Nov 6, 2018 Holy s--- more democratic supporters than i expected in this line. Usually our county is showing 90% support for Republicans. Wtf is going on man. This is bs. Media purposely scared people voting for republicans after those bomb deliveries and shootings. f--- I need a Valium. @Worm may be right I may have to drink tonight feeling some pressure. Got a alcohol and drug class tomorrow morning for 3 f---ing hours I have to go to even after my case got dismissed, but the DA still wants me to go, but I think this will be a good excuse to drink or hit the bar tonight.
Nov 6, 2018 i agree with you; my point is that, in this country compared to virtually all others, the progressive wing has little choice but to work within one of the establishment parties.
Nov 6, 2018 Most Ds have been running on healthcare & tax reform. I don’t know any D running for Congress rn that’s running purely off “blaming Russia.”
Nov 6, 2018 Being opposed to those positions and being completely pro-socialism are not identical. My greatest worry about our political climate is that people will flock towards the extreme left and borderline communism because it will be seen as the only viable option remaining. That's simply not true, and the fact that our political system has become so infected at every level with either corporate nepotism, far-right radicalism, or a combination of both should be concerning to anyone who would consider themselves a general conservative or liberal. People will dismiss moderate or centrist ideologies because they will be perceived as synonymous with the corporate nepotism we've seen for years, and anything conservative will be dismissed out of hand due to the GOP's plummet into far-right nationalism.
Nov 6, 2018 Capitalism is directly responsible for our continued arms trading with Saudi Arab and subsequent unconditional support for their human rights violations.
Nov 6, 2018 The mixing of private sector corporate interests with government is what leads to disasters like that. Capitalism itself is not. And there are a myriad of positions and gradations between unfettered capitalism and complete socialism that make comments like this unhelpful.
Nov 6, 2018 Yeah, having unaccountable corporate overlords is a much better way of doing things lol. Worked out great in 2008 when regulatory capture sunk the world economy. Actually, capitalism is bad. It's really that simple. Look at the carbon we're dumping into the atmosphere in search of profit. We're commodified our own extinction.
Nov 6, 2018 When did I say this? Again you're assuming those on favor of a capitalist economy are all some form of libertarian anarchists who want zero regulation or government involvement. Which should of course be curbed and restrained by the government. The reason the government doesn't do this is because we're currently set-up to represent corporate interests rather than societal ones. You're arguing against something I never said.
Nov 6, 2018 Lmao - id actually be into a live video stream of @dna hits reacting to election results. Probably better than like, Nate silver tbh
Nov 6, 2018 If Democrats regain control they better legalize weed and get those 2020 bonus points. Also hoping Trump fires Jeff Sessions.
