Polling shows Americans are ready to support independent populists running on economic platforms. But what they don’t want is anything associated with the Democratic Party’s brand.
  • BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world
    24·
    2 months ago

    You have a choice between a room temperature Pepsi and being hit in between the eyes with a hammer repeatedly, and while I am also sick of this stupid binary choice, I don’t keep voluntarily choosing the hammer. This is truly a “we’ve tried nothing and are all out of ideas” scenario.

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 months ago

      If you cannot refuse both, there is no choice. You’re just forcing people to drink lukewarm pepsi by threatening them with a hammer between the eyes.

  • III@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    2 months ago

    Party A told me that party B is bad. I supported party A but now they are hurting me specifically… BoTh PArTieS!!

    • Null User Object@lemmy.world
      10·
      2 months ago

      Oh, darn! If only we’d thought of that sooner! Hold my beer for a moment while I go push the “enact a form of ranked-choice or instant-runnoff” button, that’s just been sitting there this whole time. Why didn’t you suggest that sooner? It would have saved everyone so much trouble.

  • Ironfist79@lemmy.world
    13·
    2 months ago

    It’s true. I’m sick of Republicans but I’m also sick of weak, ineffectual Democrats who keep rolling over and snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. When it comes down to it, most Democrats are still capitalists which does not help to solve the issues at hand. We need a real leftist party who will actually take action and change this country for the better.

  • febra@lemmy.world
    6·
    2 months ago

    Because the only thing both parties have to offer is capitalism, which inevitably always morphs into oligarchy and fascism.