For a long time, I thought the Democrats were
fighting valiantly but just overwhelmed by the
oligarchy and the Republicans. Then I saw

that the Democrats keep losing fights they should
win and figured they must be just weak and
ineffectual. Then I kept seeing them backing off
without putting up any fight at all and decided
they were gutless cowards. Finally, I noticed that
enough of them keep voting with the Republicans
to always ensure that the Republicans more or
less win almost every fight, and that they start by
bargaining from the Center position and moving
Right—and eventually, after enough of that, it
became impossible to ignore the only conclusion
that actually fits the facts: The Democrats are not
overmatched, they aren’t weak, they aren’t
cowards ... they’re complicit.
For a long time, I thought the Democrats were fighting valiantly but just overwhelmed by the oligarchy and the Republicans. Then I saw that the Democrats keep losing fights they should win and figured they must be just weak and ineffectual. Then I kept seeing them backing off without putting up any fight at all and decided they were gutless cowards. Finally, I noticed that enough of them keep voting with the Republicans to always ensure that the Republicans more or less win almost every fight, and that they start by bargaining from the Center position and moving Right—and eventually, after enough of that, it became impossible to ignore the only conclusion that actually fits the facts: The Democrats are not overmatched, they aren’t weak, they aren’t cowards ... they’re complicit.
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