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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

That's exactly it. It's hard to admit that almost half the voting population is totally on board with trump--his "flaws" are not a bug, they're a feature. He increased the size of his base, bringing in millions of Latinos, Gen Z men, and men of all races. It's not that they simply hate the Dems, it's that they love what trump is offering. In spite of that it there did exist enough more voters that don't like trump (it would have taken 5 million more) to stop him, but they either didn't give a shit or they wanted it to happen (to "punish" the dems). That's the reality.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

And now the Democrats will remain powerless forever. I guess single issue voters can take solace in that little victory. Sadly, they will probably not be replaced by a more progressive party rising up from their ashes, but rather by an emergent faction formed via Republican in-fighting. They will still be conservative, but they'll wear different colored ties.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

So everything will be exactly the same as it is now except libs might be slightly less charitable to the new party?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yes they well once the supreme court is stacked 7 to 2 they well never have the power to do anything even if elected.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

The supreme court is already stacked! Biden could have added more justices and pushed for impeachment of the obviously corrupt ones. He chose to not even try or so much as get out the message that it needs to happen, so as to not appear "partisan", as if any of their voters actually care about partisanship at this point when it comes at the cost of getting shit done.