Sure, I'm all for a public alternative!

I just like the general idea.

Cool then!

I think the point is, unlike buses with fixed routes, such shuttles could deliver people to places that face temporary massive traffic - like concert venues or whatnot.

There is no need to constantly run huge amounts of buses there, but at some point of time there's a lot of people willing to go - and such shuttles, flexible in their routes, may be the solution.

Which is, today, anything remotely left or even centrist*

The issue here is that Dems also go to the fascist state, they just always do it a bit slower to still be selected because "at least they are not THAT bad".

The question is, at what point should they learn a lesson to revise their playbooks and stop the corruption and enshittification? What should that lesson be? Could voting them out push them to pursue a more fair policy that actually caters to the needs of the people?

It is out of context. You'll get plenty of explanations by just reading it as one text.

And I'm not the original commenter.

Team blue is team bad. It's just that team red is even worse.

But if we always follow this logic, we may as well allow them both to enshittify eternally, because reps will be just a bit more evil, and dems won't have the incentive to improve, either.

The question is: at which point should Dems be taught a lesson and how? Is current voting a good avenue for that?

The trade war with China might be a way to assert US dominance and squash the competition, but in the grand scheme of things, protectionist policies are very bad for the global economy and global progress.

And leftists typically are internationalists, putting global efforts above national ones.

So it's not just love for China, even if Lemmygrad and Hexbear folks are really unhealthily obsessed with the country.

I think the important takeaway here is that you may hammer R's all you want, but if you want to rely on the left electorate, you have to serve the left electorate.

So the fight really is between "let's at least hold blatant fascism" and "let's tech Dems to listen a bit so that on their next election they would actually cater to the left instead of being lesser evil".

Because right now Dems are just that - lesser evil that doesn't care to align with the leftists.

I have no balls in this game, I'm not even a US citizen, but I see the point they're trying to make.

The biggest joke here is that US voters will ever be able to directly vote for the President

BuT TheY mAy CaUsE CriMeS!!!

Thank you!