• Sickos [they/them, it/its]@hexbear.net
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    5 months ago

    It’s not that he’s “not playing smart,” JUST FUCKING THINK! IF he has an option, and he CHOOSES to not use that option, he MUST SUPPORT the current state of things!

    FUCKING

    THINK

    PAST

    THE

    PROPAGANDA

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      5 months ago

      It depends on which version of ‘pack the courts’ you mean. Increasing the numbers just leads to an arms race that achieves little beyond a brief window where the presidents side has more justices, before the next president just increases the number again to swing it their way. Alternatively, telling all the ageing justices of your persuasion to get out while you can replace them with younger people makes more sense, and he and all previous Dem presidents absolutely should have done so, and not doing so is not smart. I’m not sure it’s so much them supporting the current state as thinking their opponents will play fair, which is even more colossally stupid.

      I hope that at no point have I suggested the Democrats or Biden are a good choice, just that they’re a less immediately terrible choice than the Republicans and trump. The Felon has made it clear that he will enthusiastically support and extend all the worst positions the Dems have taken and also want to be a dictator. Neither is a good choice, but one is worse.

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        5 months ago

        They do not think their opponents play fair. They are FULLY AWARE of it. They exist to manufacture consent for right wing policies, suppress leftist populist movements, and provide a pressure relief outlet for popular sentiment.

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          5 months ago

          Maybe my position isn’t quite as cynical as yours. I don’t think they exists just to do as you say above, rather they are just rather ineffective and bicker publicly far more than their opponents, leading to much the same outcome. Yes, they need to sort themselves out and start acting in the best interests of the country. The only way they’ll do that is if they have a clear and consistent message from a large enough proportion of the electorate to make it worth their while. Were it pretty much anyone except trump, I’d say making an example of Biden would make sense, but considering reality I don’t think that’s wise.

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              5 months ago

              That assumes competence on the part of all participants, which I don’t believe to be the case. Incompetence gives the same outcome, but can, theoretically, be fixed.