Official 2020 US Election: Democratic Party Discussion

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SpokenTruth said:

DarthMetalliCube said:
I cannot believe the utter state of this party..

I'm not mad at you America, I'm just utterly disappointed.

It's just all so ass backwards..

I'm mad and disappointed.  And pissed.

Disappointed in the older generations for denying the younger generations a healthcare equal or greater to their own. You're supposed to leave this world in a better shape than you came into it. Feels like the elderly just wanted to keep everything status quo.

I'm mad at the youth for talking a big game about revolution, progressiveness, democratic socialism, giving a damn about others and the future.....and then they couldn't be assed to go vote when it mattered.

And pissed.  Pissed at the DNC for pulling their usual bullshit. Pissed at the mainstream media for being the mouthpiece of the DNC. Pissed at state election officials for suppressing votes. And pissed at Andrew Yang for endorsing Biden about an hour ago.

Yeah that's a shame. I don't hate Yang but that burned a lot of his credibility for me. The CNN gig raised an eyebrow for me but ugh, supporting Biden? The establishment obviously has their boy, and are going all-in for him. All I can say is good luck America lol. 

And I'm probably essentially burning what few bridges I have left here but.. I'm growing increasingly disillusioned with Bernie as well. His campaign has been far too passive, "Joe is my friend" (wtf?) and being silent on the DNC's obvious collusion to keep out Tulsi. Despite her backing out of a prominent position in the DNC in 2016 to back him. He hasn't returned the favor, outside of one semi-supportive tweet. Big deal.. This guy is losing me. He's just too soft, and is AGAIN going to bow down before the establishment. I feel like he just isn't strong enough to bring any real change.

My list of favored politicians is growing ever thinner.. At this rate it's pretty much down to Kuscinch, Tulsi, Ron Paul, and maybe Ventura ha.

The one glimmer of hope is his millions of supporters are inevitably going to conglomerate towards another politician who closely aligns with their views when Bern inevitably lets them down again. Even if it takes some years, it will happen. Bernie's movement isn't about Bernie, but his (supposed) ideals/policy. The same way that on the right, the Tea party sort of began under Palin, failed there, and eventually migrated to Trump, the same will happen with the Bernie movement on the left. 

Anyway whatever. Ultimately I need to just take a step back and look at the big picture, and realize this bs isn't going to really affect my life personally one way or another. Whether it's Trump or Biden, things will essentially remain the same. It's a massive and complex machine and no one man is enough to significantly move the needle. It's more political theater than anything. I was never really naive enough to believe that M4A was going to be implemented anytime soon anyway, nor full or even partial student loan forgiveness. Even if Bernie got the nom, most of his proposals would be blocked by the more moderate Dems/GOP, which frankly is most of the base. Business as usual in America regardless.