Pretty much. Last time they wore pussyhats, playing "Roar" really loud is a radical act for them.
this post was submitted on 20 Feb 2025
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Jeezus, they need to only have people under the age of 50 to revitalize any messaging. An anthem from a washed up pop star celeb is not going to do shit. Celebs are a turn off. The election not 3 months ago proved that.
Ate the onion?
Genuinely curious what people want the Democrats to specifically do right now, apart from vague calls of "something" and "more" and "better." At least on a federal level, aren't they pretty much powerless at this point? What even can they do?
- Vote no on everything like Republicans did when Obama/Biden tried good things
- Filibuster every bill like Republicans
- Give motivated members of Congress more power, like AOC
- Retire the old blood of the DNC and have people with ideas from after 1982 enter office (my state allows office vacancies to be filled by appointment until election)
- Listen to the Americans who voted for you to stop Trump and stop whining about that in private meetings
- Stop voting yes on anything Trump wants
- Don't ratfuck young faces because they are running in seats with old people
- Don't say everything is okay and normal despite the fact it's clearly not, it didn't work both times they ran on it as a platform
All great ideas. Have you mentioned them to the Democrats? They are depressingly poll-driven, but it's probably worth directly reaching out. My local congress people are probably sick of my shit by now, but if so -- good.
I want Dems to start arming the working class. Like, empty the campaign coffers, and use it to buy guns, bullets, and butter for the working class.
How's that for a start?
It's certainly specific!
My interpretation: the right is broadly successful because they are presenting a compelling narrative to explain the problems in America. It's "elites" in business, government (deep state), and schools that are pushing an unamerican agenda of "wokeness", using immigrants to gain power, and indoctrinating through schools and universities. This is enough to get people to vote right because at least the right is doing something to address their concerns.
What the Democrats need to do, is present a more compelling narrative. They can't just be the "non-maga" party. They have to actually address people's concerns about economic insecurity and present a vision for the future. I remain convinced that the first president that runs on economic populism will sweep an election.
Yeah, I remember in 2016 when the Hillary campaign's response to "Make America Great Again" was "America is Already Great" and man did that go over like a lead balloon. Democrats fucking love to pretend everything is okay.
And then Harris did the same and wondered why she lost.
"Everything is okay! Sure you can't afford food, rent, housing, the government spends more on wars than social services, but I might give those with millions a few hundred thousand to buy a house! And I'll appoint a Republican to my cabinet!"
Obstruct fucking everything instead of being the complicit bastards they are.
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Figure out what they stand for, stated in two sentences. (From that old chestnut that says that you don't understand a thing if you can't explain it in two sentences, or less.)
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Learn from the experts (PR people, psychologists, neuroscientists, screenwriters, etc.) how to state it in ways that resonate with people.
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Then, do it. Convince all of us that they care, and are trying. Build coalitions around the message, and strengthen civil society.
The greatest damage from this administration's lawlessness does not come from tearing down government agencies, it's the corrosive effect of hopelessness in the minds and hearts of the citizens as we look around and feel like we're alone, and that nobody else actually cares about our laws, traditions, and principles.
Not lining up to bend over for republicans would be nice a nice start. Even a quarter the obstructionism as the republican party has put forth when Democrats are in charge would be appreciated.
Certainly, but like -- what specifically? If you could pick one specific thing they should do/have done, what would it be?
Not vote "Yes" on appointments.
For the most part they haven't; and with the votes available, not a single nominee was in danger of being voted down even when all Democrats voted against them. Pete Hegseth received 0 Democratic votes and still got confirmed.
Speak up, speak loud and speak often. Be the leaders of the grassroots organization they pretend to represent.
They seem to be incessantly tweeting and Facebooking, but people are complaining that that's not very effective.
Because shitposting isn't organizing.
Organising what? What should they organise?
Workers strikes, general strikes, work stoppages and walk outs ... organize people to conduct mass disruptive activities in a peaceful obstructive way to force those in power to either move against them or take steps back to accommodate people.
"But my [insert excuse not to go out and protest]..."
It seemed to work for MAGA. Maybe the Democrats need more bot accounts? Shittier shitposts, maybe?
Project 2025 wasn't a tweet.
It's also not why people voted for Trump. He had to consistently lie about supporting it so as not to scare off his potential voters. Meanwhile, a deliberately misleading viral shitstorm made out of a single Biden comment had MAGAts rolling up to their polling places in trash bags.
The next real test will probably be the budget vote in the House. Post-Trump Republicans have historically been unable to pass budgets without democrat help, even when they had a majority, so one thing democrats can do is squeeze the GOP dry for concessions before helping them pass the next budget.
step one should be a change of leadership.
Agreed. Can anyone think of somebody the Progressive wing and the mega-donors can agree on?
Mega donors can't eat their money. The working class WILL get behind a strike, if they see support from the electeds.
What will the working class eat while they aren't getting paid during the strike?
We already produce the food.... oligarchs don't.
We can seize the means of production.
Voting against literally any of the trump cabinet nominees would have been a start
Most of the votes cast by Democrats were against Trump's cabinet picks. (Not that it mattered, but I'll never know how the fuck Marco Rubio pulled so many Democrats 🤦♀️ .)
Because Dems are complicit, that's why.
I hate that fucking song so much.
They’re preparing a stockpile of spears and chainmail so they can rule uncontested over whatever is left of America by the end of the year.
Maybe the democrats need a media apparatus to propagandize people against whatever the republicans want to do 🙄
Oh, so they've finally decided to do anything at all? I wish this wasn't the Onion, because I'm really starting to think the democrats got what they wanted when he was elected.
I assume this is a new/newer song? I am not sure I've heard it, and if so, I certainly didn't know it was Katy Perry's "Roar".
It came out in 2013, so no, not new at all. It was an incredibly popular song, with over a billion listens on Spotify.