[thepossum]

What is the real estate angle for ending the war in Ukraine - resorts in Crimea perhaps

[shyams]

I have some questions on which I seek opinions from any Americans who wish to reply.

1. Some say (perhaps wrongly) that much of what President Trump is implementing is in line with Project 2025. If true, that means the Dem leadership had adequate time to prepare a counter to these initiatives. It's been over 3 months since Trump was elected. Where are the plans/strategies (if any) of the Dems to counter Project 2025 in the Political Battlefield?

2. Which part of the messaging by Dem Leaders so far is actually addressed at how the Average American will be impacted by Trump initiatives? e.g. (to me) it looks quite likely that Trump and his cronies in Congress are about to give a huge tax break for the Billionaire Class.
*** Worth mentioning that a similar Tax Break from the first Trump term created a huge hole in the Federal budget.
Where are the Dems with their counter narrative to demonstrate to Voters that any proposed Tax break will largely go (say 95%) into the pockets of the Billionaire class?

3. Who are the Leaders of the Dem Party right now? If the people you identify are really your leaders, what have they done to curb the excesses of the DOGE initiative? There most certainly will be some/many but your party seems to be more concerned with portraying Elon as a jerk rather than substantive discussion of any excesses.

The narrative I am seeing in the media is "Musk is stealing your Social Security Numbers" and "your privacy is being attacked". Nothing about how the Billionaires are still winning thanks to Trump's actions...




Addendum: (Quote) I think the best strategy for an activist community is to specifically diagnose the corruption or harm they wish to address, then deconstruct (as simplistically as you can) specific ways to address those things. It sounds basic, but the inability to articulate goals quickly and simply is the death of many well-intended movements. Also, and this speaks again to fighting within movements, don’t negotiate against yourselves. They are counting on it (End quote)
--- Jon Stewart personally wrote this on Reddit as part of an "Ask Me Anything" Q&A session.

[Cyberyeti]

thepossum, on 2025-February-14, 21:38, said:

What is the real estate angle for ending the war in Ukraine - resorts in Crimea perhaps

More getting access to their minerals

[hrothgar]

shyams, on 2025-February-12, 21:13, said:

At this moment, how certain are you that you will vote for the Democratic Presidential Candidate in Year 2040 (whoever that candidate may be)?

What a remarkably stupid question

The Republican Party of 2024 bears absolutely no resemblance to the Republican Party of 2008.

Its completely reversed its positions on free trade, Russia, balanced budgets, you name it.
Why would I believe that the Democratic Party for 2040 would look anything like the Democratic Party of 2024?
And, if I can't predict what the parties will stand for, how can I guess how I'd vote?

From my perspective, political dynamics are much better understood by looking at frameworks like https://en.wikipedia...merican_Nations or https://en.wikipedia..._North_America. As these region sets shift between the different parties, you then see pretty remarkable swings in governing philosophies.

With this said and done, I was listening to a podcast this morning which was making the argument that we're entering into a period in which a lot of politics is being nationalized and associated, with this, regional identities are being subsumed by culture.

[shyams]

hrothgar, on 2025-February-18, 14:39, said:

What a remarkably stupid question

Yes, this is the correct answer.

Yet, at the risk of guessing how other posters felt (not wrote), I would say that a non-trivial share of them thought "Sure, voting for Dems sounds all right".