If there's anything that illustrated the hollowness of the Democratic Party as an effective opposition for me, it's this.
Yesterday, I watched a video of a sitting US Senator being thrown to the ground and cuffed by fed goons for asking questions of the fed official he has direct oversight authority over.
Within minutes, I'd gotten DOZENS of texts from Dems and Dem orgs asking for $5-$50 to "fight fascism."
That's it. "Are you terrified that your country is slipping into fascism? Pay me."
@pluralistic I know. Anything becomes an opportunity to beg for money. Instead of concrete action. We need a viable third party not completely beholden to money and moneypeople.
@Gladso @pluralistic Small donations mean the party isn't beholden to big donors, but small donations only come from asking. You're complaining that the party is trying not to be dependent on big donors.
@jhavok @pluralistic Not at all. I want the Democrats to stop wringing their hands and become more combative against the fascist takeover. I have donated quite a bit to the Democrats, but am growing tired of the incessant begging.
Also, why aren't the things democratic voters want at the top of the agenda?
@Gladso @jhavok @pluralistic strong agree.
- There are no Democrats publicly agitating about how the NLRB lacks quorum because the Trump administration illegally dismissed two board members
- There are no Democrats staging sit-ins to draw attention ICE from selling immigrants to El Salvadoran slave camps
- Hell, there aren’t even any elected Democrats making noise about the fact that the Trump administration is selling humans to El Salvadoran slave camps in the first place!
Democrats appear more concerned with their fundraising than they are with human rights or labor rights violations.
@manchicken @Gladso @jhavok @pluralistic There is no longer a "Democratic" party. The organization you refer to is composed of "Rockefeller Republicans" who were forced out of the GOP.
