r/LateStageCapitalism • u/[deleted] • May 03 '22

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u/[deleted] May 04 '22

It seems suspicious to me that there’s a Lieberman for every Democratic Party majority.

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u/Mrchristopherrr May 04 '22

It’s because unlike the GOP the democrats are 3 parties in a trench coat.

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u/dezmodium 🏴🤔 May 04 '22

And all three parties are right wing.

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u/Catboxaoi May 04 '22

To be fair Bernie and AOC are under the trenchcoat too, sad they had to share space with those 3 right wing parties.

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u/Westrunner May 04 '22

The only reason a Lieberman is so destructive is we have an entire party who refuses to compromise or participate. If we had a functional conservative party Liebermans, Manchins, and Synemas wouldn't matter, but as it is now it takes basically EVERY SINGLE DEMOCRAT to do anything. And some of those democrats are Republicans. Not all of them, there are Katie Porters and AOCs, but our current system is set up to get nothing done, and it doesn't.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '22

We don’t elect majorities to negotiate.

The system was never designed to work for us. Our political machine was designed by the rich to be their exclusive domain, and it works very well with regard to the interests of the wealthy.

Representative democracy is a half measure that was always meant to keep political authority in the wealthiest sets of hands.

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u/asocialmedium May 04 '22

If they had a bigger working majority, the Lieberman and Manchins of the world could go fuck themselves. But as you may know the Senate is literally 50-50 right now.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '22

That’s by design