Thought to ask this after a pointless and exhausting argument with liberals who are convinced that Trump being voted out proves that liberal democracy works and that Bernie and AOC are going to fix capitalism.

Surely as capitalism continues to decay and it becomes clear that the only possible futures are socialism or barbarism, there's going to come a point where nobody is going to believe that the Bidens and Pelosis are going to save us. I fully expect most liberals to embrace fascism when that time comes, but I've still gotta wonder... what's it going to take? What will be the tipping point?

  • glimmer_twin [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Is it not already? 50% of the country are RWNJs and a lot of the remainder are basically held hostage by the Dems. How many true believer libs are there, 20-25%?

    That’s not even taking into account the completely apolitical, only what, 40% of people even vote?

    • BeamBrain [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      The 2020 election was won on a platform of "Nothing will fundamentally change." I think that indicates a pretty high degree of faith in the system.

      • glimmer_twin [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        It was won on a platform of “trump bad” tbh. With a side of a once in a century health emergency.

        • BeamBrain [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          The election wasn't just the general. Even in the middle of a pandemic, democratic voters during the primary were offered universal healthcare, decided it wasn't necessary, and backed the status quo.