That’s what I’m saying. This whole “blame is on the old white men” idea falls apart when you recognize that Bernie sanders was the closest we got to having a GREAT president since JFK (in my opinion).
Sadly, they did everything they could to kneecap his campaign and make sure he didn’t have a chance, even though he had huge crowds and so much support. I can tell you what they did in Brooklyn during the primary with him against Hillary Clinton. It was absolute voter fraud.
100% agreed. This proves that our democracy has failed, neither side serves operates with the interests of the proletariat at their cores, and these two political parties/conventions have monopolized our political system.
Actually, I think it proved that “our” democracy is doing what it was set up to do. The subtext that was widely understood by “all men” was all white men, right up until the Warren Court. We took this for granted that all the entitled Americans would accept this.
In regard to the homeless population, there are more white men than any other sex/race combination. The idea that the system serves white men and leaves everyone else in the dust in 2024 is incredibly naive. A homeless white man is served far less by the US government than a black trans woman billionaire. The rich don’t care about trivialities such as race or sex. They only care about whether or not they can use these traits to divide the proletariat.
So no, not in 2024. In 2024, we have squandered the equal rights found in the constitution and extended by the Supreme Court starting with the Warren Ct. because they were not reserved for the ruling class but extended to all and the least. In 2024, the haves are strongly asserting themselves over the have nots. Yet American labor, at its weakest point in a century, is learning to walk again.
Race very much mattered to how “our democracy” was set up. It was written into the constitution.
The fact that it and other identities can be used to weaken the unity of the proletariat makes it continually important up to this minute. The black trans woman billionaire will be insulated so long as she continues to align with the interests of owners. The ability to become a billionaire in any country is in fact only available to those who exploit labor in some fashion. So she is safe. The minute she aligns herself with the proletariat she is a target. The aim will be her race, her gender.
Who was it in your eyes? Obama and bush were warmongers. Eliminates them from my consideration. Clinton was okay, but I wouldn’t call him great; he was also impeached after lying under oath. Ronald Reagan opposed civil rights, funded the very terrorist organizations which we’d have issues with in the 2000’s and even up to this day, peeled back back climate protection efforts, exacerbated poverty/wealth inequality, and more.
So… if it’s not Obama, Bush, Reagan, or Clinton, it’s JFK.
JFK was a threat to the military industrial complex, a threat to the CIA’s ability to secretly commit crimes against humanity, and a hard-handed supporter of labor unions/workers rights.
The main idea is that he took stances which drew strong criticism from his peers. That’s not something we see very often in today’s political climate. Even Obama, who I view as a great modern president, was a homophobic war hawk due to those being the status quos at the time.
The fact your comment only has 4 upvotes tells me everything I need to know.
This post and every left wing identity politics post does nothing but fuel the identity war, white people aren't your enemy. I don't give two shits what your background is, give everyone fucking universal healthcare and a thriving wage. If thats not in your platform and you don't have a history of backing it up, fuck you.
I'm done playing incrementalist, we've tried that for 30 years and where has it gotten us? fascists in the white house. fuck your incrementalism you neo-liberal losers, you mouthpieces of the State pretending to be our allies.
Identity politics and every other divisive "war" that isn't class war has no space left in my head.
I know you do, its the fact your post is being downvoted that reveals the underlying identity politics issue that people on the left aren't ready to face.
You'd be a fool too if you didn't think Russian trolls were fueling the other side of the culture war bait as well. It's OP a Russian troll? Probably not, but most of the people spouting right wing talking points aren't Russian trolls either. They're just the fruit the seeds bore. I remember there being a few Twitter accounts claiming to be Antifa that turned out to be from Vladivostok.
Turning something that should be an issue that concerns everyone like healthcare into a race issue is exactly what the 1% want. Seriously guys, I'm 41 years old. Does aging another 20 years turn me into Hitler or something? I'm not running for anything, but if being a white man bothers you so much you won't vote for me, then enjoy those Medicare and social security cuts.
The most incredible thing about Kamala was her office arguing non-violent inmates should be incarcerated longer because we need the (slave) labor for firefighting. There's a million other little things, but that one always sticks out.
This was also after the courts here ordered the state to reduce prison population. In that case one of the experts saying shit was fucked was the guy who was in charge of prisons in Texas. Who did he work under during his tenure? The, at the time, Governor George Bush lol
Harris started diversion programs as well as second chance programs for non violent offenders when she was a prosecutor. In 2018 and 2020 she ran on sentencing reform. Nice try though.
The BOT program is peak type of democrat solution where they make you complete 40 checkmarks, and if you miss one its all worthless back to prison, instead of making things that shouldn't be felonies not felonies lol.
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u/hotshotjen 1d ago
Except for Bernie. I would’ve preferred Bernie over Kamala any day cause he really gives a shit and and he’s not a corporate whore.