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⌈ Secret Post #5649 ⌋

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Speaking as another Brit so I may be fuzzy on the details...Republicans don't give a shit about etiquette or tradition (in certain directions) when they have power and will obstruct/shut down government to get their way. A lot of what is happening can be traced back to Obama not doing anything during the slim window where the Dems controlled both houses and Mitch McConnell (one of those people where even as a non-American, I can't wait for him to die) made it his mission to straight up prevent Obama/any Democrat doing anything once the Republicans got control of Congress.

And the Democrats have a laughable solution to this..."we'll not stoop so low and work within the established framework" - good going guys, the GOP literally does not give a shit and they have played the long game to get their way, meanwhile you're still doing the "we need to reach across the aisle" shite.

Bonus: people who are more likely to vote Democrat (young people, black people, LGBT people etc) become so disillusioned with this circus that they often don't vote in great numbers. Guess who did for the last 50 years? People who care about NOTHING else but getting Roe repealed. And the Republicans said that they would do it (if you vote for them) in their campaigns, constantly.

The end result being...a wholly unsuitable candidate became president and was able to ram through justices to fulfil McConnell's agenda. I can't believe I'm going to sort of defend Trump (but not really) but he really wasn't the brains behind the operation, but he brought his cult along with him and that's all that matters.

As an American: You hit the nail on the head completely.

people who are more likely to vote Democrat (young people, black people, LGBT people etc) become so disillusioned with this circus that they often don't vote in great numbers

This is the part that pisses me off: the number of people behaving like spoiled children and going "if they don't give me everything I want, I'm just going to not vote at all!" Even my five-year-old niece can understand that sometimes we don't get everything we want and have to make compromises. If you don't vote, you don't get to cry about how things turn out, because by not voting you basically agreed with whoever got picked.

Yeah I have to admit I struggle with it because for one thing, Republican voters (and Conservatives in my country) don’t seem to have the same problem as long as it means their guy wins.

At the same time I do kinda get where the disillusioned folk are coming from. I can’t do it (not voting) because I drag myself out to the polling station even when it’s hopeless, but I know I’m probably coming from a fairly privileged position in the first place.

Republicans also went through about 40 years of civil wars in their party dedicated to ensuring that all of their elected politicians were totally in line with and fully, zealously committed to achieving the goals of their base voters. And that's not just about agreeing with the base on policy questions, it's also about credibility. So that's part of the reason why it's not a problem for Republican voters. They know that if they vote for Republicans, and Republicans win, then they'll do as much as possible to carry out Republican goals.

But here's the thing: if you don't vote, you have literally NO right to complain about how things turn out. None. Because you decided you didn't care. You don't get to suddenly change your mind and care afterward.

But these people somehow think they can just not vote and then boohoo when whoever gets voted in is the person they absolutely didn't want. Sorry, but fuck off with that shit. You made your bed, now lie in it and shut up.

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