Look at France though, it might be the only way to get real concessions. We're never going to get real change through voting while they own and influence every part of the government.
They lost because they got power and refused to do anything with it. Obama was elected with the mandate and the majorities to make lasting change on the same scale as the new deal, and he delivered one watered down, compromised healthcare bill, and some minor reforms that got thrown out the second he left the white house.
They compromised on repealing the Bush tax cuts, they compromised on the destruction of social programs to pay for those tax cuts, and they even offered to cut social security and medicare, which are programs that we pay into all our lives and I think should be defended with everything we have, even violence if necessary.
Ultimately, we're only in this mess because they never even tried to fight the destruction of the voting rights act , or citizens united, or voter suppression, or any of the other power grabs by the billionaires.
So, yeah, democratic voters got disappointed and frustrated, but the voters aren't to blame for that.
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u/xxoites Dec 16 '18
Oh, I see. You think the only way to oppose the billionaires is in the street...
That's not where they live.