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Ace of Baes
Jul 7, 1977
If Ellison doesn't get chair we are going to lose in 2020. :toxx:

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Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose

so the unemployed like me can eat poo poo and die, I guess? good to know


















































:v:

Serf
May 5, 2011


also this constant back-and-forth of power between two parties with identical economic goals and different social views is exactly the sort of thing the capitalists want to perpetuate for as long as possible. so long as the system allows them to keep bleeding us dry, they'll gladly allow cosmetic changes to our government so long as no one ever tries to disturb the flow of capital from our veins into their vaults

Uncle Wemus
Mar 4, 2004

RENEGADE CUCKSKY posted:

also, keep an eye out for Janus v. AFSCME, which will likely be Friedrichs v2.0 and will make the public sector right to work nationwide.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/38608-labor-law-faces-dire-new-threats-from-supreme-court-under-trump

here's a good article laying out what labor faces in the upcoming years under Trump. there are a few bright spots as well which I can elaborate on if anyone wants more info

Im in SEIU am i doomed

RENEGADE CUCKSKY posted:

to be fair, union leadership is very rarely corrupt, but very frequently inept

Can confirm

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose

Serf posted:

also this constant back-and-forth of power between two parties with identical economic goals and different social views is exactly the sort of thing the capitalists want to perpetuate for as long as possible. so long as the system allows them to keep bleeding us dry, they'll gladly allow cosmetic changes to our government so long as no one ever tries to disturb the flow of capital from our veins into their vaults

whereas permanent one-party states are never awful at all


the secret is that multi-party states only work as well as the parties themselves, which is why we're so hosed

paranoid randroid
Mar 4, 2007

Serf posted:

he'll get backing because he is the Obama choice, and when he wins he'll use that dearth of experience to screw up races across the country and continue the fuckbarreling of the Dems while the neoliberals throw up their hands and go "we gave you a progressive and he failed! what more do you want?" before putting another dormant establishment crony back into the position and keep on losing races until the GOP runs out of steam and hands control back over while they build back up again

take a loving xanax

paranoid randroid
Mar 4, 2007
You Are All Deranged

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose
y'know my goals are probably as socialist as any of y'alls but holy poo poo are some of you batshit panicky

The_Politics_Man
Aug 25, 2015

paranoid randroid posted:

take a loving xanax

i also think obama is dad

big business man
Sep 30, 2012

ALL-PRO SEXMAN posted:

as opposed to you, noted community organizer RENEGADE CUCKSKY

yeah, actually

Serf
May 5, 2011


ALL-PRO SEXMAN posted:

whereas permanent one-party states are never awful at all


the secret is that multi-party states only work as well as the parties themselves, which is why we're so hosed

I'm not asking for a one-party state, I'm asking for multiple parties with different agendas who aren't beholden to the same paymasters

I wouldn't complain if there was an actual party of the working class in this country that had any hope of winning elections

paranoid randroid
Mar 4, 2007
if youre starting to have Alex Jones-style panic attacks about establishment false flag progressives you should probably disconnect from news for a while

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose
y'all seem to want to purge the DNC more than you want to get the loving republicans out of power

big business man
Sep 30, 2012

Uncle Wemus posted:

Im in SEIU am i doomed

rejoin the AFL-CIO u assholes

and show up to meetings for once :smug:

ate shit on live tv
Feb 15, 2004

by Azathoth

RENEGADE CUCKSKY posted:

to be fair, union leadership is very rarely corrupt, but very frequently inept

Hmm. I'll take your word for it, but in new york it isn't unheard of to have union leaders demand bribes before they let you join etc. (2 Land Rovers and 100k, was the story I heard about trying to start an office painting business.)

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007

jfc

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose

RENEGADE CUCKSKY posted:

yeah, actually

you realize this isn't proof of anything, right?

because if not I'm captain of the battleship U.S.S. Kickass

paranoid randroid
Mar 4, 2007
tbf the DNC is total clownshoes

but melting down over Tom Perez, as if hes going to rip his skin-mask off to reveal Joe Lieberman, is dumb as poo poo

big business man
Sep 30, 2012

ate poo poo on live tv posted:

Hmm. I'll take your word for it, but in new york it isn't unheard of to have union leaders demand bribes before they let you join etc. (2 Land Rovers and 100k, was the story I heard about trying to start an office painting business.)

i heard a story that jimmy hoffas body was buried in that very Land Rover

ALL-PRO SEXMAN posted:

you realize this isn't proof of anything, right?

because if not I'm captain of the battleship U.S.S. Kickass

okay

Ace of Baes
Jul 7, 1977

paranoid randroid posted:

You Are All Deranged

Maybe sanctifying the sadistic is deranged?

Pollyanna
Mar 5, 2005

Milk's on them.


paranoid randroid posted:

tbf the DNC is total clownshoes

but melting down over Tom Perez, as if hes going to rip his skin-mask off to reveal Joe Lieberman, is dumb as poo poo

its the principle of the thing. if they go with perez and ratfuck ellison, that means the establishment has no interest in listening to the people. if that's the case, we're all permafucked.

UHD
Nov 11, 2006


the only thing the democrats know how to defeat is themselves

Pollyanna
Mar 5, 2005

Milk's on them.


UHD posted:

the only things the democrats know how to defeat is themselves

not emptyquoting

Aurubin
Mar 17, 2011

ALL-PRO SEXMAN posted:

y'know my goals are probably as socialist as any of y'alls but holy poo poo are some of you batshit panicky

DONALD TRUMP IS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

big business man
Sep 30, 2012

UHD posted:

the only things the democrats know how to defeat is themselves

100% correct

Serf
May 5, 2011


Pollyanna posted:

its the principle of the thing. if they go with perez and ratfuck ellison, that means the establishment has no interest in listening to the people. if that's the case, we're all permafucked.

what up, you get it

Anime Schoolgirl
Nov 28, 2002

Aurubin posted:

DONALD TRUMP IS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES


UHD posted:

the only thing the democrats know how to defeat is themselves


:unsmigghh:

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose

paranoid randroid posted:

tbf the DNC is total clownshoes

but melting down over Tom Perez, as if hes going to rip his skin-mask off to reveal Joe Lieberman, is dumb as poo poo

yeah but the way people are talking they'd probably just as soon burn the building down than try to put competent people inside it

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007


The President.

Let's beat him!

The_Politics_Man
Aug 25, 2015

paranoid randroid posted:

tbf the DNC is total clownshoes

but melting down over Tom Perez, as if hes going to rip his skin-mask off to reveal Joe Lieberman, is dumb as poo poo

turns out the left wing of the democrats don't want anyone associated with obama after 8 years of surrendering to the slightest GOP resistence

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose

Aurubin posted:

DONALD TRUMP IS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

yes and that's not this thread was talking about, like, at all

panic all you want about the Orange Apocalypse, just shut up about neoliberal false flag DNC conspiracy bullshit

docbeard
Jul 19, 2011

Aurubin posted:

DONALD TRUMP IS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

No he isn't.

paranoid randroid
Mar 4, 2007

Ace of Baes posted:

Maybe sanctifying the sadistic is deranged?

ObAna is going TO THROW THE 2020 elCLCtion to MAKE BERNIE look Bad

big business man
Sep 30, 2012

ALL-PRO SEXMAN posted:

yeah but the way people are talking they'd probably just as soon burn the building down than try to put competent people inside it

no, people are pointing out the very true reality that the current Democratic establishment is anything but competent

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose

paranoid randroid posted:

ObAna is going TO THROW THE 2020 elCLCtion to MAKE BERNIE look Bad

Ace of Baes
Jul 7, 1977
How Bad Could Another 4 Years Of Donald Trump Be?

Agean90
Jun 28, 2008


ALL-PRO SEXMAN posted:

yeah but the way people are talking they'd probably just as soon burn the building down than try to put competent people inside it

to be fair a good Viking style hall burning would do a lot to keep future democrat party heads motivated

the bitcoin of weed
Nov 1, 2014

after seeing what labour did in the UK after Corbyn took over I expect absolutely nothing from any of the garbage assholes in the Democratic party beyond naked self-interest, backstabbing bullshit, and obstruction of actual progress

you say people here are more interested in infighting than in beating Republicans but that applies to both wings of the party

paranoid randroid
Mar 4, 2007

resar posted:

turns out the left wing of the democrats don't want anyone associated with obama after 8 years of surrendering to the slightest GOP resistence

okay thats uhhhh approximately everyone with experience at the national level

good luck!

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Ace of Baes
Jul 7, 1977
I don't get why anyone is freaking out at the thought of the DNC not learning from their mistakes and allowing the impulsive reality tv star with fascist/autocratic tendencies to continue controlling the most powerful military and economy on the planet, like, just chill out dude.

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