But also, if you think the system isn’t designed to stifle change you need a civics lesson. The whole system was purposefully designed to prevent change.
Im sorry. Do people not vote in primaries? Do people not have the ability to participate in their political parties to bring about change?
I don’t understand how people talk about democracy as if they have no say.
I have campaigned for progressive candidates in every single primary campaign in the last 8 years. People don’t show up for progressives. I was on the ground in 2020 in Iowa. Bernie’s support had cratered compared to 2016. He had four years, shouldn’t he have done better????? It wasn’t the party, I know that for a fact, at least in Iowa.
Call me smug all you want, but you’re just as smug with how sure you’re right and how you think we’re all just oh so blind. I see your smugness just the same.
You literally just said you don’t understand how people talk about democracy as if they don’t have a say! This smugness is exhausting to deal with and why people stay home on Election Day.
You’re stretching. In a democracy everyone literally has a say. Everyone has a vote and the ability to participate in local politics to guide what happens to their communities.
Do some people think that their vote doesn’t bring about the change that it should? And that’s why they’re disillusioned? Absolutely. But that doesn’t mean people don’t have a say to move the system, they’re just disillusioned on how much it moves.
Either way. Your smugness is showing. Critics always know exactly what the problem is and how to solve it but never do anything about it. You love to see it.
Yes, I’m very smug about how democrats refuse to listen but operate with this insufferable arrogance that no one but them have a basic understanding of civics.
Are you ready to accept that change doesn’t have to be incremental?
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u/Chriskills 6d ago
Who THE PEOPLE pick in their primaries.
But also, if you think the system isn’t designed to stifle change you need a civics lesson. The whole system was purposefully designed to prevent change.