Vice President Kamala Harris has been criticized for not having her policy positions prominently available on her website, but that ended Sunday.The media and some conservatives have suggested Harris is relying on "vibes" instead of listing her specific positions on issues facing our nation. But her...
    • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
      35·
      11 days ago

      I agree that she’s not as progressive as I wish she was. But the overton window is stuck on a fascist dictator, so I’m going to vote for Kamala and we’ll call that progress.

        • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
          23·
          10 days ago

          We’re at the restaurant. The waiter is walking towards the table. The menu is in front of you. It’s the dry chicken, or a rusty fork in your eye. Those are the choices. You don’t have to like it, but you will choose or the choice will be made for you. You can complain to the chef, but if you don’t order the dry chicken, you will get the rusty fork stabbed into your eye. You can demand we go to a better restaurant next time, but right now you’re either going to eat some dry chicken and look for ways to make the best of that situation, or someone is going to stab your eye with a mangled fork that is almost certainly covered in tetanus.

          When Harris is President, and Trump is in jail, we shall discuss the next election. Until then, you’re either with Harris or you’re with Trump.

          Remember, this is what Conservatives are good at. They don’t bitch and moan that their candidates aren’t perfect. They bitch and moan that reality isn’t what they want, and consistently demand that politicians cater to their brand of narcissism. Conservatives have installed acolytes at every level of government, in every judicial system across the country, on every school board and election board. They have achieved this by unwavering devotion to make the world benefit themselves at every turn. They have lost more battles than they have won, but they don’t need to win every time. They just need reasonable people to grow tired and give in a little. That’s how you end up controlling six Supreme Court Justices, two of the three most populous states, and most of the religious institutions in the country.

          • Suavevillain@lemmy.world
            7·
            10 days ago

            There is never going to be a time when people get a better choice lol. This has been the same song and dance of the lesser evil for 40+ years. There people celebrating the endorsement of Dick Cheney. This country is cooked. I get denying the Trump admin. But better is never happening.

            • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
              11·
              10 days ago

              Progress is about movement, not destinations. Some days you move the ball forward. Some days you stop it from moving backwards. On really shitty days, you just try to slow it down moving in the wrong direction. It takes effort, and dilligence, and I agree it’s exhausting. We may not live to see the mountaintop, but we stand on the shoulders of giants and we try to make the world better for the next group. If we live our lives that way, we can die knowing it was worth being alive. Anything else is just killing time.

          • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            10 days ago

            When Harris is President, and Trump is in jail, we shall discuss the next election.

            We shall not. When the time comes, we’ll be ordered to vote for Harris again and Trump still won’t be in jail. All the trials currently ongoing will have concluded unsatisfactorily or will still be ongoing. Same for any new ones that arise between now and then. When Trump finally dies, there will be someone even worse to replace him. And we’ll chase the approval of the reasonable-by-comparison trump wing of the party, just like we’re so proud to have Dick Cheney’s vote now.

      • Landless2029@lemmy.world
        5·
        10 days ago

        I say win 2024 and do good work.
        Then get re-elected and go nuts on super progressive policy.

        Massive taxes on billionaires (legit 50-70% and/or maybe maybe inheritance tax). Oh look at this! Tax on Extreme Wealth Massive taxes on land barons. (Limit to 2 or 3 per person. Then tax the hell out of vacant units and increasingly per unit over 3).
        Medicare for all.
        Abolish tipping culture. Increase minimum wage.
        Abolish the corn welfare system. 95% of corn is not grown for human consumption. Let’s grow more of our own food.