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From outside the US the view seems more like:

1. Democrats in power could never do anything because Republicans could always block by virtue of having majority somewhere.

2. Republicans blocked everything they could, simply because the Democrats were in power.

3. Democrats then get blamed for not doing anything.

4. the current administration is getting something done, yes. Some things are down the wrong path and shouldn't be done. Some things are debatable but perhaps the right path but doing them in a stupid manner.

PS: supreme court isn't helping.

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From outside the US the view looks very different:

1. In 2016 Democrats choose a candidate based solely on internal party politics rather than to win an election, get routed by Trump

2. In 2024 Democrats choose a candidate based solely on internal party politics (letting Biden run) rather than to win an election, get routed by Trump

3. In 2025 Democrats try their best to put up a candidate for New York mayor based on internal party politics rather than to win an election

Gee, wonder what the pattern is here.

> supreme court isn't helping.

Similar patten here. How did the SC end up like this? If the roles were reversed, would R have done the same as D?

> 4. the current administration is getting something done, yes. Some things are down the wrong path and shouldn't be done. Some things are debatable but perhaps the right path but doing them in a stupid manner.

You really believe that if only D currently had a majority somewhere, the current gov wouldn't be doing most of the stuff it's doing?

I mean there was a :

1.5 In 2020 Democrats [did whatever and won the election].

So it's not all bad.

But yes, while my comment didn't go over their faults, the Democrats have plenty of their own too. But being blamed for doing nothing when you don't have the power is hardly their fault.

Ultimately, people in US politics on both sides are playing stupid games and winning stupid prizes.

Even when they had majorities, Democrats didn't get anything done. Didn't do anything to try to prevent what is happening now which was entirely expected. Allowed Republicans to steal a supreme court spot.

In opposition Democrats are utterly failing to prevent the Republican agenda anywhere near the way Republicans prevented the Democratic agenda.

I would say it's embarrassing how badly my party has done but that underrates how I think their incompetence has put an extremely real risk of the republic falling into our imminent future.

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