With Gaza, I think this is completely accurate (and even then there’s a disconnect between the huge level of outrage and the tiny little concessions to humanity that the Democrats have enacted as a result under that pressure).
With most things, it’s not. You can’t possibly tell me that sweeping climate change legislation, creating a small amount of support in the tiny minority of people in the US who are aware enough of what’s going on to care, but incurring the anger of the incredibly powerful fossil fuel lobby, was done because of cold political calculus. I think it’s actually borne out of genuine concern (which makes sense – these politicians’ kids and grandkids have to live on the planet in the future too, and they don’t have the Republican luxury of living in a pure fantasy-world where they think somehow that it won’t impact them.)
It is hard to get the news to cover positive things that don’t get people angry, so a lot of people think that the Dems aren’t doing anything.
The Dems do need to learn how to promote their successes.
Don’t pawn the responsibility of tankies onto an entire political apparatus.
If tankies can’t think critically, they deserve all the stomps from authoritarian boots they’re licking.
What do tankies have to do with my comment about Dems needing to up their media game?
Tankies plug their ears and go LALALALALA whenever they hear about Democrats doing a good thing.
Your point is absolutely correct but it’s not the whole story.
I think the corporate media specifically doesn’t want to highlight the many small Ls they’ve taken.
Counterpoint: the dems wouldn’t have implemented these changes if people weren’t fucking angry at them.
With Gaza, I think this is completely accurate (and even then there’s a disconnect between the huge level of outrage and the tiny little concessions to humanity that the Democrats have enacted as a result under that pressure).
With most things, it’s not. You can’t possibly tell me that sweeping climate change legislation, creating a small amount of support in the tiny minority of people in the US who are aware enough of what’s going on to care, but incurring the anger of the incredibly powerful fossil fuel lobby, was done because of cold political calculus. I think it’s actually borne out of genuine concern (which makes sense – these politicians’ kids and grandkids have to live on the planet in the future too, and they don’t have the Republican luxury of living in a pure fantasy-world where they think somehow that it won’t impact them.)