Polling shows Americans are ready to support independent populists running on economic platforms. But what they don’t want is anything associated with the Democratic Party’s brand.
Edit: I feel like I need to explain this. For those who don’t know, this is from Silence Of The Lambs. The person in the top panel is a serial killer who has the woman in the bottom panel trapped in an old well. He’s telling her that she has to rub lotion on her skin or else he will punish her.
The meme is that we, independent American voters, are the woman trapped in the well, and the two-party, American political system is the serial killer. Liberal technocrats tell us that we must vote for them, regardless of whether or not we feel they will actually represent us, because if we don’t we will get “punished” with the Republicans.
There is no question that complying with the serial killer is a better option than failing to comply and receiving his punishment. But, regardless, we’re trapped in a fucking well, held against our will, by a psycho. Similarly, there’s no question the Democrats are a better option than the Republicans, but either way we’re being ruled against our will, by people we do not like or believe in.
Poor analogy that has no relevance to the political landscape.
I think it’s relevant. I can tell you that are many voting age Americans who feel held hostage by our highly restrictive two party system. You’re not one of them. That’s fine, I’m not trying to describe your experience. I don’t know you, so I don’t know how that would even be possible. I’m describing my experience. You can choose to completely dismiss my experience if you want but I think that shows a real lack of empathy. We get it, you don’t care that millions of Americans don’t feel represented by either political party, but I do care.
Edit: I feel like I need to explain this. For those who don’t know, this is from Silence Of The Lambs. The person in the top panel is a serial killer who has the woman in the bottom panel trapped in an old well. He’s telling her that she has to rub lotion on her skin or else he will punish her.
The meme is that we, independent American voters, are the woman trapped in the well, and the two-party, American political system is the serial killer. Liberal technocrats tell us that we must vote for them, regardless of whether or not we feel they will actually represent us, because if we don’t we will get “punished” with the Republicans.
There is no question that complying with the serial killer is a better option than failing to comply and receiving his punishment. But, regardless, we’re trapped in a fucking well, held against our will, by a psycho. Similarly, there’s no question the Democrats are a better option than the Republicans, but either way we’re being ruled against our will, by people we do not like or believe in.
Poor analogy that has no relevance to the political landscape. But thanks for trying to mansplain it.
I think it’s relevant. I can tell you that are many voting age Americans who feel held hostage by our highly restrictive two party system. You’re not one of them. That’s fine, I’m not trying to describe your experience. I don’t know you, so I don’t know how that would even be possible. I’m describing my experience. You can choose to completely dismiss my experience if you want but I think that shows a real lack of empathy. We get it, you don’t care that millions of Americans don’t feel represented by either political party, but I do care.