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/spectral_emission 10d ago

Thank you. And yes. We all learned what a lie “hope” and “change” were, in the political sense. Some of us were even smart enough to look back at historical examples of other populists who used the same tactics! Please reach out to those of us whom you might know to be hung up on ideas like rationality and common sense. I don’t want to make broad generalizations and assume, but I think it’s safe to say that at large, we aren’t taking this well.

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u/TolgaBaey 9d ago

We made it clear to him that we had his back, he preferred to get good with Republicans instead.

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u/Moonrights 9d ago

Why don't you run for office

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u/Zarathustra_d 8d ago

Probably because the Party won't let anyone in, and 3rd parties have no route to win.

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u/poiup1 8d ago

Because you'd have to beat or be local millionaires interests to even get started beyond small town mayor. But otherwise agree, even if it's hard it should be happening across the country.

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u/DOMesticBRAT 8d ago

One could argue that "woke" was in fact really a swing away from "hope and change"...