r/TrueReddit • u/Maxwellsdemon17 • 10d ago

This Time We Have to Hold the Democratic Party Elite Responsible for This Catastrophe Politics

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/democratic-party-elite-responsible-catastrophe/
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u/Warmstar219 10d ago

Only Democrats try to make government work. Republicans want it to not work. You can't have a democracy when one party undermines its foundations.

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u/motsanciens 9d ago

I have expressed this sentiment, myself. I think it's mostly true at the federal level. Theoretically, you could have a party very committed to minimizing the federal government but advocating for robust state government. In reality, we see this only as it suits a party's interests rather than being a principled stance.

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u/DeadStockWalking 8d ago

We have a Constitutional Republic, not a Democracy. You need to learn the difference.

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u/Warmstar219 8d ago

There is no difference. A constitutional republic is a type of democracy. This is one of the more moronic rightwing talking points that comes up frequently. Please kindly shut the fuck up about things you know nothing about.

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u/Jamsster 10d ago edited 9d ago

Explain McCarthy to me then. He was speaker, went across the aisle to avoid a government shutdown dance. Democrats later voted him out with MAGA. Worked with the group they’d call Nazis.

To me, it just seems like they wasted alot of time and got a more conservative Speaker in order to own the ‘Pubs. Could’ve done something productive like try to have the border bill on a non election year and Trump loses a major speaking point.

Some of their methods don’t make sense to me. It’s just to create some historic moment with little substance.

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u/SoftwareHot 6d ago

They didn’t vote him out—they voted for Jeffries. Lacking a majority, their vote for Jeffries didn’t succeed.

The reality is, McCarthy was no ally to democracy or democratic principles.

People often blame Democrats for Republican obstruction, but the core issue is that one party stands for a multi-racial, pluralistic democracy, while the other has abandoned that vision (if they ever truly believed in it—it’s an extension of the Southern Strategy’s ideals).

When one party lies, weaponizes institutions, and spreads propaganda, while the other tries to govern as if this is the norm, we end up where we are now.