Would I call the average American smart? No, but i wouldn’t call them dumb either. That’s because they’re average.

Would i say that the average American is well informed? Absolutely not.

Do i think it’s easier to convince millions of people, or the dozens of democratic leaders? I would like to assume that the democratic leadership would be easier to reason with.

But you’re suggesting that every democratic leader become immediately progressive, which would be amazing, is never going to happen. There’s such a stigma around “progressive” and “social” values that it would be political suicide and would only ignite the Republican base. It’s a guaranteed way of making sure we lose elections.

This path that you are calling easier isn’t easy. It’s risky. It has a high likelihood of failing, and failure means living in the handmaid’s tale. I have a family and i can’t take that risk.

The only way i see forward that is actually viable is a slow and steady march.

If I have to choose between 1) standing still, 2) running head first into fascism, or 3) jumping off a cliff without safety nets to reach a Utopian pripe dream, I’ll choose standing still.

But that’s the thing, we aren’t standing still. We are making progress. Yes it’s slow progress, but it’s fundamental progress. Every Demcratic president has spent their entire presidency undoing the damage of the last Republican president. This means we need to keep voting and not get complacent. Get the democrats into control and then push them further left.

Look man. I want a progress country. I want free healthcare. I want free tuition colleges. I want free lunches in school. I want paid family leave.

I want the same utopia you do. The only difference between us is that while you see the promise land, I see the ground work that needs to happen to reach it.

Just because our heads are down doesn’t mean we’ve lost sight of the goal. Our heads are down because we’re fighting tooth and nail against a torrent that wants to drag us backwards. We are clawing our way out of this nightmare.

I’ll still take baby steps over a leap going in the wrong direction any day.

The article claims that the game over tutorializes the game. I don’t know if that’s true since i haven’t played the game. However, i have uninstalled games purely because of how annoying their tutorials are.

Seriously, why are we still using Twitter?

I was living abroad at the time. I was young and cocky. I made jokes about card games having to change the term trump to clinton cause she’s going to beat him easily. I was wrong.

Then it got scary.

Now I live in NC and I can’t wait to vote blue.

I agree with you, mostly.

My problem is that a lot of people want us to be so much more progressive and socialist that anything less than a full running leap to the left is being equated to disaster. And here’s the thing, I used to be that way. I wanted Sanders so bad that I didn’t vote for Hillary.

I’ll regret that decision for the rest of my life. Friends of mine died during the pandemic because of that decision. So now, no matter how bleak, I will always vote for even the smallest step towards the side of decency.

I am realistic about it and i agree with Juan Gonzalez on the whole. I don’t agree with his focus and his tone. His focus is on how it’s not enough and his tone is doom and gloom. That’s just exhausting.

Disingenuous and baiting. Thanks for showing us know who you are.

I think he meant -philia

So “Russiaphilia”

This guy is spouting more doom and gloom and trying to equate the two parties as “the same”.

As a former expat, every single person I know that isn’t an American native is very excited for the Democratic party.

Came to say this. The movie also won an Oscar for best original song.

checks bank account

Fuck!

I’m shocked that no one has said Essential Oils yet.

I have an entire playlist that’s just covers of Toxic. It’s too good of a song.

Try the versions by Solence and Calvin Arsenia.

Everyone should be an artist. It doesn’t have to be professionally but everyone should be creating something.

We need to replace all of the Nintendo assets with meme versions similar to Sanic. This way, Nintendo can’t force them down and we get to make fun of them.

I say we make Plumber Guy and Princess Bleach of the Toilet Kingdom.

Can we get this dropped on the switch? It’s the only way I can convince my wfe to play.

I love Harry Potter despite the fact that it’s creator is a bigoted narcissist.

I love the Beatles’ music despite the fact that John Lennon was a horrible person who beat his family.

Learn the phrase “death of the author” my dude.

I love D3 and i can play it on my switch with my wife. It will never die for us.

A likely story. How much did they pay you for this “ad”?

/s