Politics Thread!

[Mat]

American Democrats this is your big chance! Don't muff it also.

Never underestimate the ability of the democrats to shit in their own plate.

Yeah, unfortunately (and maybe rather cynically), I reckon there will be plenty of Democrats who saw the rampant corruption and will be thinking "I want a slice of that pie!"

The fact that the turkeys basically voted for Christmas in California by voting down Proposition 40, then passing the counter-propositions preventing billionaires being taxed in the same way in future did a LOT to temper my "delight".

[SuperMappy]

American Democrats this is your big chance! Don't muff it also.

Never underestimate the ability of the democrats to shit in their own plate.

You reminded me of a complaint from black officials/leaders that for decades Democratic politician/leaders were basically telling black voters "Hey, vote for us, we can help you because we care more about you than those other guys" and then little to nothing basically changed. Then the Republicans, after noticing that nothing changed, said "Hey, vote for us, we can help you because we care more about you than those other guys pretend to" and then little to nothing changed.

[tufty]

It's not just black voters, and it's not just in the US. "The left" across most of the west, who theoretically should act for the interests of workers and the poor, have instead pretty much absolutely ignored the workers and the poor, believing that their votes simply belong to them. And that's where the extreme right have come in, offering a voice for that frustration even if the people don't really believe in the simple fixes the extreme right are promising. It's why you have second generation immigrants voting for parties promising forced "remigration". I'm not sure it's not too fucking late.

[Little stoned kiwi]

New Zealand just had a general election and the outcome is "New Zealand's fucking bonkers".

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/ ... ew-zealand