Biden is not liberal or progressive. The Democratic Party is not liberal or progressive. Please do not categorize this party as anything but conservative.
Under Biden:
Roe v. Wade was overturned
Builds and extends the border wall
Provides complete support of Israel’s genocide and war crimes, denies any facts opposing the statements made by Israel
Provides tremendous funding for the Israeli military beyond the yearly funding
Increases police forces across the US
Silences protestors who oppose the Israeli siege on Gaza and the war crimes being committed and terms them Nazi’s
Creates secret arms deals with Israel to bypass accountability and transparency
That is a democratic president. If a person read this list without the context of who this was, it would be assumed this leader is conservative, an extreme conservative at that. What is worse is that all democrats support the actions of President Biden. There are a small group who do not, but they too are realizing the truth in where the Democratic Party lies on the political idealogical spectrum and that is to the right. Any party that could allow the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians does not stand for anything progressive or liberal. They have the power to end this massacre, but they choose to continue the path of death and greed. Do not ever call Democrats liberal or progressive because they stand for completely different principles.
To the right of the the Democrats are the Republicans, extremist conservatives.
In a previous post that touched on this, Leftists were excluded in the piece. The reason being is that there are no Leftists. That term is used to demonize actual progressives and liberals. They are seen as extremists who are not to be taken seriously. Why is that? It is to delegitimize the true Liberal (Leftist) and promote a conservative stance that is made to look liberal because it is much further to the right on the ideological spectrum than what a true Liberal (Leftist) would propose and support. The Democrats have never created anything substantial that is progressive beyond the contribution to the civil rights movement but that really emerged because the black community fought tirelessly for their rights. The party does not resemble the party it did when it took action to protect civil rights, just like the Republican Party looks nothing like it did under Lincoln and ending slavery. Both of the parties have shifted to the right. We must acknowledge this shift to the right.
This leaves a large group of people without representation. Muslim and Arab voters who supported the Democratic Party are also without representation. They believed the promises regarding the Middle East and supporting the people of Palestine and instead are force to fund their relatives deaths in Gaza. That is outright sickening. They are being silence and called Nazi’s by their own government. Either a new party needs to emerge, or the Independent Party becomes something much greater as an ambiguous entity that would represent a diverse and large electorate.
Beyond lack of representation, the system of checks and balances within the US government is broken and it is the task the people must take to set the system at balance again. Our government has way too much power, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. We are a witness to this statement being the reality we must face. Foreign leaders won’t call out the abuses of the US in the Israeli war on Gaza because they fear us. No nation on this planet should wield such power. We the people must remove these elected officials from power immediately and hold emergency elections. Unlike the Republicans who attempted an uprising, we should hold an immediate, emergency election. All elected officials are out of office can never run for election again in any capacity. They have no regard for humanity and are therefore dangerous to have in power. We need to start anew.
There are many ways to address the imbalances in our current system. The electorate, through popular vote, should vote on amendments to the constitution that would bring balance such as:
term limits- one term in office across all branches of the government
enshrine abortion rights and legalize choice for women
create a multi-party system with a four party option for each elected office
remove the electoral college and instead use popular vote
all military funding should be subject to popular vote
age limit- 70 years of age
the Supreme Court nominees should be subject to popular vote
campaign funding- money can only come from a personal donation of no more than $ 1,000 per person.
disarmament- begin removal of all nuclear warheads and scaling back the military drastically
The majority of voters do not support the funding of Israel and want a ceasefire. The US government is not representing the voters. Instead, the US government is using taxpayer money to fund a war they do not support. That is taxation without representation…
Again, this is taxation without representation.
This was our major grievance entering into the American Revolution. We have a system in place that is broken but redeemable. The people running the government are not redeemable. This complete upheaval of the government requires the energy of every voter becoming involved in their democracy, but that has been the intent of our democracy since its inception. We have given too much power to our leaders, and as absolute power corrupts absolutely, it is in the people’s hands to rebalance the power dynamic.