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Two paths for the democratic party

Would you vote for a democrat that pushed one of these two philosophies?

  • I voted Harris and I prefer nothing changes in the democratic party

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  • I voted Trump, but I would vote for a progressive like Bernie

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  • I did not vote for President and I prefer nothing changes in the Democratic Party

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Man we were in the same page until this. Less than optimal performance of our intelligence agencies does mean they not great most of the time, and it absolutely doesn’t mean we should take putin’s word over theirs. He is a pathological liar and dictator, who is willing to play the long and short game to get what he wants.
I agree about what he is, but keep in mind that Zelensky cancelled the elections. Kind of a dictator move there.
 
The problem is the official party line is crickets. You have individuals like Bernie, Walz, etc doing/saying stuff but there is no ongoing coordinated response/attack from the party and current party leaders. It's infuriating.

Preaching to the choir. Totally agree.
 
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The problem is the official party line is crickets. You have individuals like Bernie, Walz, etc doing/saying stuff but there is no ongoing coordinated response/attack from the party and current party leaders. It's infuriating.

I understand your dilemma,.. thinking for yourself without input from the Collective is hard.

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I agree about what he is, but keep in mind that Zelensky cancelled the elections. Kind of a dictator move there.
Under normal circumstances I would agree. But it's hard to have people lining up at the poles with missiles landing in the neighborhood, and even Zalensky's political rivals agreed.

 
I agree about what he is, but keep in mind that Zelensky cancelled the elections. Kind of a dictator move there.
I would have to see what their constitution provides for. I would add that when Russia is right next door and would do everything they can to fix the election while they are occupying part of your country, I could see wartime exceptions being made.
 
This is a competely worthless thread because it doesn't account at all for how real voters in the real world make their decisions.

If most/all people made their voting decisions on the basis of rational choices and by carefully analyzing "abundance agendas" and "progressive populism" vs the current Republican agenda there would be no chance for a Donald Trump to become President of the United States.

It's fantasy, this is all fantasy. It's what the Democrats do over and over and over and it's a fail. And basing the party approach around this type of stuff will continue to be an ongoing fail. Oppose Trump and Trumpism. That's the party agenda at the least through 2028. The United States is at stake here.
Agreed, and they turned the very people they have claimed to have be champions for;
Blue Collar workers
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I would have to see what their constitution provides for. I would add that when Russia is right next door and would do everything they can to fix the election while they are occupying part of your country, I could see wartime exceptions being made.
Here's my issue. Ukraine (even under the U.S.S.R.) has a history of being corrupt. Zelensky is in no way without sin. When the world powers wanted to move major military power into Ukraine, that's when Putin acted. It was repeatedly asked since the Wall fell that they not do that. Think how you would feel if China, Russia, etc. moved a huge military presence into Canada or Mexico. The Cuban missile crisis was exactly that. We didn't like it at all.

Now I'm not standing up for Putin. I just understand what his concern is. I don't agree with him starting the war. There are other ways of dealing with it. I just think that the Zelensky/Biden relationship spooked him and didn't feel there was any other way.
 
Here's my issue. Ukraine (even under the U.S.S.R.) has a history of being corrupt. Zelensky is in no way without sin. When the world powers wanted to move major military power into Ukraine, that's when Putin acted. It was repeatedly asked since the Wall fell that they not do that. Think how you would feel if China, Russia, etc. moved a huge military presence into Canada or Mexico. The Cuban missile crisis was exactly that. We didn't like it at all.

Now I'm not standing up for Putin. I just understand what his concern is. I don't agree with him starting the war. There are other ways of dealing with it. I just think that the Zelensky/Biden relationship spooked him and didn't feel there was any other way.
I think that is utter bullshit. Putin wanted a land bridge to crimea and eastern Ukraine’s resources. He wants to get the old USSR back together. McCain called this over a decade ago.

 
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I don't know.

All I know is that the only people criticizing Zelensky for cancelling elections during wartime are Putin and trump.
We don't know what his people are saying because he has made the press there a state media.
 
The bullshit is not the quote, but treating the circumstances equally. It would be like Trump declaring he will cancel elections in 2028 because we have a “war” on our border with Mexico.
Exactly. That's why it was wrong for Zelensky to do what he did. That's how people become dictators.
 
There's a difference between not endorsing a religion and trying to erase religion, especially if someone claims to be offended. To put it simply, the difference is being forced to actively participate. Having a prayer before a HS football game is OK. Being forced to lead or say a prayer isn't OK.
Yes, I’m sure it would go well for people to walk away from the prayer circle. About as well as taking a knee. I watched one between 2 teams in Texas a few days ago and I guarantee at least one of those girls didn’t believe in the Christian God, but had to stand there and pretend so she didn’t create attention from others.
 
Exactly. That's why it was wrong for Zelensky to do what he did. That's how people become dictators.
No, he had an actual war with another country attempting to exterminate him and Ukraine as an independent sovereign nation. You are starting to sound like the Russians I have on ignore from the Putin thread.
 
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What does that have to do with McCain’s position on Russia?
Nothing, many politicians have been warning us of it. Even Obama did. But everyone knew not to build up military presence in Ukraine. It was just not on the table. Obama sent Biden over to do just that. But when Biden came into office he talked of changing that. It was a huge blunder.
 

Neat it's similar to what is happening in the US with media consolidation both tradition and social and the consolidation of outlets. Like Bezos controlling the narrative to be more libertarian and all of the social media's bending the knee. The approved narratives play nicely into the manufactured consent propaganda model. Wait until AI models get just a tiny bit more robust, the internet will go from over 50% bots to closer to 95% and they will be used to steer opinions and monitor for dissidents.

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Neat it's similar to what is happening in the US with media consolidation both tradition and social and the consolidation of outlets. Like Bezos controlling the narrative to be more libertarian and all of the social media's bending the knee. The approved narratives play nicely into the manufactured consent propaganda model. Wait until AI models get just a tiny bit more robust, the internet will go from over 50% bots to closer to 95% and they will be used to steer opinions and monitor for dissidents.

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AI does scare me.
 
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Nothing, many politicians have been warning us of it. Even Obama did. But everyone knew not to build up military presence in Ukraine. It was just not on the table. Obama sent Biden over to do just that. But when Biden came into office he talked of changing that. It was a huge blunder.
It’s all pretext. If Putin was successful rather than have it blow up in his face for 3 years, we’d be hearing about false flags in countries bordering Ukraine.
 
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The problem with the US is that power rests in the hands of a few very wealthy and powerful people. Wealthy and powerful people are pulling the strings with the abundance movement. Therefore the abundance movement would look to keep power in the hands of the wealthy and powerful. The negotiated positions between two neoliberal parties is neoliberalism.

Man you just get hyped for bullshit compromise. This type of compromise only looks to the strengthening of the status quo. It's like a nesting doll of neoliberalism. It would be the party of Hakeem Jefferies, Chuck Schumer, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Mitt Romney, Joe Biden, Joe Manchin, Kirsten Sinema, John Huntsman, and John Kasich. Those type of people helped set this current landscape. Granted, they are better than what we have now, however, the amount of voters that will look to politicians like that to correct the issues would be small after the damage that is about to be inflicted. Incrementalism and compromise has failed miserably from the left. I'm a pass.
Exactly. Regardless of what reforms are passed to level the playing field, they will always be the target of erosion by those with money and those with power. They want to have everything and leave the rest of us with nothing, that is their ultimate goal.
 
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First I will say I am no expert on this. I am learning as much as possible though and like what I see so far. To summarize my understanding it recognizes the advantage of a pro-business climate, but with smart/effective regulation - not the ineffective policies we have today. It believes in a safety net, maybe not to the degree of Bernie though.

Take housing: we have unaffordable housing in blue cities despite democrats running those cities. Why? In large part because it is unprofitable to build additional affordable housing due to regulations, zoning timelines, environmental concerns, community pushback, government intervention, etc.

And yet we know we need affordable housing. The answer according to the abundance agenda is to find a path to streamline the obstacles to doing things efficiently. Obstacles that were all too often put in place by Democrats with all the best intentions, but that backfire when it comes to getting stuff done.
I think housing is a terrible excuse. The market is supposed to be this all knowing, all powerful deity that allocates resources properly. It doesn't. When the profit motive is behind everything we do, the needs of the masses are ignored to satisfy the ghoulish dragons at the top, hoarding their wealth.

As of a few years ago, there were 28 vacant homes for each homeless person in this country. It's not a problem of inventory.

We're on the back end of abundance right now IMO, we can't keep raping our planet for finite resources to create shit that we don't need. I saw a product today on one of the morning shows that is a mask that you put on to massage your face after you get a headache from too much screen time. Like WTF is this shit?? INNOVATION!
 
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You and I disagreed on supporting Putin vs supporting our own intelligence agencies. Not sure how we got off track and with Ukraine and now Nazi Germany.

Either way, I still feel the same about Putin, and will never find a reason to support him.
 
The path to winning for democrats, 2 strategies; 1. Let MAGA self destruct itself, do not stand in their way, let them cut their own throat (it will happen, it always happens to those who believe they are in a mandate position) 2. Stop pandering to people who make up less than 1% of the population and focus on those who make up 99% of the population.

Focusing publicly on stupid shit, ignoring real pressing issues, pandering to lunatic ideas, and pretending the leader of the free world and your parties president wasn't losing his mental capacities when it was obvious to the public was a losing strategy.

Also...hello freak bitches, it has been a minute.
 
The path to winning for democrats, 2 strategies; 1. Let MAGA self destruct itself, do not stand in their way, let them cut their own throat (it will happen, it always happens to those who believe they are in a mandate position) 2. Stop pandering to people who make up less than 1% of the population and focus on those who make up 99% of the population.

Focusing publicly on stupid shit, ignoring real pressing issues, pandering to lunatic ideas, and pretending the leader of the free world and your parties president wasn't losing his mental capacities when it was obvious to the public was a losing strategy.

Also...hello freak bitches, it has been a minute.

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Your advocacy and excuse making for Russia is bizarre.
No excuse making. I'm just saying I've seen this way to often. Zelensky is not a good guy either. I will not take sides on this. They are both bad people and countries and this should've never happened. I feel for the people of Ukraine and Russia.
 
You and I disagreed on supporting Putin vs supporting our own intelligence agencies. Not sure how we got off track and with Ukraine and now Nazi Germany.

Either way, I still feel the same about Putin, and will never find a reason to support him.
Agreed. I don't like either of the leaders. They are both lying dictators. I feel sorry for the people of Ukraine and Russia for having such pricks for leaders.
 
The path to winning for democrats, 2 strategies; 1. Let MAGA self destruct itself, do not stand in their way, let them cut their own throat (it will happen, it always happens to those who believe they are in a mandate position) 2. Stop pandering to people who make up less than 1% of the population and focus on those who make up 99% of the population.

Focusing publicly on stupid shit, ignoring real pressing issues, pandering to lunatic ideas, and pretending the leader of the free world and your parties president wasn't losing his mental capacities when it was obvious to the public was a losing strategy.

Also...hello freak bitches, it has been a minute.
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