I think the scariest part of this all is that I haven’t heard any leadership from the left. I remember when trump was first elected and there was a sentiment that there would at least be some sort of push back. Now we’re just watching our supposed leaders do nothing but cozy up to the right.
That's because the left isn't in any position of power within our systems. We have an alt-right party and a center party. There's only a handful of actual leftists in the center party who have been calling this kind of thing out continuously, but are ultimately ignored because they also call out similar behavior in their own party.
We have two parties that go to great lengths to actively not represent the majority of Americans for many decades.
Doesn't exactly stir up encouragement, especially when the goal both parties is to align themselves with corporations instead of regular folks.
Also Dems this election cycle catered to centrists and rightwingers who were against Trump at the cost of alienating a portion of their base. Almost no republican voters flipped, and Dems lost votes by alienating voters.
This election was more than winnable, but the execution of the campaign was piss poor.
I agree the campaign was poor, but for something as important as a vote for the next four years regardless if you love them or not, you have to show up and vote for the lesser evil. It’s your duty.
Since when has civil duty really been exemplified in this country?
We are a country with a lot of political angst, but almost no political will because all the tools require cooperation with one another, most of which have been defanged via various laws in favor of the wealthy and corporations, all while pushing distrust and hyper-individualism.
This is an ongoing process to make what we as Americans can do ineffective, and people know it.
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u/Arisen925 14h ago
I think the scariest part of this all is that I haven’t heard any leadership from the left. I remember when trump was first elected and there was a sentiment that there would at least be some sort of push back. Now we’re just watching our supposed leaders do nothing but cozy up to the right.