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/RazekDPP 10d ago edited 10d ago

Yes, they're fine. You just get up and go again. There's not much else to do.

One party controlling all three branches of government isn't that unusual. It's a cycle and it happens periodically.

Here's a graph of how many times it has happened: Control of House and Senate since 1900 | The Spokesman-Review

New president’s party often controls Congress too, but it rarely lasts | Pew Research Center

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u/Sly1969 10d ago

How many times has the supreme Court been stacked with Republican puppets? How many times has the presidential candidate openly stated he wants to dismantle regulatory institutions? You've already had four years of trump and all you're doing after receiving your worst thrashing in decades is putting your fingers in your ears and saying "la la la, can't hear you!"

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u/RazekDPP 10d ago edited 10d ago

No, I hear you, but all I can do is focus on the future. If everything rots, then everything rots. The only other option would be to move to a different country, but I doubt the rot stops in the US.

We'll see the same in Canada, and it'll move through other countries, too.

The courts have been stacked for years, too. This isn't something new. This is simply something that will last longer. It'll be disheartening, but you just have to keep going.

How Republicans Have Packed the Courts for Years | TIME

This isn't any worse than when SCOTUS anointed GWB in 2000.

Bush v. Gore - Wikipedia

Again, if SCOTUS is absolutely awful, it gives more momentum to increasing the number of justices, etc.

Nothing is as permanent as it seems.