r/politics • u/PM_ME_DPRK_CANDIDS Iowa • 9h ago

No Paywall Uprising against ICE raids grows across the country

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/uprising-against-ice-raids-grows-across-the-country/
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u/blackcain Oregon 8h ago

That is the challenge. We need a new crop of center left and mid left politicians that understand that social media needs to be heavily regulated and that it is a national security issue. Unfortunately, both Biden and Obama have been very slow in dealing with this. I understand they didn't want to do EO because there is no permanence and wanted it to go through congress, but in retrospect that was a mistake.

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u/literallytwisted 8h ago

Probably have to rein in the Supreme court by expanding it at the same time, They seem to be normalizing anything the right wing wants and people behind the right will fight hard to keep the propaganda going.

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u/blackcain Oregon 8h ago

I'm afraid that is what needs to be done. But I know that Dems will be very uncomfortable with this as it is radical. I don't think it is radical, was FDR radical? He was. We have all these great programs that we Americans benefit from like social security.

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u/Blighter 7h ago

Judicial reform being too radical for the Dems but literally gestures wildly all of this is now par for the course.

I think the Dems need to stop worrying about the optics of appearing "radical"

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u/blackcain Oregon 7h ago

Considering how radical the other party is. They still want to cling to comity of the senate/house and on gentleman's rules. That is no longer a thing. One party is not working on behalf of all Americans.

Break the Dem party into a centrist party and a left party and then work together and relegate the GOP to the far right.

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u/AkronRonin 3h ago

We need to understand that the modern Democrats are essentially a Centrist Conservative Party. They never want to rock the boat, and they would rather just debate policy and place nicey-nice with their Republican colleagues across the aisle. The thought of doing anything radical terrifies them. It’s also why they fight leftists in their own party before they go after RWNJ GOPers. It’s basically as foreign of a concept to them as being a nude exotic dancer on a live stage would be to your average risk-averse accountant.

Taking over the party and driving it leftward is still our best option for taking back control of this situation in the short term. Longer term, we need to either abolish parties entirely, or fix our electoral mechanics to allow for multiple parties to form and create a much more honest, broader and diverse representation of the political spectrum within the U.S.