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[–] ShaggyDemiurge@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Dems can allow themselves to do bare minimum because they know that you don't have other choice, because not voting or voting 3rd party is a terrible idea. They can occasionally do more than bare minimum, but at its core two-party system basically holds country hostage

[–] graphite@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not only that, but with Dems it's all morphine.

The cancer is terminal.

[–] animelivesmatter@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Not to mention that many of them really want what the Republicans are trying to pass, especially when it comes to economic issues, so they can just deliberately not put up much of a fight to ensure Republicans get what they want and so that it looks like they're progressive from the outside.

[–] chungusam0ngus@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] ShaggyDemiurge@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because of how the system is set up, if people don't vote specifically for dems, republicans win, and then start doing all sorts of nasty sruff