All of that is great, but he’s ignoring the biggest problem with the democratic party. It’s such a “big tent” that it lacks a cohesive vision. That’s why only strongly charismatic leaders like Obama are able to do well. Listen to the interview, I completely understand where Martin is coming from and he wants the voters to dictate the direction of the party without putting the thumb of the DNC on the scale. That’s great and all, but it also kind of throws out the entire point of the party as a platform and a sort of shorthand for a set of policies. It doesn’t surprise me at all that Martin’s vision worked at a state level, but how does it work at a national level? Hopefully it works well and certainly it can’t be worse that what was previously being done.

That interview was pretty wild. It was like he was trying to gaslight Jon the entire time. Jon would bring up a point and Martin would respond with a “yes and.” However, that “and” would be an elaborate way of saying “actually no.”

The new chair also sucks. Listen to the interview Jon Stewart did with him on his podcast. The guy has no direction or vision for the party.

“The war on X” has always meant “The war on the new not rich.”

They don’t have a leader or any vision. You can’t fight for a dramatic change without a unified vision and strong leader that is willing to do things that may seem unpopular to some. By trying to appeal to everybody, they appeal to nobody. Watch/listen to this interview with the DNC Chair that Join Stewart did, it’s pretty obvious what the problem is: https://youtu.be/SLi6gB0_hpE.

The thing is, this administration was going to do it anyway. It’s not like the mass firings just started… They just have a new excuse.

Looming? It’s already happening. National Guards have invaded blue cities.

Oh, if you’re saying banning things are a slippery slope, I agree. Plus I would rather let Nazis be Nazis so I can know who my enemy is.

Nah, there is a big difference between face sitting and fetishizing genocide.

I’ve looked up some weird porn, but I’ve never thought to look for Nazi themed porn.

Correct. That’s why successful boycotts usually only happen because the company was already in decline. I would argue that the Disney/ABC situation was that.

I can’t find the source. I’m recalling a recent episode of TBOY podcast that talked about this. They cite their sources, but I’m not sure which episode it was. So, yeah without actual sources feel free to ignore what I said.

Sorry, the vast majority fail.

The majority of investors now are “retail investors”. Just regular people on apps like Robinhood. These people are investing in memes or making political statements.

Boycotts don’t work.

No, she is actually correct. He has taken some very communist steps. The government has taken stake in Nvidia and Intel, as well as received voting shares in Nippon Steel. His government has literally started seizing the means of production. His supporters are usually very anti communist yet, here he is doing what communists would do. If the message was conveyed correctly it might work. However, coming from Harris it just sounds like a sore loser. Bernie has actually praised these specific moves and that should really rattle his base. Instead the DNC will probably use this as a way to attack progressives by saying they supported Trump.

He has taken some very communist steps. The government has taken stake in Nvidia and Intel, as well as received voting shares in Nippon Steel. His government has literally started seizing the means of production…

And yet the country recovered from all of those things and remained a republic. I think what Trump is doing now will be much longer lasting. He’s doing all of those things and now, deporting people he doesn’t like, cozies up to the KKK, and ruining the economy. He’s also started cold wars with long time allies and started a civil war by sending armies from neighboring states into states he doesn’t like.

I mean, him or Reagan.

He’s the one that handed TACO the election. While not equally bad, it’s a solid second place.

At least Biden is living long enough to see his legacy completely destroyed by his greed for power.