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<blockquote data-quote="Frank Underwood" data-source="post: 373623" data-attributes="member: 35">It is a swamp, but every politician who acknowledges that fact is still a part of it.&nbsp; Trump and Bernie Sanders both pointed out flaws in the system while being subservient to it.And while I give Matt Gaetz credit for using his leverage, he&#039;s still a ghoul like every other politician.&nbsp; Gaetz wanted work requirements for welfare programs, and then became upset when eligibility for welfare was expanded in the process.&nbsp; He went even further, saying &quot;I&#039;m real glad you guys didn&#039;t put work requirements on Medicaid, it probably would have resulted in Medicaid expansion.&quot;&nbsp; Of course, that&#039;s expected from a Republican.&nbsp; As it turns out, Bill Clinton and Joe Biden worked to gut social safety programs too.Of course, many far-right Republicans are at least against the Ukraine war.&nbsp; The Democrats, on the other hand, are mostly for it.&nbsp; That&#039;s largely why being anti-war is called &quot;right wing&quot; in the mainstream media, even though it used to be the standard leftist position.&nbsp; Gaetz also showed he wasn&#039;t afraid to use his leverage to oust McCarthy over this issue he cared about.&nbsp; In contrast, the so-called &quot;squad&quot; were a group of progressives who were elected to fight for concessions on behalf of the left.&nbsp; For example, there were calls for them to demand a floor vote on Medicare for all in exchange for giving their vote to Nancy Pelosi to be House Speaker.&nbsp; Unlike Gaetz, the squad refused to use their leverage and never gave a convincing reason why.&nbsp; That was a defining moment because it proved once and for all that the squad were just a bunch of virtue signaling hucksters.So yeah, US electoral politics is a dead end.&nbsp; Some people talk about voting for &quot;harm reduction,&quot; as if insignificant tweaks around the edges actually eases anybody&#039;s suffering.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Frank Underwood, post: 373623, member: 35"] It is a swamp, but every politician who acknowledges that fact is still a part of it. Trump and Bernie Sanders both pointed out flaws in the system while being subservient to it. And while I give Matt Gaetz credit for using his leverage, he's still a ghoul like every other politician. Gaetz wanted work requirements for welfare programs, and then became upset when eligibility for welfare was expanded in the process. He went even further, saying "I'm real glad you guys didn't put work requirements on Medicaid, it probably would have resulted in Medicaid expansion." Of course, that's expected from a Republican. As it turns out, Bill Clinton and Joe Biden worked to gut social safety programs too. Of course, many far-right Republicans are at least against the Ukraine war. The Democrats, on the other hand, are mostly for it. That's largely why being anti-war is called "right wing" in the mainstream media, even though it used to be the standard leftist position. Gaetz also showed he wasn't afraid to use his leverage to oust McCarthy over this issue he cared about. In contrast, the so-called "squad" were a group of progressives who were elected to fight for concessions on behalf of the left. For example, there were calls for them to demand a floor vote on Medicare for all in exchange for giving their vote to Nancy Pelosi to be House Speaker. Unlike Gaetz, the squad refused to use their leverage and never gave a convincing reason why. That was a defining moment because it proved once and for all that the squad were just a bunch of virtue signaling hucksters. So yeah, US electoral politics is a dead end. Some people talk about voting for "harm reduction," as if insignificant tweaks around the edges actually eases anybody's suffering. [/QUOTE]

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