Nevermind that half the slate of candidates on that party's ticket are connected to the so-called "intelligence" community/deep state, because obviously the same bureaucracies that routinely overthrow left governments around the world and who want to bring back the Cold War (and huge military spending) are, of course, "leftists."
Repubs traditionally have a greater voter turnout for midterms (considering Reddit always goes nuts getting people registered during midterms), but I don’t really know what to expect anymore.
With the big Cheeto as president and other upsets like that Puerto Rican socialist who unseated that power Dem in the NY primary, I’m not holding my breath for any expectations.
Democrats have experienced a greater than average turnout in elections after Trump was elected; for example, see the dramatic change in Democrat voter turnout in the Texas primaries.
Lol social democrat is the most meaningless term there is.
Social democrats in Sweden are neo-liberals who want to get rid of socialist remnants from the 60's, whereas UK and US social democrats are actual socialists who coopted the name because they know they'll get zero votes if they admit what they actually are.
In the US SocDems support capitalism with a strong social safety net, you're thinking of DemSocs. Confusingly, the DSA are actually SocDems and not DemSocs.
But I've been assured by both parties (GOP in early 2000's and Dems in 2008) that their majorities will last forever because it's not possible people will stop liking them!
No one ever liked Trump. Ironically, Dems are prob better off that he won, bc 2018 woulda given Republicans a Senate supermajority and possibly 2/3rds of state legislatures, which woulda let them rewrite the Constitution
Socialists scare moderates, if Democrat moderates and unaffiliated moderates abandon the Democrats due to Dems getting a solid caucus of outright socialists (and I mean real socialism, not the made up version that Republicans accuse Democrats of), I think the Democratic party could cease to be a national party. Or at the very least the party will split and/or refuse to caucus with the socialist wing to preserve their electoral chances. Either way, you'll the USA would be come MAGA land for the forseeable future, and this time it would actually be because of the DAMN COMMIES!
That's true, but I wasn't really talking about Ocasio-Cortez or Bernie, I'm talking about who Chapo would want to see win. I read Chapo every once in a while to laugh at the tards, and they pretty uniformly want to parlay the momentum of the socdem stuff that Cortez and Bernie support into full blown 'workers own the means of production' / 'kill the factory owners' socialism. Besides that, I also wouldn't underestimate the damage that candidates like Ocasio-Cortez can do to the Democrats even without being 'true socialists', having a moonbat like Ocasio-Cortez to blast all over the airways saying that borders don't real and Make Mexico America Again pushes moderates into the arms of the orange tard.
Agreed, I wasn't saying it was likely I was pointing out that if Chapo gets what it wants they still won't be getting what they want because the majority of the country absolutely revile them and would immediately abandon any platform they flock to. Simple really
... What? Am I not understanding something here or do you think the Democratic candidates are CIA agents? And you think the CIA is a leftist organization?
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1 BigPriceToupee 2018-07-29
Nevermind that half the slate of candidates on that party's ticket are connected to the so-called "intelligence" community/deep state, because obviously the same bureaucracies that routinely overthrow left governments around the world and who want to bring back the Cold War (and huge military spending) are, of course, "leftists."
1 pitterpatterwater 2018-07-29
Dems will win, because the party that's not in power usually wins in the midterms, but it definitely won't be socialist dems who win.
1 EasySchmitty 2018-07-29
Repubs traditionally have a greater voter turnout for midterms (considering Reddit always goes nuts getting people registered during midterms), but I don’t really know what to expect anymore.
With the big Cheeto as president and other upsets like that Puerto Rican socialist who unseated that power Dem in the NY primary, I’m not holding my breath for any expectations.
1 pitterpatterwater 2018-07-29
Democrats have experienced a greater than average turnout in elections after Trump was elected; for example, see the dramatic change in Democrat voter turnout in the Texas primaries.
1 snowkarl 2018-07-29
Lol social democrat is the most meaningless term there is.
Social democrats in Sweden are neo-liberals who want to get rid of socialist remnants from the 60's, whereas UK and US social democrats are actual socialists who coopted the name because they know they'll get zero votes if they admit what they actually are.
1 pitterpatterwater 2018-07-29
With regards to the US I think you mean demsocs, in the US socdems support capitalism with a strong social safety net.
1 pitterpatterwater 2018-07-29
In the US SocDems support capitalism with a strong social safety net, you're thinking of DemSocs. Confusingly, the DSA are actually SocDems and not DemSocs.
1 snowkarl 2018-07-29
Yeah yeah. First it's tax the rich by 95% and in 2 years Bernie will be lining up the bread lines.
Cortez is literally a retard with zero political ideas, their entire political idea is: fuck the rich, fuck trump and free shit
1 pitterpatterwater 2018-07-29
Hmm, you might say she's the liberal Trump.
1 snowkarl 2018-07-29
predictable
1 pitterpatterwater 2018-07-29
Seriously though, are universal healthcare, weaker immigration laws, tax the rich, etc etc not campaign promises?
1 snowkarl 2018-07-29
Yes, socialist ones
1 pitterpatterwater 2018-07-29
Also lol that's not socialism.
1 snowkarl 2018-07-29
Taxing the rich isn't socialist? til
1 pitterpatterwater 2018-07-29
Taxing the rich is neoliberal; socialism means common ownership of the means of production.
1 snowkarl 2018-07-29
They have to start somewhere
1 CollaWars 2018-07-29
Every midtterm in modern history has the opposition party picking up seats expect 2002
1 cheeZetoastee 2018-07-29
But I've been assured by both parties (GOP in early 2000's and Dems in 2008) that their majorities will last forever because it's not possible people will stop liking them!
1 uniqueguy263 2018-07-29
No one ever liked Trump. Ironically, Dems are prob better off that he won, bc 2018 woulda given Republicans a Senate supermajority and possibly 2/3rds of state legislatures, which woulda let them rewrite the Constitution
1 Justinat0r 2018-07-29
Socialists scare moderates, if Democrat moderates and unaffiliated moderates abandon the Democrats due to Dems getting a solid caucus of outright socialists (and I mean real socialism, not the made up version that Republicans accuse Democrats of), I think the Democratic party could cease to be a national party. Or at the very least the party will split and/or refuse to caucus with the socialist wing to preserve their electoral chances. Either way, you'll the USA would be come MAGA land for the forseeable future, and this time it would actually be because of the DAMN COMMIES!
1 pitterpatterwater 2018-07-29
That's not going to happen, though; Bernie Cortez, etc etc aren't actual socialists.
1 Justinat0r 2018-07-29
That's true, but I wasn't really talking about Ocasio-Cortez or Bernie, I'm talking about who Chapo would want to see win. I read Chapo every once in a while to laugh at the tards, and they pretty uniformly want to parlay the momentum of the socdem stuff that Cortez and Bernie support into full blown 'workers own the means of production' / 'kill the factory owners' socialism. Besides that, I also wouldn't underestimate the damage that candidates like Ocasio-Cortez can do to the Democrats even without being 'true socialists', having a moonbat like Ocasio-Cortez to blast all over the airways saying that borders don't real and Make Mexico America Again pushes moderates into the arms of the orange tard.
1 pitterpatterwater 2018-07-29
Yeah, that has a snowball's chance in hell of happening.
1 Justinat0r 2018-07-29
Agreed, I wasn't saying it was likely I was pointing out that if Chapo gets what it wants they still won't be getting what they want because the majority of the country absolutely revile them and would immediately abandon any platform they flock to. Simple really
1 froibo 2018-07-29
... What? Am I not understanding something here or do you think the Democratic candidates are CIA agents? And you think the CIA is a leftist organization?
Are you ODing on red pills?
1 Chronicopia420 2018-07-29
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1 dogDroolsCatsRules 2018-07-29
>Left
>Burgerland
Maybe in 50 years.
1 pitterpatterwater 2018-07-29
Succdems may not be real socialists but your average American won't care.
1 ChipChippersonAMA 2018-07-29
Pendulum ain't swinfing back to 2024