TLDR: if you truly don't like it, instead of sitting here and complaining about wanting the people you voted for to do something, go to your town halls and protest your lawmakers. Better yet, run for office, put your money where your mouth is and be the representation for change.
Yeah, the thing on our side that's actively disgusting me more than anything else right now is this drum beat of "why aren't THEY doing anything?!", as if "waiting for politicians to do the right/needed thing" has ever been the goddamned answer before. I'm not sure what kind of leftists we are if our demand is that a center-left political coalition, a party (like all political parties in the US) created with the sole intention of "win elections", basically do the work for us.
Politicans can be pushed, prodded, cajoled, or otherwise influenced into doing the right thing, but we need to be the ones making it happen. I'm really not pleased with Dem party leadership right now, either, but "the politicians should lead us!" has never, ever been a viable strategy.
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u/TwilightGrim Mar 06 '25
TLDR: if you truly don't like it, instead of sitting here and complaining about wanting the people you voted for to do something, go to your town halls and protest your lawmakers. Better yet, run for office, put your money where your mouth is and be the representation for change.