make good on his promise to kill “traitors.” That likely won’t happen because too many safe Democrats will fold to maintain normalcy(corporate interests).
Only local races can affect policy in the next election, and all races need to build a left wing political movement that opposes corporate interests to make any progress. The only enemy that’s reachable through elections are the corrupt establishment, not the fascists. They don’t need to win elections, only have enough foot soldiers to crack faces.
The presidential election won’t even matter as long as Trump’s still breathing because his death is the only way he leaves office. I’ve been saying this all year: liberal democracy is over. We will see years of political turmoil as opportunists pretend we can rebuild on the old system, but the foundation is now too rotten to remain stable. It will never be the same.
What type of smooth-brained clown wouldn’t think that the current election isn’t the most important one?
This meme isn’t as clever and edgy as whoever made it thinks it is and the comments I’m reading show that a lot of people here are totally fine to repeat the mistakes of the past and keep the status quo going.
Unironically typing “repeat the mistakes of the past” with ignoring the history of how we got here displays an astoundingly myopic view of recent events. Both parties serve the same billionaires, which is why the Republicans do what they want and Dems are content with “decorum”. In fact, our two-parties have displayed a remarkable overlap on the Venn Diagram:
Trump was not created ex nihilo. Presidential power has been growing for decades. Congress has been blatantly corrupt for decades. We have broken (and supported breaking) international laws for decades. Trump is a symptom of a larger problem: our government functions to serve profit rather than people. The problem will continue long after he is gone, unless the American people demand more.
Soooo…. The next election isn’t that important?
Unironically, no. The last election was the most important in American history, and this next one will do little to undo the damage. Even if Democrats win every seat in the midterms, all it could do is make Trump tear off that last veil of normalcy and make good on his promise to kill “traitors.” That likely won’t happen because too many safe Democrats will fold to maintain normalcy(corporate interests).
Only local races can affect policy in the next election, and all races need to build a left wing political movement that opposes corporate interests to make any progress. The only enemy that’s reachable through elections are the corrupt establishment, not the fascists. They don’t need to win elections, only have enough foot soldiers to crack faces.
The presidential election won’t even matter as long as Trump’s still breathing because his death is the only way he leaves office. I’ve been saying this all year: liberal democracy is over. We will see years of political turmoil as opportunists pretend we can rebuild on the old system, but the foundation is now too rotten to remain stable. It will never be the same.
“Power is now the final form of representation: it only represents itself.” Jean Baudrillard, The Agony of Power.
It’s important in so far as your preference, the party of the carrot or the party of the stick.