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Tbf I expected way better of Americans than to fall for Trump twice.

The Democratic Party might as well give up if they are still going to try to keep rooting for same old, same old. Blame media both sidesing and sanewashing, blame unlimited money in politics, blame your average voter's lack of critical thought. If the party leadership doesn't want change, if media doesn't want actual change, then it's hard to expect anything good from them for the time being. Governor Kathy Hochul is a prime example, she keeps kneecapping good policies at the last second like proper right to repair and congestion pricing, thinking like playing political games is going to help anyone. It's not, it only hurts us.

All blue states and blue cities in purple and red states can do right now is show themselves as shining beacons of democracy and progress as the remainder of states get absolutely screwed by the feds. The Dem party as a whole needs to take a moment and rethink its strategy.

I'm still processing.

I'm definitely not giving up. I've thought about just being more blunt with people. But I'm naturally an empathetic person. So I'll probably still listen to people and try to understand. Some people are just freaking ignorant though. And it's frustrating to see people who disagree with everything Trump stands for still vote for him because they don't like Democratic vibes.

TFW you read the article, read the comments, then reread the article assuming you must have missed something.

You didn't.

I'm not giving up on America. But for now I've given up on Americans.

The reason is that we agree on all of the concerns, working class families should be getting attention and support and they're not. The rich are eating us alive. Mainstream politics isn't helping.

But it's clearly substantially more the fault of the right, who are lying through their teeth to the working class while accelerating wealth disparities, anti-worker policies, and removing their upward-mobility as well as democratic, institutional and social protections they actually rely on.

And if Americans are so uninterested in facing reality that they'd rather be lied to than put in a little effort to actually check the candidates' policies, if they'll vote against their interests and give in to blatant propaganda and manipulation, when everyone is telling them what well happen... Well, what can we say but, "Ok, face-eating leopards it is. Enjoy. Let us know when you're tired of that."

I mean, yeah.. I don't blame them. America has spoken and they aren't interested in education, science, ethics, honesty, integrity, and certainly not any intellectualism. That is all sucker nerd shit. Good luck getting ahead with any of that sucker. I like people who just take what they want. - America

You know what you call people who voted for fascism? Fascists.

I’d say you can lead a horse to water etc etc but the Democratic Party can barely even lead the horse anymore.

undermines the foundation of democracy to make line go up

is shocked when it starts to collapse

I mean I've basically given up on this country. It's so irredeemable at this point I don't see what my paltry involvment will matter. Bunch of people fucked around and now we all get to find out whether we wanted to or not. I can't keep expending energy fighting stupid.

Civilizations are born, then they live, then they die.

The US is critically ill, and at this point, it looks terminal. It might not be, but the odds are that it is.

And that, as they say, is that.

The article is okay but I'm struggling with the author's conflation of misanthropy and misandry. Both are mentioned, but only one applies. It could be that the author made a typo, but the tone of the article to me suggests otherwise.

Fixed my own typo.

Finally, a Jacobin article I agree with.

Most Americans don't understand what an election is they just think it's funny content like pranks or something