callouscomic

joined 2 years ago
[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago

As an American, I approve this message. It's accurate.

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I guarantee you the majority of actual regular people who are civil servants there are working their asses off discussing what they CAN still do and how best to prioritize the most important things.

Federal employees have been busting their asses the last few months to problem solve where possible around all this bullshit.

Most care about doing a good job despite the bullshit politicians set them back with.

Harass your politicians for change. It does help.

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 17 points 5 days ago

Good. Spread the fascists out on too many shitty platforms for them to organize well.

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee -1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Perfection is the enemy of progress. No politician will ever check all boxes. Isn't this group more about progressive progress in domestic issues?

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 19 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The impacts are going to be compounding and felt for decades. People do not understand the work federal employees do, and many federal employees don't even always comprehend how far the work can reach.

It might be impossible to understand the downstream compounding effects.

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 12 points 1 week ago

So many vets take away the wrong thing from their service to supposedly this country. Fucking pathetic.

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You ignore the electoral college (i.e. an entire state swinging for one candidate and conpletely overruling your vote), you also ignore voter suppression tactics, including restrictive and cost prohibitive ID laws and roll purges. In some parts of the US it is seriously difficult for certain groups, especially the poor, to exercise this right. Merely transportation issues alone can be super prohibitive. They explicitly close polling stations in certain areas and fuck with transportation services for this. They push back against early and mail in voting. People have to work during that day. They have kids and lives.

This is well known in America. Get off your smug high horse.

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 22 points 2 weeks ago

Grossly oversimplifying how the Democrats SQUASH real progressives and bring watered down meager "progress." Despite the fact survey after survey will show the vast majority of the country wants significant progressive change or at least agrees with the ideas, like right to abortion or gun control measures, or expanded healthcare.

They lost multiple times in the last decade by forcing candidates the majority clearly did not want, but settled for. They forced Biden back into the picture, and Biden was unwilling to do anything serious or drastic while he had the reigns.

They toss out ideas cranked up to 4 instead of 10, get challenged, and then throw up their hands like they're all out of options while the other side destroys the place with them.

Look at Schumers actions last month with the Continuing Resolution. Pathetic weasel.

Yes. The literal Nazi is the worst. But that doesn't make the democrats actions okay. The democrats have been the enablers who allowed it to get this far with the Nazis. Together, both parties are doing everything they can to control the narrative and not let it get out of their hands.

Learn to walk and chew gum at the same time. Anger does not need to have a binary limit.

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 22 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

"This parent abuses you much less than the other. Why are you complaining?!?!?!"

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 48 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I'm impressed they are line iteming it for you.

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 9 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Probably posturing. They WANT a crash. They want cheap stuff to buy up as everyone else loses more. I bet the crash is part of the plan.

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