We have been asking them to talk about healthcare for a long time but Jesus Christ, now is not the time to start. It’s like they’re trying to lose and it’s infuriating to watch.

Do Republicans become more moderate once they get in office? No, and their voters punish the ones that do. So why are you talking about Democrats doing that like it’s a good thing? That strategy is a big part of our current problem. We keep trying to elect more progressive candidates but a bunch of them get into office then almost immediately say “jk, all that progressive business was a ruse, I’m actually here to lower corporate taxes”. If I wanted a moderate I’d fucking vote for one.

You mean you didn’t appreciate Harris campaigning with Republicans and throwing more support behind fracking than universal healthcare? Damn, what are you, some kind of socialist?

It’s to the point that I might prefer either a direct democracy with no representatives at all or electing reps via a lottery system. Most of the people with the desire to run for office, and all but a handful of those with the characteristics necessary to wade through the muck of special interests and campaign finance to actually get in office, are the kind of people you want as far away from power as possible.

The KIA EV9 is pretty reasonably priced for what you get. As far as I can tell it’s the only EV with a functional 3rd row that isn’t exclusively in the luxury category.

Those are just the easy parts of the equation to blame. The fact is none of it matters as much as wanting to believe what they’re telling you is true. Nobody can fix the hateful parts of those people except themselves. If they don’t then it will express itself in one form or another.

I’ve been there friend. It is not a fun experience but it was very enlightening. Someday they may see it but it is terrifying to understand how willingly ignorant some of us choose to be.

I’m assuming you’re saying this because no one has killed Trump or Musk yet. That’s sort of nonsensical considering the former has had at least two attempts on his life in the last year. Important people get shot at on a fairly regular basis in America.

Are you just ignoring all the instances where this statement isn’t true or do those not count because two guys you don’t like are still alive?

We like to pretend that was all in the distant past and things are different now. In some ways that’s true, but at the same time there are a lot of black people alive right now who weren’t allowed to use the same water fountain or attend the same school as white people. It’s not as far in the past as most of us like to think it is.

The judiciary is not going to save you. Get that idea right out of your head. We will never collectively decide to do what needs to be done if we keep holding onto hope that this is a problem that can be solved from within the system.

All of that was true in 2020 and look where we are. It didn’t happen then and it’s not going to happen now. Call that pessimistic or fatalistic if you like but I don’t see any major changes on the horizon.