My hopes for the Democrats died the day that President Biden began constructing the border wall he swore that not an inch would be built if he were elected president. Now there is an even bigger wall than under the Republican administrations which has impacted vast amounts of delicate ecosystems and created a dangerous and deadly border for those who attempt to pass into the US. My hopes were completely crushed for any progressive agenda from the Democrats when Roe was overturned and they did nothing. It has been left to voters to fight for reproductive rights.
Then came the war in Gaza and the genocide that the Democrats are participating in along with their opposition, the Republicans. They came together and had a genocide parade. They came together to condemn and suppress protesters.
For some “leftists”, I have a question: Why do you keep having progressive expectations from a party that has never delivered anything progressive since the civil rights act? That was the one progressive movement the Democratic Party has ever taken and since then it’s been failed promises (lies) that voters put hope and faith in but they are never delivered. They lay blame on the Republicans when they never play hard ball with their supposed opposition and somehow the GOP is always able to achieve their agenda because the Dems are also voting for the same agenda. Look at the protest suppression resolutions that were passed with a majority of Dems voting for it. Look at the proposed legislation against asylum seekers from the Democratic Party. Look at the border wall that Biden constructed and which none of the Democrats took issue with. Look at the genocide that the Democrats are funding and arming.
The leftists that think they can push the Democrats to the left are deluding themselves. The leftists that think the Democrats can ever achieve anything progressive are deluding themselves.
The Democrats only offer empty words.
Unless the majority of the legislation created is progressive, then the Democrats can’t claim the left. Once in a blue moon does not constitute a left-leaning party either.
I realize that there are many liberals that fully subscribe to the performative nature of the Democrats because they don’t wholeheartedly believe in equality, human rights, climate change, and environmental protection. Liberals just want the perception that they do, but are perfectly fine with oppressing others as long as they feel they are not affected.
A lot is lost in the performance of it all. There is the constant debate between Dem voters versus GOP voters on topics, but it is completely meaningless and a tremendous waste of time because they are both on the same team. The thing about these battles between what they think is the right and left is really just a performance so that it appears one is more conservative than the other. Dems think that dunking on what they think is the right makes them land somewhere in the left. In reality, it is much more important to dunk on those claiming to be on the left. It’s all a show. The right benefits because it appears like they are further to the right, and those claiming falsely to be on the left benefit from appearing to fall to the left. The thing is that the Dems don’t create very little legislation to warrant the claims that they are on the left.
Kamala Harris has chosen a VP and there are quite a few so-called “leftists” that are now supporting Harris when nothing has changed within the Democratic Party to warrant such support.
Harris does not have a platform for anyone to analyze. Her website is devoid of any policy stances or agenda that she and her running mate intend on implanting in office. One thing she has made clear is that she will support Israel’s right to defend itself. She has also made it clear she supports fracking.
Yet there are people who claim to be leftists that think this is wonderful and somehow a win. How is this a win? How has anything changed? I hate to tell it to them but the faux leftists that have jumped onto the Harris bandwagon have proven they never really cared for anything progressive to be willing to accept anyone from a party that tries to low-key commit war crimes and ecocide.
I look at the protesters in Bangladesh and how driven they were to achieve what they did. This is the level of commitment we need. This is the energy we need and not to cave because there seems like there might be a tolerable conservative because there are no tolerable conservatives. They have one intent and that is to oppress. It doesn’t matter the type of performance they give, it is always a show whether it be from a teacher who seems like a “guy next door” but has also supported Israel.
To my fellow leftists: Don’t take the loss of the performative leftists as a negative, but take is as a way to see who actually stands with you and stands for progress. We are going to lose more people, but we will also gain more as some realize how morally reprehensible conservatism is.
From the river to the sea, may Palestine be free. May the whole world be free.
Vote 3rd party
Strike
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Demand sanctions and embargoes for Israel, US, UK, Germany, France, Australia, RSF, UAE, Russia, SAF, M23, and Rwanda.
Please extend your energy to other countries and people facing atrocities and genocide in Palestine, Sudan, DRC, Haiti, West Papua, the Rohingyas, Armenians, and the Uyghurs.
Articles for reference. Please read and share.
The New Republic: Why Harris Is Backpedaling on Fracking
Business Insider: Where Tim Walz Stands on Israel, Gaza, and Pro-Palestinian Protests