@iloveminigolf When I lie down I say, ‘When shall I rise?’
But the night is long,
and I am full of tossing until dawn.
There are lights in the dark.
But it they will have to be shepherded until the sun again rises.
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Wandering Hoo
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Wandering Hoo
@LibWanderer
he/him aspiring wife-guy Job 3
The Great American West เข้าร่วม Mart 2022
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It’s over isn’t it. Those grand dreams of liberalism, of universal healthcare and dignity for all. Of dreams that never die. It’s dead isn’t it? At least for a long time.
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@LibWanderer @Hanasaku_Yuri I'm guessing an overturning of oberfell
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I'd make a joke about relying on a Second Great Depression here but given Trump's economic policy this is actually fairly sound reasoning
Ro Khanna@RoKhanna
In 1928, the Republicans had 56 Senators. By 1932, under FDR's leadership, it was reduced to 36. Democrats can and will make a comeback with a bold economic vision that speaks to the needs of working class Americans.
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@kpbismarck @Hanasaku_Yuri 1896 is also the year Plessy was decided.
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@Hanasaku_Yuri fuck 1932, we're getting a reverse 1896 scenario
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@fakegreekgrill Democracy is the people getting what they want.
Good and hard.
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@un_a_valeable Not to say too much.
But there are some Ukrainians scheduled to visit my workplace before January.
It's going to be an awkward visit.
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@DetonatorAudio @Ian_Gay_briel Yes, because a 10% tariff wouldn't be about as popular as syphilis.
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@lyndonbajohnson I think '72 is the better marker.
But the point remains the same.
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@MMiraculorum Good luck.
It's a long road out of the wilderness.
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We got McGovern'd.
The question now is how much can we preserve, and how quickly can we find a leader to drag us out of the pit.
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@bollocksbegone @worsematt What the hell are you on?
They voted for Donald motherfucking Trump.
Notably, not a progressive.
And turnout was stupendously high.
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@worsematt The voters wanted progressive, and Dems would have fallen in line. The turnout was terrible and you know why.
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Wandering Hoo รีทวีตแล้ว
My main thought:
We're probably going back, but we can't go anywhere.
Our era will be about protecting their attempts to dismantle the progress that was made in the last century or so. It's a more sober mission than pushing for progress but it is an important one. ☮️
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@Exiled_Athena We also elected the first openly trans House Rep tonight.
There are lights in the dusk.
Time will tell if they have to endure the night or merely welcome the dawn.
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For all that tonight was, we also elected the first openly trans House Rep tonight.
There are lights in the dusk.
(I also love how we asterisk it with *openly*, as if estrogen would've saved Henry Clay)
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@nominalthoughts I mean, you can choose not to pass moral judgment.
But that's a different thing.
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@LibWanderer Doesn’t make them worse or suck, it’s just the reality of being human :P
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“and the American people are terrible is my takeaway.”
We never learn, nothing ever happens
Joe@JoePostingg
Kamala mostly ran a good campaign, and the American people are terrible is my takeaway.
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@MMiraculorum New Hampshire, continuing to be a total shithole.
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@nominalthoughts Sure.
But that doesn't make them suck less.
Arguably, it makes them worse.
It being electoral reality doesn't change that.
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@LibWanderer Well I think the fragility of the typical person implies you need to meet them more than half way
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@MMiraculorum It turns out that low-propensity voters are basically evil apparently.
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