Admit you voted for Biden

[samhain]

(06-14-2022, 06:13 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: Here's my thing. Democrat or Republican, not much actually changes policy-wise. Seriously. When you look at actual policies there isn't a ton of difference. Oh, sure, there is a difference in the lip service paid and they focus on the different hot-button issues that drive the voters to the polls, but you don't get what you pay for, so to speak. Trump, however, was a different breed. He was anti-democratic. He really stood against all of the principles our government was founded upon. Seriously, this is Trump:



I am first and foremost a person that values democracy. Any leader that is antagonistic to that will never get my vote.

There's only so much either party can do without an overwhelming majority.  The current political climate makes that extremely difficult.  Neither party want to cross the aisle to support any kind of legislation that might boost an eventual opponent.  The bases of both parties are at the same time insane and immensely powerful when it comes to deciding what candidates are suitable to run.  

The government is basically a non-functioning entity on the national level.  They serve the fringes of each party and themselves.  That's it.  Trump's main legacy will be his re-shaping of the court, which is one of very few things a president can do to cause large scale impact.  He was in the right (or wrong) place at the right (or wrong) time, and he got to forge ahead with the help of the legislative branch.