I believe the two reasons maga gained popularity among the average American are both from fear/hate of people from other cultures(brown folks), as the country I know is still heavily segregated by zip code in most places. And, what really worked well, because anyone can participate, the fear/hate of trans and other lgbtq folks.

The democrats, I’m convinced today are in fact controlled opposition. Who thought pushing… forcing language like latinx without popular support from the people the name it represents? It was shoved in folks faces, and they were told to support it or they were a bad person. You can’t do that without extensive discussion and then having popular support to change it. Niether were done.

The same thing is happening with trans people in sports. There wasn’t any discussion about it before it was allowed, no one was prepared. Then, suddenly, people who have never met a trans person in their life, started seeing news headlines about it. There are born women, who are uncomfortable with this, whether or not they are anti trans or an ally, it doesn’t matter, because I guarantee you both exist, and they say they are uncomfortable with it. It was another decision that was made without disscussion from the group they represent. Why don’t afab women’s voices matter in this case? Again, now this pro trans group is telling you are a bad person for not wanting transfolk in sports, even just questioning it, even if otherwise you’d be an ally.

Dem’s pushed this stuff, without giving time for culural shift and discussion and imput from the people it would affect, and to make it worse if you voiced an opinion or question it online, even in an honest way, you would be instantly dogpiled and flamed.

I think every republican ad I saw up to the election mentioned trans people. There are tons of folks who have never met a trans person, have no idea what the process is like, leaving a lot of room for imagination. They went hard with the fear in those advertisements, they did a great job in working a mountain out of a molehill. Add in that everyone now has the internet in our pocket, some isolated communities are being exposed to things they otherwise wouldn’t have ever seen, driving the fear of the unknown.

Disclaimer I’m pro doing whatever you like for yourself, so long as it hurts no one else, and respects the people around you. Just know it’s stated. I tend to think in terms of sociology, and this is simply my observation.

I don’t think hobbes here has any integrity with this comment I’ve responded to, but I do think I’ve a small grasp on how they got there.

Also, anyone truly convicted of pedophilia shoud spend the rest of thier life in agony. They should not be granted death unless it’s from their victims wishes, and they should live in agony for as long as they breathe. I don’t care what faction you represent, messing with children is the lowest crime anyone can do and is not punished harshly enough.

And burning their trash

I have participated in No Mow May for three years now. I also have a spot in the yard I let be free (weeded it for invasives) for the same amount of time.

This summer, for the first time since I have lived here, exsists an abundance of fireflys in my yard. They are everywhere, in a way I’ve never seen since I was a child.

No Mow May, (even if just a part of your yard) gives insects a place. Bugs live in the leaves and natural debris, by keeping it undisturbed, from fall to winter is important for many bugs’ survival.

If you like bugs, consider dedicating space in your yard for them to live. Don’t keep grass in the typical american perfect lawn way. I suggest not to spray, and look at native grasses and plants first when seeking your landscaping needs.

I’ve noticed a real difference this year in my yard. Maybe its some coincidence, I don’t know. Either way I’m happy to see lightning bugs again

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Which is different than starting over entirely

My vote was against rump roast, not FOR the Dem running office in 2020.

I’m not for any candidate standing against Medicare for all and the working people.

So yeah they won, but not because of love for the party.

Not just that, but making voting day a holiday would help. Make it a friday to monday four day event for fucks sake!

That’s like not liking how your Civilization game is playing out and hitting restart, it’s lazy.

I disagree, we need to do it the hard way and have actual reform so we have stronger checks and balances.

I keep writing my senators. One senator I voted for under the Working Families’ Party (his name next to both WFP and Dem). The Second Senator is an old fart who I wanted to look up to, but continues to enable the R party as a Dem.

I write them often, and a few days ago, wrote the old fart to let him know his actions directly are why I just changed my voter registration to independent. Im no longer registered Democrat. I was there for Bernie, and nothing good has come of anything over my 10 years as a Dem. I write the WFP senator to remind him I voted for him under that party name.

Will it do anything? I don’t know, but I hope everyone is writing thier senators and reps at least bi weekly. Its so easy to do today, you dont even need a stamp!

Money really needs to get out of politics. It’s foul how we have to play the game to judge the integrity of decisions.

For the people? Or for the payout?

Obnoxious government

Thank you for your sincere response

Write your senators about this folks, if you really care about Bernie and AOC, write your Senator and let them know you support Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Urge them to stand with them, or to at least listen to what these two folks have to say.

It probably wont do anything, but if we keep writing them (I write weekly) dropping their names, maybe they will take the fuckin hint

I saw a weird propaganda YouTube short the other day about him. It was a half AI short video just talking about how good of a person he is LMAO

I agree with you, but I also feel that AOC is what the Democratic party is supposed to be. She is not the status quo.

Yes

How can you represent the interests of the people, and their needs, while also representing the interests of a corporation when their goals dont align?

I’m here for group three

The revolution is basically inevitable now. May take decades before anything meaningful changes for the people, but it’s suffering is inevitable.

The dems are complicit, as a youth I was an independent. Bernie got me to register Dem, and I’ve never felt so betrayed, betrayed by this party constantly. I’m out. Its going to get worse before it gets better, sucks but, here weeeeee ah goooo

So I understand you likely are against any universal healthcare in our country? Because of jobs?

There’s always more healthcare staff needed everywhere, maybe if education and trainings for those jobs wasn’t so expensive…

Not every person in New Jersey works for big pharma. There are other folks too, Booker should be representing all of them, not just the ones who pay him off.

Which is why I scream about employee ownership whenever I can. It’s the closest we can get in the states I think right now. NCEO

I’ll be shocked if Walmart choses to “eat the cost” for tariffs.

They don’t “eat the cost” so their employees don’t need food stamps, a program also on the chopping block. If they gut medicate/medicaid the Walmart pharmacy will also definitely feel that loss.

I worked at four US manufacturing gigs before landing at an Employee Owned Company that actually paid living wage ($19/hr to start with benefits).

Prior to that, these four manufacturing companies I was hired at paid minimum wage, you were lucky to get a ten cent raise after a year. The work was grueling, health insurance was basically nothing, no paid time off, just shit conditions with mandatory overtime and zero workers’ rights.

Not to mention something like injection molding or QA off a line and into a box, is the most boring work there is. I hate injection molding. Even the aerospace department at my decent paid EO company was repetitive boring work, but at least they cared about ergonomics an employee well-being. This is not true in the majority of manufacturing.

There are some decent manufacturing jobs in the US, but the ratio of decent paid “good” ones, to shit companies who just beat every ounce of labor out of you before you destroy your body to pay you pennies is not great. Worker Unions and Employee Owned companies are where it’s at, but there is less of them than shit manufacturing companies beholden to their white collar, red tie shareholders.

Edit, for expamle, I actually got laid off by a company making car parts two weeks before Christmas. I was just temping there, had been four months. They told me they really liked my work, I was one of the better employees (wasnt hard at this place, the night shift all drank on the job and half the day folks didn’t give af). I wasnt going to stay with the company anyway, I just needed work for that winter. So they complimented my work ethic and skill, and then told me, a 26 year old single mom to one, that they had to lay me off because they couldnt afford to hire me until the new year, sorry its just before Christmas. This company was running more than half the year in the red.

Annoying as hell. I went back to the temp agency and they found me a job for a different company just for two weeks, cutting back scrap for this other company. I said sure. This new company was the employee owned one. I got lucky, one of the guys in the department was on thin ice already, so when it came out he was sharing a disgusting misogynist nickname for both me and the only other female (engineer) in the department, he got fired as his last strike. Guess who swooped in to take his job? Guess who got to smuggly tell the staffing agency there was no fucking way I was going back to the car parts place when they asked about me in January :)