Hey, thank you @robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net and Alaskaball! This is a list I slapped together in a couple minutes and is incredibly reductive. Something like “protect the LGBT” is certainly non-exhaustive and capable of being articulated much more cogently. In particular, if you broke down the dem’s failings for “social issues” like these you’d get to the heart of why people writ large are disillusioned. Others like defund the police might make a platform if you said that the money was going towards things that are awesome instead without sacrificing safety (on the contrary, long and short term ability to effect the root of suffering/crime). Finally, one might also organize the list so it’s not 2 streams of consciousness mushed together (articulating Palestine in 2024 and then “stop war” decidedly before things popped off on October 7th). The purpose was to illustrate the argument exactly as robot did, that there’s a long list of issues that tend to get memory holed. So when a blue MAGA’s eyes glaze over when you try to explain that genocide is the thing that makes Hitler so bad and THEN they wave away a list of other things dems aren’t doing then you really get a full picture of how little they desire to listen to you/help with effectual change.
If anyone decides to append/edit the list don’t even credit me. I’m not but a poster. Just remember
Can you take a stand against genocide? No
Can you stop funding Israel? No
Can you stop sending arms to Israel? No
Can you stop illegally occupying Palestine? No
Can we put homeless people in unused homes? No
Can you do disaster relief? No
Can COVID tests be affordable? No
Can the price of food go down? No
Can there be a jobs guarantee? No
Can the hiring process be regulated? No
Can AI be regulated? No
Can library budgets increase? No
Can you stop torturing people at the boarder? No
Can we get bail reform? No
Can drugs be legal? No
Can we have high speed rail? No
Can we expand public transportation in general? No
Can we break up big tech? No
Can anything be done about the literacy rate? No
Can billionaires be made to pay tax? No
Can copyright be reformed? No
Can I get healthcare? No
Can you fix infrastructure? No
Can you fight climate change? No
Can you protect LGBT? No
Can you keep abortion legal? No
Can you do something about the supreme court? No
Can you stop violence against immigrants? No
Can you help struggling minorities? No
Can you help struggling majority? No
Can you increase labor protections? No
Can you help unions? No
Can you stop war? No
Can you make city design better? No
Can I ever afford a house? No
Can you make student debt less ridiculous? No
Can you stop creating conflict with China? No
Can you keep a campaign promise? No
Can you help with spiraling rent costs? No
Can you help put the cost of living in line with salaries? No
Can you stop exploiting the third world? No
Any social safety nets? No
Stop underfunding government programs before privatizing them? No
Arts and athletics in schools? No
Reduce violence in schools? No
Defund the police? No
originally posted by WhatDoYouMeanPodcast [comrade/them] idk and idc how to tag users
@WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net thou art summoned.
Also good list. 👍
Hey, thank you @robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net and Alaskaball! This is a list I slapped together in a couple minutes and is incredibly reductive. Something like “protect the LGBT” is certainly non-exhaustive and capable of being articulated much more cogently. In particular, if you broke down the dem’s failings for “social issues” like these you’d get to the heart of why people writ large are disillusioned. Others like defund the police might make a platform if you said that the money was going towards things that are awesome instead without sacrificing safety (on the contrary, long and short term ability to effect the root of suffering/crime). Finally, one might also organize the list so it’s not 2 streams of consciousness mushed together (articulating Palestine in 2024 and then “stop war” decidedly before things popped off on October 7th). The purpose was to illustrate the argument exactly as robot did, that there’s a long list of issues that tend to get memory holed. So when a blue MAGA’s eyes glaze over when you try to explain that genocide is the thing that makes Hitler so bad and THEN they wave away a list of other things dems aren’t doing then you really get a full picture of how little they desire to listen to you/help with effectual change.
If anyone decides to append/edit the list don’t even credit me. I’m not but a poster. Just remember
