chapotraphouse @hexbear.net Frank [he/him, he/him] @hexbear.net 1 wk. ago

The Great Serpent has risen from the depths once more to make everything worse; Liz Warren's "I'm a collaborator" speech

time.com Sen. Elizabeth Warren: Here's the Plan to Fight Back

To everyone who is afraid of what happens next, I share your fears. But what we do next is important.

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politics @lemmy.world usernamesAreTricky @lemmy.ml 1 wk. ago

Sen. Elizabeth Warren: Here's the Plan to Fight Back

time.com /collection/time100-voices/7173801/elizabeth-warren-democrats-plan-after-2024-election/

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As we confront a second Donald Trump presidency, we have two tasks ahead. First, try to learn from what happened. And then, make a plan.

I have a plan. I have a plan. I have a plan. I have a plan. I have a plan. I have a plan.

EDIT: I read the rest of it and I actually don't disagree with much of what she said lol
- those are the hooks of liberalism reaching for you, they can describe the problems and then offer some technically-not-wrong solutions, then you vote for them and nothing changes
  
  don't worry, I know, I was just expecting worse. to expand, I just mean what she says makes sense if you must strictly limit your scope of engagement to what might be possible within the Democratic party. Luckily, you don't gotta do that.
- Egon always had a plan, yet he always ended in jail. Plans don't work when you're full of hubris. Such is life.
  
  This is a deepcut referencing one of the only western film franchises allowed in
On paper, the U.S. economy is the strongest in the world. But working families are struggling with big expenses like the cost of housing, health care, and childcare.

I know you and the rest of your useless cohort always say "We hear you. We see you. We are listening to you." But here's a thought. Fucking do something.

Finally, Democrats currently in office must work with urgency.

Um... Like you did in 2021 and 2022???

Now it is our turn to pull up our socks and get back in the fight.

What a weird way to end a statement that's nominally about active resistance not hashtag resistance.
- Dems out here with saggy ass socks smdh
  
  "I think we need to remove Mike from the MainGroup Trump Taskforce a-s-a-p."
  
  "Why?"
  
  "Saggy ass socks."
  
  "Oh my goodness! He's gotta go!" Mike is removed from the taskforce within the hour and the taskforce's Twitter account tweets...
  
  Always be professional. NO excuses. Hashtag no hashtag *active* resistance.
Oh my god, is this not the end of my catharsis? Are the dems gonna humiliate themselves further by picking up the mantle of the #Resistance again after a year of genocide and getting laughed out of the galaxy?
- Okay, yes, but consider that if its like last time: they're more likely to give us resources if we jack them off about it a little
  
  And very funny even if not.
For my entire career, I’ve studied how the system is rigged against working-class families.

And helped perpetuate it
- What was her line? Proud capitalist or something?
This is the most important vote in history democracy itself is on the line this is the final chance to stop fascism oh he won yeah sure I work for him now
I'm a collaborator

In the Vichy Régime sense?
- Sure.
reiterating that the military’s oath is to the Constitution

Where was this when Biden went around congress to arm a genocide?
- Neoliberals who believe in absolutely nothing are putting a lot of faith in the oath of a bunch of right wing zoomers who also believe in nothing.
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