I was opposed to both impeachments during Trump's first term, not because I liked or respected him, but because I thought he was just one more in a long line of shitty presidents. Today I do support impeachment. Eric makes an interesting point that Democrats probably think they have a better chance of winning in 2028 if Trump remains in office, and for that reason are reluctant to make Vance, who is skilled at coming across as a moderate, the incumbent. Interesting dilemma. While I don't hear others calling Democrats fascists, I agree that they are - perhaps kinder, gentler fascists or woke fascists. The Dems also kowtow to corporate America, the arms industry, and Israel. They aren't the answer. I do however hope Democrats take both houses in November, if only to put the brakes on the Mad King.
The way I put is is that the billionaires play a good-cop-bad-cop routine with us: they provide the Democratic Party as 'the good cop" and the Republican Party as 'the bad cop' while BOTH "cops" carry the billionaires' neocon-neolib policy-agenda but on the DOMESTIC-POLICY side the 'good cop' Democrats soften that neoliberarlism enough to draw progressive voters and so to make this two-Party fascist country a 'democracy'. However, since international affairs, foreign policies, are simply too abstract for most voters to have any ability rationally to understand, BOTH Parties are (in congress) at least 98% neoconservatives. Sadly, even progressive voters don't even notice it; and, therefore, the Democratic Party can get away with being just as neocon as is the Republican Party. And the billionaires care more about foreign affairs than about domestic affairs.
I left the Democratic Party ten years ago. Should have done it sooner. As the "good cops" Democrats accomplish the same billionaire-inspired goals as the Republicans. They do it in a more insidious (and therefore more effective) way.
I was opposed to both impeachments during Trump's first term, not because I liked or respected him, but because I thought he was just one more in a long line of shitty presidents. Today I do support impeachment. Eric makes an interesting point that Democrats probably think they have a better chance of winning in 2028 if Trump remains in office, and for that reason are reluctant to make Vance, who is skilled at coming across as a moderate, the incumbent. Interesting dilemma. While I don't hear others calling Democrats fascists, I agree that they are - perhaps kinder, gentler fascists or woke fascists. The Dems also kowtow to corporate America, the arms industry, and Israel. They aren't the answer. I do however hope Democrats take both houses in November, if only to put the brakes on the Mad King.
The way I put is is that the billionaires play a good-cop-bad-cop routine with us: they provide the Democratic Party as 'the good cop" and the Republican Party as 'the bad cop' while BOTH "cops" carry the billionaires' neocon-neolib policy-agenda but on the DOMESTIC-POLICY side the 'good cop' Democrats soften that neoliberarlism enough to draw progressive voters and so to make this two-Party fascist country a 'democracy'. However, since international affairs, foreign policies, are simply too abstract for most voters to have any ability rationally to understand, BOTH Parties are (in congress) at least 98% neoconservatives. Sadly, even progressive voters don't even notice it; and, therefore, the Democratic Party can get away with being just as neocon as is the Republican Party. And the billionaires care more about foreign affairs than about domestic affairs.
I left the Democratic Party ten years ago. Should have done it sooner. As the "good cops" Democrats accomplish the same billionaire-inspired goals as the Republicans. They do it in a more insidious (and therefore more effective) way.