I’ve heard this one. They elect Trump again at the end.
WatercressOk8763 on
Only real change will happen if enough voterst get off their butt this time and get to the polls.
Soft-Community5978 on
Is it though? I feel like in the end they are going to elect a democrat by a little margin and everything is going to happen again, nothing the democrats do is good enough anything the republicans do can be forgiven.
Rhoeri on
I remember seeing this bullshit last election cycle.
Calderis on
I’m this thread, defeatist BS meant to urge the disenfranchisement of people who care.
The wake of Trump’s devastating presidency is by far the best time to enact real change. People are pissed and every measure of that is showing that the cult is a minority.
Vote in primaries. Make the changes we need happen… And if/when the elections show themselves to be tampered with, be prepared to take action.
Government only functions with the consent of the governed. Saying it’s too late is just giving in.
RevolutionaryCard512 on
Please for the love of our world and everything precious let the veil be lifted!!!
ZA-Is-Cheeks on
No they’re not and no it doesn’t.
dope-a-meanie on
The fact they fell asleep at the wheel tells us everything we need do know. Liberals are only pro womens rifts, pro lgbt, anti war, anti Epstein, pro Gaza, pro Medicare for All when on social media so they get upvotes.
They don’t show up with any consistency when it comes to actually voting. They don’t care. This mess is 100% on the voter. The youth of America loves Trump. They love this chaos.
zoo_tickles on
The functional literacy rate in the U.S. is so low that a real reckoning is unlikely…many people wouldn’t even recognize what it means.
xViscount on
Lol. A recession/depression needs to happen before this thing gets more swing statey.
On top of that, Dems will need to fix the housing problem on their watch for there to be a full fledged flip
Ok-Cartoonist-3173 on
What are the waking up from? Trump is just the final symptom of a history of violence and anti-intellectualism that began with the very first settlers.
lhomme_photographe on
Idk man. Nearly everyone I know now has turned pretty far right (and I live in California, San Francisco).
Maybe it’s different in the rest of the country.
asdwarrior2 on
Doubt it. Peasants might complain but they are cowards.
WarbossTodd on
Which is why there won’t be an election come November. Some attack or “concern” or something specifically orchestrated to give them a reason not to have an election.
LeftLiner on
I too hope the US fixes its horribly broken system, but I fear that the best we can hope for is a democratic victory that once again leads to nothing changing and then Trump 2.0 will emerge.
Reich is correct that Trump is a symptom and not a cause.
Pristine_Ability_203 on
Vote in local elections
BalerionSanders on
We absolutely should still vote and organize and donate for the midterm and the eventual general election, which are both scheduled to happen. I’m not saying give up at all.
It’s naive ignorance, *dangerous* ignorance, to assume it will happen and be ok. This clique of Nazi scum has accumulated an awful lot of criminal and moral liability to ever realistically consider allowing a peaceful transfer of power to threaten them. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. ✌️
Earl_I_Lark on
‘A democracy cannot thrive where power remains unchecked and justice is reserved for a select few. Ignoring these cries and failing to respond to this movement is simply not an option — for peace cannot exist where justice is not served.”
— Lewis on the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
whocanbearsed on
Lmao. No they aren’t.
OG_2_tone420 on
When will Americans learn. These headlines and talking heads are so delusional. No one is “waking up”.
chips92 on
I want to believe this, but sadly history has shown that this is simply not going to happen, the average voter is a moron and cannot grasp even the concept of a bigger picture, a bigger world beyond just themselves in tha immediate, singular, moment.
Until Americans en masse are able to actually understand how this world, their day to day lives, the lives of others, all major economies worldwide, are all interconnected and depend on one another, we will never change.
Sbesozzi on
I’ll believe it when I see it
Kink4202 on
The big difference between now and when MLK was able to show the atrocities on the nightly news, is that the right wing controls over 50% of the broadcast licences.
Trump is trying to take away the FCC license of any news organization that disagrees with him.
homebrew_1 on
Will they vote?
NovusNiveus on
If all the fucking doomers in this thread got together and used their collective effort…
…they wouldn’t get anything useful done but at least they would stop shitting up the internet for a little while.
FJ-creek-7381 on
They ARE the minority they are just so loud and they have money creating the effect they are a majority. THEY ARE NOT
Yelworc0242 on
Trump has smashed the world order. The USA no longer has allies, half of the world is on the brink of war and we are charging full steam ahead towards global hyper warming. The Democrats will do little to nothing to change any of that, they will as usual focus on pandering to their lobbyists and the kleptocracy.
A sea change in politics is needed. A leader unlike any we have seen before. But Americans will always vote for the guy who promises them lower taxes and other pipe dreams.
Truth-Eagle on
GOP ass kisser elect a convicted felon…
Tegurd on
Id rather be woke than asleep
whatsbeef667 on
this sub constantly:
– MAGA IS MELTING DOWN
– IS THIS THE END OF TRUMP?
– AMERICANS ARE WAKING UP
reality:
nothing happens
BigDaddyCoolDeisel on
Someday MAGA will realize that every influencer, podcaster, Fox News talking head, cool bro sports personality, wacky YouTube personality, ‘pro-America’ country musician or rock star, and every ‘remember when…’ comedian all incredibly end with “and that’s why the rich should have ALL the money.”
What a remarkable coincidence.
orangesfwr on
LOL no they’re not.
CatGuano on
I just sifted through the top 100 posts on the conservative sub again and there is not one mention of the Epstein files, as usual.
_msb2k101 on
lol dumbasses
rabbitclapit on
Love me some Robert.
Telluhwat on
They’re waking up huh? No, they’ve always known what has been going on for decades, they just choose to play dumb.
androbot on
In a world where right wing apologists control a substantial proportion of broadcast media and all of us have “choose your own adventure” options for content, there isn’t enough shared reality for this “awakening” to stick.
Change will only happen when a critical mass of people feel real pain. That usually happens with economic collapse or war. I am not hopeful that enough of us will see the light to reverse this trend anytime soon. I’d love to be disappointed.
MuttTheDutchie on
I’ve seen this headline every day for the last decade.
ZombieZoo_ZombieZoo on
A lot of people will be understandably cynical about this article, especially if they only read the headline.
But Reich nails the economic diagnosis here. It’s been happening for 50 years, Trump has just made it blatant enough that even us plebs can understand the grift.
It’s needlessly partisan. Even though Republicans are the ones DOING it, Democrats have effectively enabled the system to persist.
He also doesn’t address, IMO, the actual problem. Which is the fact that Putin has figured out how to run an incredibly effective online psyop that we still have no meaningful methods to combat. There will be no “great reckoning” until we can effectively communicate truth again.
Bellatrix_Shimmers on
Always darkest before the dawn. Hopefully the one good thing is we will see how many institutions are near completely broken and corrupt. Then we can start to create a better system.
DreadPirate777 on
The change that needs to happen is people walking away from the republican party. Current republicans need to call their house and senate representatives and let them know that what is going on is not ok. Until we get to that point it’s always going to be wins by razor thin margins at elections. Elections are the end goal of a race that started when Trump was elected.
captaincanada84 on
France would have dragged Trump out of the White House well before now
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I’ve heard this one. They elect Trump again at the end.
Only real change will happen if enough voterst get off their butt this time and get to the polls.
Is it though? I feel like in the end they are going to elect a democrat by a little margin and everything is going to happen again, nothing the democrats do is good enough anything the republicans do can be forgiven.
I remember seeing this bullshit last election cycle.
I’m this thread, defeatist BS meant to urge the disenfranchisement of people who care.
The wake of Trump’s devastating presidency is by far the best time to enact real change. People are pissed and every measure of that is showing that the cult is a minority.
Vote in primaries. Make the changes we need happen… And if/when the elections show themselves to be tampered with, be prepared to take action.
Government only functions with the consent of the governed. Saying it’s too late is just giving in.
Please for the love of our world and everything precious let the veil be lifted!!!
No they’re not and no it doesn’t.
The fact they fell asleep at the wheel tells us everything we need do know. Liberals are only pro womens rifts, pro lgbt, anti war, anti Epstein, pro Gaza, pro Medicare for All when on social media so they get upvotes.
They don’t show up with any consistency when it comes to actually voting. They don’t care. This mess is 100% on the voter. The youth of America loves Trump. They love this chaos.
The functional literacy rate in the U.S. is so low that a real reckoning is unlikely…many people wouldn’t even recognize what it means.
Lol. A recession/depression needs to happen before this thing gets more swing statey.
On top of that, Dems will need to fix the housing problem on their watch for there to be a full fledged flip
What are the waking up from? Trump is just the final symptom of a history of violence and anti-intellectualism that began with the very first settlers.
Idk man. Nearly everyone I know now has turned pretty far right (and I live in California, San Francisco).
Maybe it’s different in the rest of the country.
Doubt it. Peasants might complain but they are cowards.
Which is why there won’t be an election come November. Some attack or “concern” or something specifically orchestrated to give them a reason not to have an election.
I too hope the US fixes its horribly broken system, but I fear that the best we can hope for is a democratic victory that once again leads to nothing changing and then Trump 2.0 will emerge.
Reich is correct that Trump is a symptom and not a cause.
Vote in local elections
We absolutely should still vote and organize and donate for the midterm and the eventual general election, which are both scheduled to happen. I’m not saying give up at all.
It’s naive ignorance, *dangerous* ignorance, to assume it will happen and be ok. This clique of Nazi scum has accumulated an awful lot of criminal and moral liability to ever realistically consider allowing a peaceful transfer of power to threaten them. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. ✌️
‘A democracy cannot thrive where power remains unchecked and justice is reserved for a select few. Ignoring these cries and failing to respond to this movement is simply not an option — for peace cannot exist where justice is not served.”
— Lewis on the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
Lmao. No they aren’t.
When will Americans learn. These headlines and talking heads are so delusional. No one is “waking up”.
I want to believe this, but sadly history has shown that this is simply not going to happen, the average voter is a moron and cannot grasp even the concept of a bigger picture, a bigger world beyond just themselves in tha immediate, singular, moment.
Until Americans en masse are able to actually understand how this world, their day to day lives, the lives of others, all major economies worldwide, are all interconnected and depend on one another, we will never change.
I’ll believe it when I see it
The big difference between now and when MLK was able to show the atrocities on the nightly news, is that the right wing controls over 50% of the broadcast licences.
Trump is trying to take away the FCC license of any news organization that disagrees with him.
Will they vote?
If all the fucking doomers in this thread got together and used their collective effort…
…they wouldn’t get anything useful done but at least they would stop shitting up the internet for a little while.
They ARE the minority they are just so loud and they have money creating the effect they are a majority. THEY ARE NOT
Trump has smashed the world order. The USA no longer has allies, half of the world is on the brink of war and we are charging full steam ahead towards global hyper warming. The Democrats will do little to nothing to change any of that, they will as usual focus on pandering to their lobbyists and the kleptocracy.
A sea change in politics is needed. A leader unlike any we have seen before. But Americans will always vote for the guy who promises them lower taxes and other pipe dreams.
GOP ass kisser elect a convicted felon…
Id rather be woke than asleep
this sub constantly:
– MAGA IS MELTING DOWN
– IS THIS THE END OF TRUMP?
– AMERICANS ARE WAKING UP
reality:
nothing happens
Someday MAGA will realize that every influencer, podcaster, Fox News talking head, cool bro sports personality, wacky YouTube personality, ‘pro-America’ country musician or rock star, and every ‘remember when…’ comedian all incredibly end with “and that’s why the rich should have ALL the money.”
What a remarkable coincidence.
LOL no they’re not.
I just sifted through the top 100 posts on the conservative sub again and there is not one mention of the Epstein files, as usual.
lol dumbasses
Love me some Robert.
They’re waking up huh? No, they’ve always known what has been going on for decades, they just choose to play dumb.
In a world where right wing apologists control a substantial proportion of broadcast media and all of us have “choose your own adventure” options for content, there isn’t enough shared reality for this “awakening” to stick.
Change will only happen when a critical mass of people feel real pain. That usually happens with economic collapse or war. I am not hopeful that enough of us will see the light to reverse this trend anytime soon. I’d love to be disappointed.
I’ve seen this headline every day for the last decade.
A lot of people will be understandably cynical about this article, especially if they only read the headline.
But Reich nails the economic diagnosis here. It’s been happening for 50 years, Trump has just made it blatant enough that even us plebs can understand the grift.
It’s needlessly partisan. Even though Republicans are the ones DOING it, Democrats have effectively enabled the system to persist.
He also doesn’t address, IMO, the actual problem. Which is the fact that Putin has figured out how to run an incredibly effective online psyop that we still have no meaningful methods to combat. There will be no “great reckoning” until we can effectively communicate truth again.
Always darkest before the dawn. Hopefully the one good thing is we will see how many institutions are near completely broken and corrupt. Then we can start to create a better system.
The change that needs to happen is people walking away from the republican party. Current republicans need to call their house and senate representatives and let them know that what is going on is not ok. Until we get to that point it’s always going to be wins by razor thin margins at elections. Elections are the end goal of a race that started when Trump was elected.
France would have dragged Trump out of the White House well before now