alt Hacker NewsOn corporate whoredom? Absolutely.
My pushback is that now is not the time for both-sides-ism. It needs to be addressed but most voters are poorly informed or vote their emotions and that talking point needs to go in the back pocket for later, if there is one.
I get your point, and the other one stating that Democrats are not "the left", but they are the the least worst option that a 2 party system offers.
The game is rigged, but this quote nails it:
On Undecided Voter s: "To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. “Can I inter est you in the chick en? ” she asks. “Or would you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broke n glass in it?”
To be undecided in this elect ion is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chick en is cooked.” ― David Sedaris
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will you give up identity politics for the deplorables vote?
"My pushback is that now is not the time for both-sides-ism"
Of course, and that line of reasoning has consistently failed at the polls since it was deployed as a readguard attempt to bolster Clinton's failed presidential campaign. Like, how many times does the DNC have to stick a fork in this particular outlet before it becomes transparent that this line of rhetoric simply doesn't produce the desired results?
Not only is it absolutely time, it is well and truly past time to underline the functionally identical economic policies of both parties, how the economic turmoil this causes drives identity politics and political division in this country, with a clear eye towards bringing an end to all of that through any means available.