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Bernie continues to espouse truth.
He offers very little in the way of remedy.
What do you do in a country with a two party system when one party is openly caught trying to cheat the election results? What do you do when that party loses and then accuses the other party of doing the same? What do you do with the millions of Americans who don't trust the winning party to lead?
The Dems' answer seems to be capitulation. Give Republicans what they want to demonstrate bipartisanship. Put Republicans in your cabinet. Cherry pick "the good Republicans" and pretend they represent the secret heart of the rival party. Then compromise away every piece of legislation that becomes the subject of right wing hysterics.
How do you govern like this? How do you govern in a country where one party can break the law with impunity absent any consequences? How do you govern when breaking the law gets your opposition rewarded whether or not you win on election day?
This is why turnout matters. If enough people vote against Trump the mandate will restore faith in the election results. Harris/Waltz need to win with a clear mandate. If not we will still be dealing with MAGA going forward.
"We need to score 3 points for every 1 they make in order to win" is a rickety formula for success. It assumes you can run up the score every season and doesn't question what happens when you lose.
We are ~11 weeks from Election Day. What do you propose we do?
This is what we have in front of us. We can’t get upset about what could be or would’ve been. It’s mid-august 2024, time’s up.
I don't actually know. But what I do know is that the GOP is recruiting 100,000 election "observers" (read: saboteurs) and we're gonna need way more tactics beyond just turnout to counter that!
I completely agree but also remember that they have no power and have to keep a certain distance. They do anything funny don’t even engage them. Report them immediately. Especially if they are wearing any Trump merch. Easy to accuse them of campaigning too close to a polling location.
They did the same shit in 2020 and 2022. Gotta be vigilant.
We can and we should
While also remembering to stop the bleeding any way possible(vote), even though we're upset that we haven't built the hospital yet, or trained the doctors.
Are we having a serious discussion or not?
Its what we got. Win here and then throw out FPTP immediately. We can't change how voting works right this instance, Varuca.
Uh huh