06-11-2022, 08:39 AM
(06-10-2022, 03:54 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Yes, it's hardly ideal. There should be a decent middle ground between that and a situation such as Italy. I'm thinking four viable parties at most.
Which of course is absolutely impossible to ever happen as long as the current election system stays in place.
I wondered once and still wonder why you wold still want to stick to it. Everything about is is awful for you, including that in reality, it does not matter one bit whom you pick for president, your vote counts for the democrat eventually.
(06-10-2022, 03:54 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I think the days of the moderate are temporarily over. Biden is absolutely no longer a moderate, not by the standards I grew up with.
Well ok, not a refutable stance, but one not quite relatable for me. I'd thought Biden has no extreme or radical plans; quite often I'd perceive him as disappointing the progressives time and again.
(06-10-2022, 03:54 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I've witnessed the immense amount of damage caused, and still being caused, by the Democratic party's positions. I honestly wish I could take you out in the field and show you the reality of this. I started this job over twenty years ago, and some of the old hands when I started really tried to impress how much better things had generally gotten since the 80's and 90's. Now I'm the old hand and all I can tell the newer officers is how terribly shitty things have gotten and to stick with it because the pendulum has to swing back at some point. I really want to believe that, and maybe Boudin being shit canned in San Francisco is the start of it. I'm definitely not holding my breath though.
Oh, as much as one could believee someone from the internet I believe you. It's not that incredible to begin with. Some ideas very progressive people muster seem very out of touch, and if these get implemented I can imagine it gets bad. And one can read about it, like what's up in Seattle and such.
I wonder though how much that has to do with who is POTUS. Seems the Trump years didn't change much.