What needs to change to prevent a repeat of the past four years?

[DrDeth]

@Ann_Hedonia

Right wing media IS the problem It’s a drug, and a good portion of the population is addicted. They got sucked in slowly, at first it was news that was slanted, just a little bit, in order to make these people feel better about their lives. Then the drug got stronger and stronger, until now there’s stuff out their that’s nastier than fentanyl.

Look at people like Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell. They may have been conservative assholes all along, but they were quite mentally competent - they were both federal prosecutors. Now they are insane. Literally insane, babbling and drooling about George Soros and commie plots and a massive organized international election fraud plot. And apparently this right wing media induced insanity has affected a large portion of the population.

Yes, exactly what I have been saying. They are brainwashed.

[Biotop]

There is much popular support for Democrats. Unfortunately there are also an awful lot of Republicans. It is not a stretch to think that disgusted Republicans voting for Biden helped him win.

[Saintly_Loser]

@Saintly_Loser

On Wednesday, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez was at the Bronx Terminal Market, joining striking workers on the picket line. These low-paid (but deemed “essential” during the pandemic) workers are striking for a dollar-an-hour raise and to have the employer pick up more of the cost of their health care benefits. She was joined by Rep. Ritchie Torres, also from the Bronx.

I’d like to see a hell of a lot more of this from the Democratic Party. I’d like to see the party be truly pro-labor. Sure, it means that the fat checks from Goldman Sachs (or MBNA) will dry up. Too bad.

Update on this:

The strike has been settled. Teamsters local 202 seems to be happy with the accord that was reached.

I don’t know how much difference it made, but the physical presence of at least two members of the House of Representatives (Reps. Torres and Ocasio-Cortez) on the picket line couldn’t have hurt. It sends the right signal to the employer.

I hope to see a lot more of this. I think the Democratic Party’s embrace of Wall Street and benign neglect (at best) of labor has cost them a lot, and it’s time to turn that around.