mikezeman

I think it entirely depends if the next wave of democrats in charge of governance make any kind of considerable effort to embrace the working class and improve the economic conditions for the average person. As time has shown, they just never fucking do when they're in charge. That's why the pendulum keeps swinging further and further to the right - the democrats promise better and cannot remove themselves from their corporate donors enough to actually improve the country for the average person. So when their lives continue to get materially worse under democrats, voters once again swing to the right hoping for a change, only for things to get worse faster and the cycle to continue.

I'm hoping things are bad enough this time for democrats to actually do something. I'm not holding my breath, though.

I was beyond disappointed when they messed it up, then issued an apology with no intention whatsoever to actually try to get it right.

Just wanted to say, huge props for editing the post and title when you found out it was debunked. That's so important and too many people just don't take that step when they learn, so upvoted for that

.World admins have pretty strict policies against advocating for violence of any form is what I believe they are referencing.

I remember learning about the Rwandan genocide in high school. We learned how the world was well aware of what was going on, but every nation and the UN refused to use the word "genocide" because that meant they had a legal obligation to do something. I remember wondering how on Earth all of the developed nations of the world witnessed this and did nothing; how was there not more outcry?

And now here we are, living through a very similar scenario. History repeats itself yet again.

It is 2025, and we are talking about an election that is happening in 2028. The primary isn't even on most people's radar. If we can't criticize candidates now, precisely when is it appropriate to level criticism at politicians?????

This is the first time I've seen or heard the phrase "pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will." I quite like that, thank you for exposing me to it.

I would love to see what the discourse would've looked like if they had the internet back then.

Thanks for teaching me something new!

Also your username is very apt for this thread.

Could you elaborate? I'm a music teacher and it checks out to me.

C4 up a 5th is G4, then up a fourth is C5. C4 to C5 is an octave.

Two octaves is a 15th. In music when the composer wants you play up an octave, they write (typically) 8va. When they want you to play up two octaves, they write (typically) 15va.

Your source indicates he is still running, but unless I'm missing something makes no mention of endorsements. Do you have a source for that?

The article says Adams is running as an independent, and that Cuomo has the option and is looking into it! It's not decided.