The Democrats theatre

The Republicans are a mass shooter massacring children inside a school

The Democrats are the Uvalde police department

They're just standing around holding their dicks LETTING it happen completely unopposed.

Best analogy I've seen so far, thanks so much.
- they aren’t the first person to say that i’ve seen this week, but they are the first person i’ve seen pass it off as their own.
Not all of them, but yeah you're right.
- Everything is an over generalization. Nothing is black and white. Only a sith deals in absolutes.
Secretly cheering on the school shooters
…and the American people are the citizens of Uvalde safe in their homes watching it live on their screens.
- No, the US populace is the town of Uvalde then overwhelmingly voting GOP again immediately following their completely preventable tragedy.
  
  "Learn nothing, be more confident" is our real motto.
- The Citizens of Uvalde not feel "safe" whilst watching their children FUCKING DIE, LIVE, IN REAL-TIME, actually.
What do you propose they do?
- Legislate, sue, protest, and otherwise make it more annoying for Republicans to do anything.
  
  I get that they're not the majority, so not much legislation will pass, but they still have tactics to delay any actions.
  
  Why are the Republicans the only ones who can find and exploit loopholes in the constitution?
- It's more that they can't do what's necessary, because they can't become a worker party. All of their base and funding comes from the bourgeoisie, they aren't connected with the masses, and even if they tried they would risk severing their real base. The point of the meme is to point out that the Democrats can never be a worker party, so an alternative must be built, like PSL.
- Anything
- More than hold ping pong paddles with the word false written on them. With the exception of a select few, they're all basically wet blankets. Let's see some civil disobedience, let's see someone getting arrested for standing up for what's right? Best they can do is ping pong paddles?
- Go back in time and stack the Supreme Court under Biden.
  
  Go back in time and groom a candidate to replace Biden after his first term.
  
  Go back in time and let Bernie run as a VP or Presidential candidate.
- They could organize protests, they could help workers unionize, they could put their necks out and disrupt things, they could do anything besides stand by and say "oh no, this is so bad." They have a gigantic megaphone and the ears of almost half the country, their power isn't limited to the votes they have or don't have. I want them to be making plans that are bold, plans where they feel a need to account for "how do we make sure this doesn't turn into an outright riot though," the things you'd do if you actually believed the rhetoric about Trump being a threat to democracy.

At this point it feels like they were only ever there to give the illusion of choice.

It seems pretty clear to me. Just suggesting that people who were advocating for that third party lady had some valid point and should at least be heard got me downcited to hell. Not saying people should voye for her, just saying listen to people who do vote for her get their point. This instant reaction to third party let me believe that choice is the last thing the system wants. Even after the election the idea of New parties kept being ridiculed, even though it would be the best time to push for it. I'm not saying that dr last is the right person. But you need options.
- Even after the election the idea of New parties kept being ridiculed, even though it would be the best time to push for it.
  
  They've been doing this in particular for at least 24 years, since the 2000 election. It has been obvious that FPTP needs to go this entire time. And still only a handful of Democrats oppose it.
  
  When election season rolls around, they'll say that you just started and should wait for a more convenient season. They'll tell you that the third party isn't built up enough yet, and should go from 0 to 51% votes as all spherical voters coordinate perfectly.
  
  They'll tell you to "push for" all sorts of stuff without actually holding anyone accountable. Just protest with a sign that says "I'll still vote for you but pretty please change".
Always was.

controlled opposition.

Doubting that this is the case, seeing how they are trying to push back against protests against Republicans, is just delusional. I refuse to believe them to be so incompetent, that they constantly act against their own interests and boost MAGA message instead. Bernie gets way more attention from the public than everything they are doing right now combined, and they barely acknowledge he exists.
- They deliberately act incompetent. And they have the same interests as the other side of the uniparty since they have the same donors and are ment to serve them, not the public.
  And it's not their own controlled opposition Bernie that they want to shut up or furiously andsuddenly competently work to get off the ballots, but real left 3rd party candidates.
  They have their Bernies and squad members for the sole reason to keep their voters running away from them.

I am becoming a believer that it isnt weakness, its complicity. The weakness is just a good facade to hide the truth.

It also shouldnt be surprising, the government is just a capitalist mouth piece.

"Fuck you I got mine" should be printed on our money

They’re explicitly a centre-right party though. Having a two party system is jokes in this day-and-age (presumably why MAGA replaced it with your new one-party system).

Sadly too many people refuse to acknowledge/accept that the dnc is at all right leaning
- So many have been brainwashed that DNC is the "left".

Support more progressive democrats like AOC and Bernie

That won't fix things, though. The Democratic party can't go against its base, the bourgeoisie, it acts like a great filter. An actual worker party, like PSL, needs to be built up and supported instead.
- Bernie has literally stated that he only runs as a Dem because of the 2 party system and would otherwise be an independent which is the case with most progressives.
  
  Turning up your nose at 2 perfectly good candidates in favor of some non-existent hypothetical candidate is crazy.
They follow the party line just as much all the other democrats.
- There is some crossover, but no way can you say Bernie is just like other Democrats.
  
  AOC hasn't been a primary candidate so I'm not so hot on her particular positions.
LOL

It goes against their interests to promote class consciousness, same applies to any electoral party (even those considering themselves on the left), not just the dems or liberal parties of Europe. Class consciousness develops outside the electoral system.

Yup, rich exist in both sides of the political spectrum. The war between the right and the left is there to distract from the more important class war.
- The existence of class war is a Leftist stance, are you referring to Democrats as the "left" or Leftists as the left? I agree that political theater is a distraction, but this wording is confusing.
It's a big club, and we're not in it.
- It's actually a small club, and we could make our own big club with healthcare and housing

The tyranny of small donors has left me scarred and deformed.

"I affirm your identity! You're free to be who you are without shame! As you die in a cardboard box under a freeway of exposure for failing to be exploited well enough, and as an intentional threat to the other poories to keep laboring for their corpo bribers. 🤷

Ooh, but here, have a ribbon! I hear they're quite tasty when boiled."

They're not the primary villain, those are the corpo Fascists, but they're sure as shit the bumbling secondary antagonist. The Denethor to Sauron.

Its all wedge issues. Keep us arguing about stuff that doesn't get in the way of capitalism and you wont demand a better life. Hell many of us will even defend the party that aligns with our side of a wedge issue because "At least it isnt the other one i hate", and while i understand voting for the lesser evil, we all do it, I will never understand defending the lesser evil. If 2 people are stabbing me to death I wont thank the one using a smaller knife.
- "4/5 stabees confirm: Small knife party much preferred to Big knife party!"

The power of the status quo flows through me

Democrats are insidious like that, they lull you to sleep with petty reform (inaction) then all of a sudden your neck deep in some insane culture war with all these niche idealogies vying for uber-commodification meanwhile theres a mass congregation of rabid reactionary literal hitlerites spurned on by the media to act as a defense for the rich mfers.

Everyone is seeing for their own interests. We really need people in power that HATE being in a power.

I mean, politicians get paid pennies compared to CEO-s with massive risks, why would any intelligent & honest person consider being a politician. Cold fact is, being an honest politician is the worst employment opportunity ever.
- I hold true to the notion that a representative government with representatives selected at random would be much better then what we have.
  
  There would still be appointed positions but replace most elected posistions with a lottery and go from there.

Can you please explain?

Democrats talk big game, but somehow always seem to be too weak to get anything done. However, when it comes to suppressing the Left and trying to prevent worker radicalization, they are mysteriously competent in comparison.
- However, when it comes to suppressing the Left and trying to prevent worker radicalization, they are mysteriously competent in comparison.
  
  I think this is because of FDR
When republicans are in power democrats are powerless because they are in the minority When democrats are in power they somehow are still powerless to do anything meaning full because "republican are preventing " them from doing anything The only time they seem to be able to do something is to crush any attempt to change the status quo in favor of the working class.

On point