Many many people say “what else could we do / what else do you expect us to do”. That’s admitting powerlessness, “power” meaning what you have any control over.
I.e. What you do. Not what a Party does.
What did people do in 2024?
Did they get what they wanted?
What could they do differently?
I try to appreciate that “the Dems” will need to appeal to people who will block them for far less than what I said. That’s the marketplace of ideas, I guess, but if anyone thinks it’s easy to please more than two people at once, I assume they’ve never run for anything in their lives.
Yes, absolutely that means "the Dems" (however you defined that) as much as any other organized group. But if the answer to that post-mortem analysis is "Well what else could we do, we're powerless!", then all I can say is you must be right. You must be powerless and there's nothing else you can do.
There are a lot of rabbit holes we could go down from here. My point is this: If a tactic deployed in 2024 by an organized group did not achieve the goals they sought, then it's fair to ask that group to conduct a post-mortem and evaluate how the tactics could be improved in service of the strategy.
Judging by the "blocks" I received after my comment, that seems like an unpopular take in some circles. I don't attribute that to you (and I don't particularly care to engage with people threatened by that take), but if we're looking for healthy and clarifying debate, blocks are an odd reaction.
I think an appeal to the receptive party is a lot more effective when that party is in office. And I think that strategies that make it less likely rather than more that the receptive party will take power are counterproductive.
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I didn't say they were or they weren't. I was reacting to your argument that some people had good reason not to protest Republicans and to reserve their protests for Democrats. Apologies if I misunderstood the argument that you were making.
Couldn’t resist.
The conclusion that one party is persuadable and therefore that party should be attacked while the other gets a pass is as direct a “downward spiral” as I can imagine. What I find missing from this analysis is why and how, eg, Black voters decided to be a reliable D voting block all these decades.
Current Mood.
Anyone else see the Mr. Show sketch about the government sending a monkey into space to blow up the moon, and everyone’s really excited and praising the monkey, but then the monkey asks (in sign language) “why” they want to blow up the moon, and then the nation turns on the monkey as a traitor?
Pitch an unnecessary sequel
The Englishman Who Went up Another Hill but Came Down Another Mountain
Pretti Good question.
Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now
Just incredible.
Thinking of all the times my kids told me that they "accidentally" ate the candy we told them was off limits until after they finished their dinner.
At least they never blamed AI for their behavior.
(... I guess I should say "haven't yet.")
My most optimistic read is that Democrats in general direct their hatred at the things they believe can and should be improved, and Republicans in general direct their hatred at the things they believe can and should be destroyed.
Welp, that’s the most I’ve ever paid for a tank of gas in my life.
Big “I BETTER NOT BE HEARING WHAT I THINK I’M HEARING DOWNSTAIRS YOUNG MAN OR NO DESSERT FOR YOU TONIGHT!” energy on display from our Commander in Chief.
California boy dies of SSPE (measles complication) after being infected at age 7 months, when he was too young to be vaccinated.
What’s a movie you genuinely enjoy that’s known for being bad?
Mom and Dad Save the World (1992)
I’m concerned about how this will advance the rapid spread of dangerous ideas among the scattered masses of half-assembled LEGO figurines in our various bins.
Cool is reliable transit on regular schedules that is smartly mapped.
If you tell me a city that I’m visiting has buses, that run every hour (maybe), and drop me off a mile from my locations, then it has public transit in concept but not in any practical sense.
And then I’m stuck renting.
To the point that many of our pathways are openly hostile to pedestrians, let alone bikes. Plus the open antagonism to public transit in any form.
Bessie Coleman was denied admission to American flight schools because she was Black and a woman.
So she went to France.
In 1921 she became the first Black woman in the world to earn an international pilot’s license.
She refused to stay grounded.
#SheShed #Voices4Victory #WomensHistoryMonth
As a lifelong fan (one could say maybe I was too young to watch Twin Peaks as it first aired), my take is that his films are hard to talk about afterward but amazing to watch. That makes them difficult to compare with other films on a “good/bad” scale, but as the man said… youtu.be/R0JEUh1O7GY?...
I know this is a very minor quibble, but as a St. Louis native, it legitimately bothers me that they gave the fictional TV station in #DTFSTL a call sign that starts with a "W" instead of a "K."
