from the not-meant-for-this-moment dept

  • WatDabney@sopuli.xyz
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    2 days ago

    The timing here is what makes this move particularly baffling…

    It’s only baffling if you cling to the ever-more-laughable belief that the Democrats are any sort of meaningful opposition.

    If you instead simply shift to the ever-more-supported belief that they are in fact essentially oligarchic co-conspirators, then the timing makes perfect sense.

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      2 days ago

      Yea, both Democrats and Republicans have a pretty solid history of voting in lock step on matters of giving themselves more power.

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          The same people who regularly give us uninspiring and insipid candidates to run against demagogues and repeatedly act surprised when they lose ground expect to gain control of a White House where the current president is treating democracy as if it’s an optional hindrance – expect to take power?

          If nothing else, I admire their optimism.