They need to start being honest with themselves that there is a reality where the Democrats never win another US election.

Are you really just going to “wait it out” and watch Trump Jr. or Meatball Ron takes over in '28? Then what?

  • GoodGuyWithACat [he/him]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    58
    ·
    4 days ago

    there is a reality where the Democrats never win another US election.

    Unless Trump becomes dictator for life, we’re gonna get a democrat after Trump. American independents vote on economic vibes and the vibes will only get worse. That means every four years, the two parties will swap presidents and conditions will continue to get worse.

    • Dessa [she/her]@hexbear.net
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      19
      ·
      edit-2
      4 days ago

      I would not count out Trump being dictator for life, or failing that, for the voting process to become so ratfucked that dems cannot win.

      • Tabitha ☢️[she/her]@hexbear.net
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        5
        ·
        3 days ago

        I heard some conspiracy (that’s probably technically mostly true but you know shrug-outta-hecks libs ) that apparently some number of probable non-Trump votes were suppressed somehow, which sounds like 2.0 of whatever al gore, so probably we’ll get v3 of that in 2028.

        • Hohsia [any]@hexbear.net
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          8
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          3 days ago

          Didn’t musk have control over the voting machines in Pennsylvania or something crazy that everyone just shrugged off

    • free_casc [comrade/them]@hexbear.netOP
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      11
      ·
      4 days ago

      Weird thing to depend on in the fascist US. Your average progressive liberal didn’t even like Biden (if they did genuinely like him, that person is not the subject of this post). They are getting the message, but repeating liberal tropes and now is the time to interrupt that cycle of waiting to take leadership from the Democrats that will never arrive.

      • GoodGuyWithACat [he/him]@hexbear.net
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        8
        ·
        3 days ago

        I’m not discounting a Trump dictatorship entirely, I’m saying that the average voter has the memory of a gold fish. The era of two-term consecutive presidents died with Obama. From now on “independents” who decide the election will say “hmmm gas got higher under X. Time to vote Y.”