https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Philippe_II,_Duke_of_Orléans

. I would argue that the ethics of the economy have improved,

The Reagan era was a glorification of greed. Before then, CEOs were expected to care about all the stakeholders of a company. Not just stockholders but also customers and employees and the general community. A large amount of enshitification resulted from the glorification of greed era. For example, tuition at public universities went from very reasonable to absurdly expensive. Health care deductibles went from $250 to $6000. Anti-trust law stopped being enforced etc.

Yeah, we are gonna be mere “poll numbers” forever and nothing will be done.

Before the ACA passed, each and every time I brought up the need to change the system in online forums, somebody would tell me it will never happen. In those days there was no way to get insurance if you had preexisting conditions without working for a corporation.

I still remember when ACA happened. The smart people who wanted single payer or similar were shunned out the room

Because neither Obama nor Clinton campaigned in 2008 for single payer. And there was no margin to spare in getting the 60 senate votes needed (although they should have only need 50 no 60), and so Lieberman all by himself was able to kill the Public Option that most people would have used.

Except if the dems had solid majorities for years they could be pushed left easily.

That is exactly what it will take for major progress. Otherwise it won’t happen.

. Why didn’t cobra apply?

Because he didn’t leave his company. His company changed their insurance.

. They point to Canada’s system and say most Canadians wish they had our system.

Most Canadians are extremely glad they don’t have our system.

What did he do? Biden immediately gave away the public option as a show of good faith

Nope. We only lost the public option because of Joe Lieberman saying he wouldn’t support it and we needed all 60 Dem senators to vote for it.

Wow thanks for posting

I saw him in Outer Mongolia today.

the high cost of living, housing and food was the factor that most influenced their vote.

So the high cost of living caused them to vote for Trump’s inflationary National Sales Tax and inflationary gigantic tax cuts for billionaires?

The Democratic party is an enemy of the American people, as much now as the Republican party always has been.

There is no reason any politician should ever listen to what you want or pay attention to you in any way. By treating politicians who raise taxes on the rich the same as politicians who lower taxes on the rich, you are literally encouraging politicians to lower taxes on the rich and increase wealth inequality.

Trump is a known pedo

They instead demanded fealty in exchange for right wing talking points and policies

There was literally none of those.

prancing loathsome rightwingers like Cuban and Liz Cheney across the stage like we were supposed to be impressed

None of them had any impact on policies in any way. So why would NOT welcome the support of the few conservatives who remained loyal to America instead of going neofascist?

It was lunacy

Getting people’s support without giving up a single thing in return is the opposite of lunacy.

So here we are, in the aftermath of corporate shill amateur hour.

WTF are you talking about. Harris was going to raise taxes on corporations even more than Biden did.

Many Dems actually believe that they are the good guys and aren’t also to blame for the corpo nature of America.

Biden increased the minimum corporate tax rate from 0% to 15%. By following the money (and the tax rates) we cut thru the tired bullshit of vague claims. The best way to achieve clarity is to focus like a laser on what happens with tax rates.

Okay but why is the media treating this as more important than every other murder? It’s not. That’s what people are mad about. If anything, it is less important, since the motivation is something that not a threat to the general public.

I think you will find Palestinian citizens agree with you on that point.

Yes. And the Israeli hostages.

Killing people who were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time is always wrong.

Fuck the media for treating this murder as super important. This is something that only wealthy elites care about.

False analogy. Clinton, Obama, and Biden – all 3 of the last Dem presidents – kept their promises to raise taxes on the wealthy and/or corporations.

Realty matters.