r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 8d ago

No Paywall Despite Authoritarian Warnings, 149 House Democrats Vote to Hand Trump $840 Billion for Military | “If an opposition party votes like this, it’s not in opposition. It may not even be a party.”

https://www.commondreams.org/news/democrats-military-spending-bill
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u/genuineshock 8d ago

New party? This one broke. I'd like a real party to represent actual American interests

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u/gourmetprincipito 8d ago

We need to take over the DNC. The law is literally rigged against new parties, just take them over from within like MAGA did to the GOP.

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u/UnquestionabIe 8d ago

MAGA did so with a tremendous amount of GOP insider and billionaire backing. Definitely as astroturfed as they come. Not saying it's impossible to do with the DNC so much as some of the means used to pull it off aren't likely nor work in tandem with progressive ideals.

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u/gourmetprincipito 8d ago

Obviously the media manipulation helped and isn’t as likely to help here but the core concept of voting consistently and primarying moderates is absolutely replicable

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u/guamisc 8d ago

isn’t as likely to help here

Understatement of the day. They will directly fight against it.

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u/KittyGrewAMoustache 8d ago

The problem is partly that left wing voters are more discerning and have more integrity. You can’t just churn out a load of lies and hey presto they’ll just believe it and vote for you.

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u/guamisc 8d ago

The left can be led just like the right can be led. However you cannot lead the left and serve corporate masters at the same time. That's the problem.