Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday introduced a bill to establish a standard four-day workweek in the United States without any reduction in pay. The bill, over a four-year period, would lowe…
Being realistic about the situation your country is in will make it easier to create realistic solutions. Pretending this did anything other than show that the left has absolutely zero power in the states is counterproductive to improving your country.
I am being realistic. Are you? Putting forward bills and forcing the corrupt and right-wing legislators to vote against them on the record is literally one of the biggest things that leftists have been calling for, for decades, that capitalist Democratic leaders have been suppressing, because it hurts their control of the party. Not doing this is exactly what right-wing Democrats want. Doing nothing is not a realistic solution to anything.
I mean, screwing with the Overton window has worked great for Republicans. It’s absolutely fair play to use the same tactic from the other side. Frankly, it should have been done the second it became apparent that Republicans in general were trying to push the window to the right.
And how’s that been working out for you guys so far?
Honestly? Pretty well, relative to the “cry about it and do nothing” strategy.
Being realistic about the situation your country is in will make it easier to create realistic solutions. Pretending this did anything other than show that the left has absolutely zero power in the states is counterproductive to improving your country.
I am being realistic. Are you? Putting forward bills and forcing the corrupt and right-wing legislators to vote against them on the record is literally one of the biggest things that leftists have been calling for, for decades, that capitalist Democratic leaders have been suppressing, because it hurts their control of the party. Not doing this is exactly what right-wing Democrats want. Doing nothing is not a realistic solution to anything.
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I’m sure all these things you just wrote definitely have no nuance or context to them
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Well it wouldn’t make sense to be fine with the worser option would it
And I’m not fine with it, but what’s the realistic alternative?
I’m not from the US btw, I just have a morbid curiosity watching it from afar
America doesn’t have a left party, what are you talking about? Do you think Bernie won the presidency or something?
This guy gets it.
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I mean, screwing with the Overton window has worked great for Republicans. It’s absolutely fair play to use the same tactic from the other side. Frankly, it should have been done the second it became apparent that Republicans in general were trying to push the window to the right.
I don’t see how this is a victory for the Overton window. When Biden is in power screwing with it in the other direction.
I’d argue it hasn’t truly happened yet bc half the voter base gets brainwashed by propaganda
Judging by what I’ve seen it’s well over half man.
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