Taking their trigger fingers is probably the nicest thing I’d do

Cuck Schumer and the Baileys need to GO from congress yesterday.

The parties are functionally identical at this point in their output - both are bad for everyone on the planet, unfortunately.

Instead of signing up with the Republicans you should do what a lot of us have done and find a home with socialists and commies. At least they are actually fighting for something that will make your life materially better.

And if you want to join an org or just throw some donations to people who are doing the work to change things - your local area almost definitely has a DSA or PSL chapter you can join.

And since I’m doing my pitch, there is growing consensus in the DSA nationally to form a party or work more deliberately to usurp the power of the incumbent Democrats within their own party with socialists. If you want to see the party become more effective in time, that’s the place to be imo. Some of the smartest people I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with here.

The United States is a 3rd world country with a Gucci belt dude. Richest country in the world but people don’t have time to even sleep

If there’s any hostility it was initiated by yourself my friend. Feel free to see yourself out.

Brother I only said what I said because you literally said you thought me saying it was weird.

If you want to look at living standards you can compare cost of living, access to public transportation, cost of food, medicine, you name it. Its all cheaper and rapidly approaching parity with the west, if not already surpassing it.

But again living standards are often highly correlated with approval of your nation and the government running it.

I mention “independent studies” because people are insane and will call anything pro-China you say as just Chinese propaganda.

You’re just talking out your ass here lmao. This is objectively not true.

China has better infrastructure. Better education. Better affordable healthcare (and they are rapidly about to eclipse the US in our capabilities). 90+% of Chinese people own their own homes. China is one of the safest countries in the world.

What freedom are you talking about? The freedom to die on the streets from preventable illness? The freedom to work 40+hrs a week and live out of your car because you are priced out of housing? The freedom to get shot at the grocery store because someone with a gun is having a mental episode? The freedom to get brutalized by an unaccountable police force?

What freedoms are you talking about?

Do you think a people who were living in poverty and had terrible living conditions would be overwhelmingly supportive of their government? Come on now think for a second here.

Compared to the robust system of democracy in the US where corporations buy elections and the average person never gets to see a single policy enacted that benefits them? Is that what you’re comparing China to?

You say this like it’s an own when it’s actually China flexing on us.

That’s funny because literally China is one of the countries with the highest approval of their government by independent studies.

So even if you’re telling the truth the vast majority of the Chinese people disagree with your sentiment.

And being able to opt in just with a container label is super convenient

Ah nothing of substance to add got it

Fuck AI?

I’d love to hear one thing you think China is doing that is bad that the US is not also doing to larger degree. Please enlighten me.

Pick any city in the Midwest and compare to any proportionally sized city in China. Like just about. Infrastructure is crumbling everywhere in this country while China has built more high speed rail than every other nation on the planet combined.

The priorities speak volumes.

Tell me you have no idea of the history of Tibet without telling me

You are missing my point entirely. I’m addressing your point - it’s just dumb. No party is owed voters - they must work to do things to get those voters to support them. The Republicans do this all the time. The Dems do not. That’s it. If they want people to vote for them, they need to have a compelling platform that actually gets people in their base excited - like how the Republicans do.

Republicans see their base being transphobic and they throw them a bone on that. They see them hating immigrants and they throw them a bone on that. It serves their interests sure, but it also keeps their base in line and willing to support them on the more heinous things that just hurt them in the long run.

By contrast the Dems see their base wanting things like healthcare or to stop funding genocide and what do they do? They ignore it and double down on the Republican talking points to try and pull some of their voters away rather than just run on the policy that would make them extremely popular and a shoe in to win elections.

Do you see what I am saying yet?