Opinion | Do You Want a ‘Unified Reich’ Mind-Set in the White House?
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Young Republican staff members appear to be developing terminal white nationalist brain. And they will staff the next Republican administration.

a generation of young Republican staff members appears to be developing terminal white nationalist brain. And they will staff the next Republican administration.

  • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world
    82·
    1 month ago

    Actually I think you’re the one having a different conversation, or at least refuses to see anything except “but 2, or 4, years”.

    First thing, Biden is doing a fuckton, but it’s not enough for you. So I’m pointing out that you demand Jetsons life/tech/change.

    This is not limited to the last 4 years. You really want it to be, but it’s not. None of this is one and done. If this is about effecting significant changes, real changes, real movement of the Overton window, over multiple aspects of life, that requires a ton of time, work, and effort. 2 years or even 4 years is nothing. Real, significant change requires consistent and overwhelming victories. This means by definition it is over several elections and over several Presidents.

    I’m getting some serious “I’m 18 and think the world can change on a dime” vibes. 2 years is a long time for a 18 year old, I get it. But when you start working trying to effect serious change, you’ll realize serious change requires a ton of time, effort, and work. Thus requires consistent and overwhelming victories. Thus far longer than 4 years or 8 years or one presidency.

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      1 month ago

      If this is about effecting significant changes, real changes, real movement of the Overton window, over multiple aspects of life, that requires a ton of time, work, and effort

      And the only one of those we’ve expended is time.

      • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world
        11·
        1 month ago

        What are you even on about? They basically never have control. 4 years out of the last 24 years, and you say they’ve wasted (?) it?

        • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
          23·
          1 month ago

          Yes, they have wasted it. Unless you consider preserving the filibuster, strikebreaking, killing bbb, and killing the public option to be accomplishments.

          We gave them majorities, and they refused to use them.

          Before you reply with the article about the IBEW being happy with Biden, we’re talking about congress, not Biden.

          • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world
            11·
            1 month ago

            You’re all over the map with your replies. You just said “Thanks to centrist Democrats like Manchin, they can do it with 0.” as in the GOP can block Biden and the Dems.

            Biden is doing a fuckton. But anyway we’re back to “Biden had it for 2 years, why don’t we have Jetsons life!” See the whole post again, Dems have had control for 4 years of the last 24 years. But you want to say “why aren’t they doing anything”. It’s unreal.

            • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
              12·
              1 month ago

              You’re all over the map with your replies. You just said “Thanks to centrist Democrats like Manchin, they can do it with 0.” as in the GOP can block Biden and the Dems.

              And when Republicans don’t have a majority, just enough Democrats step in to block progressive policy for them, yes.

              Your assertion that Biden is doing a fuckton is unsupported, and your bullshit about the Jetsons is an idiotic strawman. I’d tell you to do better, but if you had defensible positions, you wouldn’t need to keep spamming bullshit.