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[–] RotatingParts@lemmy.ml 13 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Unfortunately it doesn't matter. The government stopped representing the people a long time ago. We need to stick together. It is us vs. them, not one political ideology vs. another.

[–] kwomp2@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 months ago

The ideology defines who is on what side of the "vs."

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago
[–] MerrySkeptic@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 months ago

Now get them to agree on what those changes should be

[–] tearsintherain@leminal.space 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)
  • 80's Thatcher/Reaganomics,

  • Clinton-Neoliberalism,

  • Greenspan-Libertarianism (liberty for money, no regulation)

    = capitalism bringing on the calamity to humans and the planet.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

All of that was neoliberalism, and everything up to today has been, including Obama and Biden. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliberalism

[–] tearsintherain@leminal.space 1 points 6 months ago

Yup, it crosses the political divides.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago

There is no issue that matter's more than finding a way to get money out of American Politics. I suspect everything else is an aspirational pipe-dream until that happens.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 6 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The surveys by The New York Times, Siena College and The Philadelphia Inquirer found that Mr. Trump was ahead among registered voters in a head-to-head matchup against Mr. Biden in five of six key states: Michigan, Arizona, Nevada, Georgia and Pennsylvania.

Since then, the stock market has gained 25 percent, Mr. Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan has started, and the Biden campaign has unleashed tens of millions of dollars in advertisements across the battleground states.

The sense that Mr. Biden would do little to improve the nation’s fortunes has helped erode his standing among young, Black and Hispanic voters, who usually represent the foundation of any Democratic path to the presidency.

Historically, polls at this early stage have not been necessarily indicative of the outcome, and Mr. Trump’s breakthrough among traditionally Democratic young, Black and Hispanic voters may not rest on a solid foundation.

A bigger challenge for Mr. Biden than disengaged voters may ultimately be the disaffected and the disillusioned — those who desire fundamental changes to American society, or who believe that the political and economic systems need to be torn down altogether.

Mr. Trump’s trial in Manhattan, on charges that he falsified business records related to a hush-money payment to cover up an affair with the adult film star Stormy Daniels, was already underway when the polls began in late April.


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[–] OpenStars@startrek.website 0 points 6 months ago

Counterpoint: this is from the NYT so... ofc that's what they'd say, especially resulting from their own polling audience.