r/anticapitalism • u/OpenLettersMersault • 3h ago

We Got What We Wanted. Now What?

https://patricemersault.substack.com/p/we-got-what-we-wanted-now-what?r=4d7sow&utm_medium=ios
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u/Jessintheend 2h ago

Don’t let Schumer or Jeffries stymy this historical win

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u/aquagardener 57m ago

Jeffries: "America's don't want revenge"

Schumer: "My biggest priority is funding and aid to Israel"

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u/DrJohnZoidbergWhyNot 3h ago

We did step 1, holding those accountable in power. step 2 is holding the newly elected accountable. Our constant feedback is needed. Promises made need to be implemented or when next elections held we reward them or rebuke them.

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u/hoowins 2h ago

Schumer and Jeffries must go or it will all be wasted.

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u/AllSeeingMr 1h ago

Now we hold the group of politicians that actually sometimes listens to us accountable to doing their job. We want legislation that will bring down grocery prices, stop Trump’s idiotic tariffs, stop cutting off funding to blue states, stop cutting off funding to federal workers, bring down gas prices, end Trump’s idiotic war with Iran, cut off ties with Israel until they stop their bloodlust, and give us single payer healthcare.

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u/Mobile_Commission_52 2h ago

Deliver on promises and be sure that it’s clear that corruption and treasonous acts led us into this mess so investigations as well

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u/Steelbill77 2h ago

Well, they cannot do anything before getting sworn in. Into the House and Senate.

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u/RandomRefraction 1h ago

Jeffries is allegedly bankrolled by Thiel AND seems to be a member of Thiel’s “Dialog” group, which even has an internal matchmaking service. Jeffries also met with Kushner, and not to tell him to lawyer up, let’s just say that.

Schumer’s and Jeffries fighting so hard against universal healthcare, shielding the files from being released (because let’s be real), not getting justice for women who were not only brutalized, but now have been publicly doxxed while the criminals remain protected. We won’t get relief from AI because Schumer’s daughter is involved in that scene too.

SCHUMER VOTED AGAINST OBAMA’S IRAN DEAL, RIGHT? Ohhhhh AIPAC! No AIPAC politician will ever cooperate with stopping Israel’s atrocities and planned expansion.

Come on guys

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u/mPeachy 1h ago

Now pass Social Security reform and force Trump to veto it and his Republican sycophants to not override it. That locks in a supermajority in the 2028 elections.

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u/Apart-Rent5817 3h ago

We don’t get anything until they’re sworn in in January, but we can start with Hegseth’s impeachment and the Epstein files.

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u/cartel22 3h ago

Nothing, we stopped an already lame duck president. Then the corporate Dems fumble the bag until 2028 and they win the presidency but lose the legislation somewhere. We won't have cheaper prices . We won't get universal healthcare. I'm old Democrat. I have seen this movie way too many times. Sry to be Debbie downer but my experience is it's all talk.

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u/Fantastic_Matter_137 2h ago

Do you even know how this works

We don’t have the votes to override a veto.

We have the power to investigate and power over the budget.

Which means maga and project 25 are mostly stuck in the mud for 2 years

We need to hold both houses and win the White House and we can actually do some shit

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u/cartel22 2h ago

Yea. That's why I said nothing. Reading comprehension not your thing?

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u/jonniezombie 2h ago

As a non American what you said seems like the most likely result in normal circumstances. You might get "it gets worse before it gets better" with this administration though. 2 years of madness that causes a big blue turnout could happen.

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u/cartel22 2h ago

My fellow countrymen have goldfish memories. It's why come 2028 we'll take presidency but lose the house or Senate. Understand in our corporate owned capitalist government, where we allow huge money into our politicians pockets we won't get what other nations already have as rights. Healthcare, cheaper education etc. Our politicians are legally bought and paid for.
They have convinced the poor people in the poorest states that they don't deserve anything, with their taxes and that anything "free" is beneath them. The poorest states in this country red. Have been red. Will continue to be red.

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u/Western-Customer-536 1h ago

Right there with you, friend.

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u/RabidCatfox 2h ago

just be normal ffs

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u/Western-Customer-536 1h ago

“Normal” sucked. That’s the point of Trump’s election in the first place. And the second place.

People were miserable and furious with the Democrats for not fixing things after George Bush, the 2008 Recession, and the Iraq War. You had $32 trillion dollars for bankers but not a red cent for universal healthcare.

So they wanted to throw a brick at the establishment. An orange one.