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Democrats
Retain marriage rights for gay couples.
Expand legality of recreational drugs.
Free food for schoolchildren.
Tax credits for families with children.
Subsidized for free childcare.
Expand electric car charging nationally.
Subsidize sustainable fuel sources.
Fact based education standards.
Stop racism in policing.
Expanded healthcare subsidies.
Preserve democracy.
Republicans
Being gay or trans should be illegal.
White supremacy is great!
Christianity as national religion.
Privatize the post office and weather service.
*Eliminate the EPA, Department of Education.
Defund IRS.
Disenfranchise nonwhites and women.
Antivax agenda.
Expand fossil fuel use.
Eliminate worker safety laws.
Eliminate collective bargaining and union rights.
Defunding science research.
Deregulate crypto.
No regulations on AI.
No recognition of child's educational or bodily autonomy rights.
Eliminate hate crime laws except for straight white men.
End democracy, install fascist dictatorship.
But yeah, they are totally the same, right guys? RIGHT!?!
Well, Democrats are the less evil choice, but all this is peanuts compared to EU social standard, I see here in Spain often US tourists which thinks they are in the future, IN SPAIN, with the rights, services and the freedom people has. Even with the US Democrates, it's compared like the EU fifty years ago.
The EU and the Democrats are both supporting the modern holocaust, neither of them are in a position to talk about "social standards."
Don't confuse the statement with the capability to realize it. In the same moment when Netanyahu travel to the EU, in the same moment he will get arrested, but the EU can't invade Israel to capture him, less without the support from the US. But the change is on the way.
No. Please don't make claims about things you don't know about. It makes it sound like you're lying deliberately.
Maybe in your imaginary dream land that I assume you were referring to with your comment about the EU arresting Netanyahu, not in the real world though. Please try and remember we are talking about the real world.
Certainly not all EU members will arrest him, but the most will. The ICC statement is clear, the problem for some countries is the USA and beeing a NATO member (sadly) at the same time Israel is supported by the USA. This is because some countries are still hesitant, not for other reasons. The real world is this, and because more and more countries want to turn the EU sovereign respect the US. Trumps BBB and Tariffs for the EU, probably will accelerate this process in August 1, in the manner of selfdefense.
[^1]: Politico - Netanyahu arrest warrant: Where can he still go in Europe? [^2]: Straits Times - ICC judges reject Israel's request to withdraw Netanyahu arrest warrant [^3]: EurActiv - ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu 'binding' on member states [^4]: Channel 4 - Netanyahu arrest warrant: Europe split over ICC ruling [^5]: Newsweek - Netanyahu Arrest Warrant: Full List of Countries That Will Comply with ICC [^6]: The Hindu - Is Netanyahu Above the Law? [^7]: Sweden Herald - Netanyahu Heads to EU Despite ICC Arrest Warrant [^8]: Washington Examiner - EU says arresting Netanyahu 'not optional' as members waiver on warrant [^9]: i24 News - ICC Upholds Arrest Warrants Against Benjamin Netanyahu & Yoav Gallant [^10]: Al Jazeera - ICC prosecutor warned to drop Netanyahu case or be 'destroyed'
Those memes are just contributing to the issue of young people skipping the elections, and then complaining about our leaders being stupid
Well, then maybe the Democrats should fix that, by putting out candidates that young people actually want to vote for.
There are too little young voters to make it a viable strategy for either side
Based on that logic, it sounds like there are too few young voters to worry about memes stopping them from voting.
No, even the US has more parties than only those two. In Spain we also had a two party system a lot of years ago, but this changed when the people begone to vote also for other parties than those two, with this we have now several different parties, that makes that there have to create aliances to obtain the mayority do be able to govern, so corresponding more on the reallity of the needs of the people, out of this black and white scheme (or better bright and dark grey). In the US is needed that also enter left wing parties, which represent the basic rights of the people, which currently don't exist, because they are "anti-american communists", this is the mantra with which they create the fear in the people to vote it.
Exactly! The fascists want people to think there's no good choice. Apathy helps them take control.
I'm sure repeatedly telling people they need to shut up and never criticize The Party will really reduce apathy.
Criticize all you want. Just recognize there is a difference between a less than ideal party and literal Nazis
Genocide apologist
I hate it but it's happening no matter who is in power. Best we can do is a party who isn't going to throw immigrants in concentration camps.
If you think that committing a modern holocaust is "less than ideal" you belong in a concentration camp.
Voters: "Please stop bombing children", "Please stop backing a genocide", "Please stop handing out our taxes to your rich friends", "Please stop making healthcare the number one reason for bankruptcy", "Please stop sending people to torture prisons", "Please make minimum wage a livable wage"
I think you might have a warped view of what "less than ideal" means
I hate it but, until March or April (depending on the poll) a majority of the country still supported Israel.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/04/08/how-americans-view-israel-and-the-israel-hamas-war-at-the-start-of-trumps-second-term/
Democrats regularly raise taxes on the rich and Republicans regularly raise them. Democrats regularly push for prison reform and things like cashless bail. Republicans regularly push for harsher sentencing and reductions in per-prisoner spending. Compare a map of state minimum wages to their political alignment.
If you want Democrats to act on these things more, we have to get obstructionist Republicans out of office.
both can be true at the same time.
Could be, but isn't.
I wouldnt say a party of genocide supporters who love to kick progressives in the face and dont seem to give 2 shites what their voters want and need, and who have a wildly eroding base and 28% approval doesnt qualify as a:
But I guess if thats what you think I'm not going to change your mind.
There's only two choices under the current system and the other one is kidnapping people to put in concentration camps right now. The only chance to change the current system without open armed conflict is the Democrats.
I think its time to start looking past democrats as possible agents of change. Justice delayed is justice denied, and the AIPAC centrists are firmly in control and not about to change anything. Rallying behind them just guarantees more loss, at the cost of enabling their corruption. Their base has already left to the point that they cant win anything. They have a 28% approval rating.
Democrats still have 23 governorships, control 37% of state legislatures, and 40% of state chambers. Six of the ten most populous states have 2 Democrat senators, three have Republican senators, and one is split. The house is split 219 Republican to 212 Democrat, but the Democrats represent a much larger portion of the population.
The point is, Democrats are far from being out of the game. Nobody else comes close to having a chance of beating Republicans in an election.
I see your logic, but I wonder if Dem leadership is willing to do the things for the common voters they will need to do to get the voters back on side so they can win. So far I havent seen a willingness or urgency to change much of anything. I just see the dems collaborating with republicans on most votes. To be fair the progressive wing is also withering a bit (seems to me, anyway-- what do I know).
I am hoping that the success of Zohran Mamdani is seen as a blueprint moving forward.
Teaching a bunch of lies about American exceptionalism and how imperialism is actually good isn’t what I’d call “fact based”
Right like how democrats in nearly all major cities increased police funding and almost none passed any meaningful reform.
But don’t remotely consider universal healthcare
Preserve the status quo which I wouldn’t call a democracy. A democracy enacts the will of the people, democrats don’t even have a democratic primary for their own party.
I think you dropped this:
Democrats & Republicans