Comment on Can we have a boring and uneventful week for a change?
Serinus@lemmy.world 1 day agoDisagree. Could be true with their half-ass efforts towards climate change but I think with enough Hillary Democrat control we’d basically go back to the 1990s, which right now looks like the peak of human civilization.
Personally I think we can do better. The gains in efficiency we’ve made since the 90s, and there have been a lot, should mostly be going to the people. I think we should be thinking big with projects like real mas transit and freight, reducing our reliance on semis, and more local, green energy independence. I think we can achieve a $25 (2025) , adjusted for inflation min wage WITH a 32 hour work week for everyone.
I’d like actual progress. I’ll settle for the 1990s and rule of law. Neither are close to the actual fascism of Republicans.
I’ll vote for the first in the primary, and whichever of the first two win in the general. Kind of how our democracy works currently. Yeah, ranked choice would be better but for right now I’ll settle for one more reasonably fair fptp election.
Tinidril@midwest.social 1 day ago
What? Bill Clinton is more responsible than anyone but maybe Reagan for the gutting of the middle class. The Clinton’s set is on this path. Hillary’s only real track record is on foreign policy, and her positions there reflect the absolute worst aspects of American arrogance and interventionism.
The Clinton’s and the rest of the Democratic establishment are responsible for destroying the underlying social fabric that would have made any of what you want possible. They are also diametrically opposed to a “fair” primary. Democrats have near 100% control over their own primary process, and the whole thing is rigged to maximize their ability to manipulate voters through their domination of media.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
That is just as true for Republicans
The good news is that people are (hopefully) getting sick and tired of it all
Tinidril@midwest.social 1 day ago
Pretty much everything wrong with Democrats is as bad or worse with Republicans. On the other hand, the Republican establishment did not want Trump to be nominated in 2016 any more than the Democrats wanted Sanders. It’s up for debate if they were less heavy handed in manipulating the process, or if they were just more incompetent.