I think there’s a huge difference between democrats and republicans bro, like yes both get money from donors but republicans goals are usually to upend the administrative/welfare state i think the world we live in now (post truth) has been brought upon us by people in the republicans sphere, i even believed in some crazy shit in middle school idk i think we’re fucked tbh but good video my man
I think there's a difference in the role the parties play, but they both ultimately serve to support this inverted totalitarian system. While Republicans go on the attack to dismantle the administrative/welfare state, the Democrats function to absorb the people's anger and channel it into harmless directions that do not challenge the system as a whole. At best, Dems propose moderate reforms which is like putting a band aid on a big, gaping wound. They are also opposed to single-payer healthcare, support imperialism, etc., as do the GOP. In other words the role of Dems is to stifle the development of any truly revolutionary movement in this country and keep people asleep and enslaved to the system of wage labor and capitalist production.
@ Steps towards a more socialized system is always good. The ACA for example was a landmark piece of legislation; it was a single vote from a public option but I’m pretty sure Manchin stifled it. (might be wrong about the person who voted but it lost by 1) Anyway i’m my opinion the democrats aren’t perfect but they’re the best option, republicans are literally threatening are allies right now, Ukraine is screwed and any common sense solution in Palestine is screwed. The right has created an environment where no one knows what’s true, and no one knows what’s gonna happen. I just disagree that the democrats serve that system, in the 40s, 50s, and 60s it was new deal democrats who pushed for social security, no college tuition, (a Reagan invention) safety nets for poor people, it was republicans who gutted all of that crap. Clinton was fairly similar in that he pushed for budget cuts but he oversaw the internet boom so. Anyway about the imperialism what would you prefer? I think America should protect its interest, that being said I don’t think we should over throw governments like Libya, Afghanistan and Iraq. I do however think arming Ukraine is good
I think we need more than incremental steps toward a socialized system. The ACA, for example, was touted as a significant achievement in expanding access to healthcare. However, it was less a victory for working people and more a boon for private health insurance companies, ensuring their continued profitability through mandates and subsidies without addressing the root problem: the commodification of healthcare. A genuinely socialized healthcare system would dismantle the profit motive entirely, something the ACA deliberately avoided. The Democratic Party, as it exists today, does not have what it takes to challenge the Republican Party's overt reactionary policies. Historically, the New Deal reforms of the 1930s-1960s were not gifts from benevolent Democrats but concessions made in response to militant labor movements and the threat of systemic upheaval. These reforms, while improving the conditions of many workers, were still aimed at stabilizing capitalism, not transcending it. By the 1970s, these gains began to erode as the ruling class, facing crises of profitability, pivoted toward neoliberalism. Figures like Bill Clinton continued this trend, gutting welfare, deregulating finance, and pushing globalization under the guise of economic growth. Today's Democratic Party is far more conservative than its mid-20th-century counterpart, and its leadership consistently prioritizes maintaining capitalist stability over meaningful systemic change. This is why they fail to address issues like universal healthcare or meaningful solutions for Palestine-they are fundamentally constrained by the interests of capital. From a Marxist perspective, the U.S. does not have "allies" in the traditional sense but strategic partners aligned with its imperialist interests. Ukraine, for example, has become a battleground for U.S. attempts to counter Russia’s influence, not because of a principled stand for democracy but because of geopolitical competition. Arming Ukraine serves U.S. imperialist objectives, not the Ukrainian people, who suffer the consequences of this proxy war. Instead of aligning with the ruling class's framing of these conflicts, a Marxist approach would prioritize international solidarity with workers in Ukraine, Russia, and beyond, opposing both Russian aggression and U.S. imperialism. On Palestine, the Democratic Party’s failure is obvious. They offer no substantive challenge to Israeli genocide, and in fact enable it, even as they pay lip service to a ceasefire. This mirrors their broader inability to confront imperialism because doing so would require dismantling the structures that sustain U.S. hegemony globally. True liberation for Palestine-and all oppressed peoples-requires dismantling the capitalist-imperialist system that the Democratic Party upholds. The right's attacks on truth and stability are undeniable, but the Democrats' inability to provide an alternative is rooted in their commitment to the same capitalist framework. The only viable path forward is one that transcends these parties entirely, building movements that prioritize working-class power and solidarity over imperialism and the interests of the ruling class. A truly revolutionary movement towards socialism must challenge the system at its root, not simply reform its most egregious symptoms.
I think there’s a huge difference between democrats and republicans bro, like yes both get money from donors but republicans goals are usually to upend the administrative/welfare state
i think the world we live in now (post truth) has been brought upon us by people in the republicans sphere, i even believed in some crazy shit in middle school
idk i think we’re fucked tbh but good video my man
I think there's a difference in the role the parties play, but they both ultimately serve to support this inverted totalitarian system. While Republicans go on the attack to dismantle the administrative/welfare state, the Democrats function to absorb the people's anger and channel it into harmless directions that do not challenge the system as a whole. At best, Dems propose moderate reforms which is like putting a band aid on a big, gaping wound. They are also opposed to single-payer healthcare, support imperialism, etc., as do the GOP. In other words the role of Dems is to stifle the development of any truly revolutionary movement in this country and keep people asleep and enslaved to the system of wage labor and capitalist production.
@ Steps towards a more socialized system is always good. The ACA for example was a landmark piece of legislation; it was a single vote from a public option but I’m pretty sure Manchin stifled it. (might be wrong about the person who voted but it lost by 1)
Anyway i’m my opinion the democrats aren’t perfect but they’re the best option, republicans are literally threatening are allies right now, Ukraine is screwed and any common sense solution in Palestine is screwed.
The right has created an environment where no one knows what’s true, and no one knows what’s gonna happen.
I just disagree that the democrats serve that system, in the 40s, 50s, and 60s it was new deal democrats who pushed for social security, no college tuition, (a Reagan invention) safety nets for poor people, it was republicans who gutted all of that crap.
Clinton was fairly similar in that he pushed for budget cuts but he oversaw the internet boom so.
Anyway about the imperialism what would you prefer? I think America should protect its interest, that being said I don’t think we should over throw governments like Libya, Afghanistan and Iraq. I do however think arming Ukraine is good
I think we need more than incremental steps toward a socialized system. The ACA, for example, was touted as a significant achievement in expanding access to healthcare. However, it was less a victory for working people and more a boon for private health insurance companies, ensuring their continued profitability through mandates and subsidies without addressing the root problem: the commodification of healthcare. A genuinely socialized healthcare system would dismantle the profit motive entirely, something the ACA deliberately avoided.
The Democratic Party, as it exists today, does not have what it takes to challenge the Republican Party's overt reactionary policies. Historically, the New Deal reforms of the 1930s-1960s were not gifts from benevolent Democrats but concessions made in response to militant labor movements and the threat of systemic upheaval. These reforms, while improving the conditions of many workers, were still aimed at stabilizing capitalism, not transcending it.
By the 1970s, these gains began to erode as the ruling class, facing crises of profitability, pivoted toward neoliberalism. Figures like Bill Clinton continued this trend, gutting welfare, deregulating finance, and pushing globalization under the guise of economic growth. Today's Democratic Party is far more conservative than its mid-20th-century counterpart, and its leadership consistently prioritizes maintaining capitalist stability over meaningful systemic change. This is why they fail to address issues like universal healthcare or meaningful solutions for Palestine-they are fundamentally constrained by the interests of capital.
From a Marxist perspective, the U.S. does not have "allies" in the traditional sense but strategic partners aligned with its imperialist interests. Ukraine, for example, has become a battleground for U.S. attempts to counter Russia’s influence, not because of a principled stand for democracy but because of geopolitical competition. Arming Ukraine serves U.S. imperialist objectives, not the Ukrainian people, who suffer the consequences of this proxy war.
Instead of aligning with the ruling class's framing of these conflicts, a Marxist approach would prioritize international solidarity with workers in Ukraine, Russia, and beyond, opposing both Russian aggression and U.S. imperialism.
On Palestine, the Democratic Party’s failure is obvious. They offer no substantive challenge to Israeli genocide, and in fact enable it, even as they pay lip service to a ceasefire. This mirrors their broader inability to confront imperialism because doing so would require dismantling the structures that sustain U.S. hegemony globally. True liberation for Palestine-and all oppressed peoples-requires dismantling the capitalist-imperialist system that the Democratic Party upholds.
The right's attacks on truth and stability are undeniable, but the Democrats' inability to provide an alternative is rooted in their commitment to the same capitalist framework. The only viable path forward is one that transcends these parties entirely, building movements that prioritize working-class power and solidarity over imperialism and the interests of the ruling class. A truly revolutionary movement towards socialism must challenge the system at its root, not simply reform its most egregious symptoms.