I definitely agree democrats are in general much better than republicans, but I also don't believe those things and many others being blocked can be blamed solely on the Republican party, but it is good PR and optics to make it look that way and I 100% believe many politicians are dealing across the parties to ensure much of the status quo.

Just like how Republicans will go on and on about protecting gun rights, and supporting farms and farmers, but the second those things seriously approach the legislative block and would effect them all or help the average person instead of them or their wealthy donors, all of a sudden there are tons of cold feet and whispers and votes shifting around within both parties so it still doesn't pass in a meaningful form or get diluted down to nothing. That doesn't work if a large portion of the democratic party isn't playing along.

Hell both parties have had a lay-up score on legalizing marijuana for what, 30 years now? The average voter supports it, the average voter of both parties support it, there are multiple ways for it to be addressed by the government by either party, it is sold openly in multiple states in defiance of federal law, we have presidents that openly admit to smoking marijuana. And yet only now are the wheels barely squeaking to maybe reduce its scheduling to a best a highly restricted prescription drug, maybe. Which to me is extremely clear evidence that neither party has an internal majority to support the people over benefiting themselves more exclusively and being corrupt.

You can not have a for-profit system and a government subsidized one. It needs to either be single payor, or a free-for-all.

Anytime you have two markets, one will dominate the other. In our case, the subsidized market was forced to pay to play.

They need to make themselves feel better by believing could not have made a better choice.

It doesn’t matter that federal Democrats enabled the largest wealth transfer in the last 3 decades with ACA, by the smallest of margins. Or that a Democrat president increased the overtime exempt wage from $30k per year to $50k per year. Or that Biden tried to get paid parental leave and paid sick leave, but was thwarted at every turn by a Republican Congress.

The important thing is for the voter to not take accountability for their actions, so “both sides”.

I write this not as a “Democrat” (I despise them on the state and local level), just as someone who has seen Republicans literally only pass tax cuts and reduce women’s access to healthcare in the last 3 decades. Oh, and try to overturn an election and then pardon traitors.