• GodlessCommie@lemmy.world
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    Im not young, but the question still remains, what have democrats at the national level done to protect you? All it appears theyve done is use our community as human shields to prevent criticism of their shitty policies.

    Everything in the link you provided is a states rights issue, nothing federal, even marriage was kicked back to the states by dems last year

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      https://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/obama-administration-title-ix-transgender-student-rights-223149

      https://www.washingtonblade.com/2018/05/05/obama-era-trans-protections-in-jeopardy/

      But for sake of argument, even if Democrats had done jack shit to protect me, they haven’t been sadistic like the only alternative is. There is no realistic third alternative, not for 2024 at least. If you want something better than what we have, you gotta work for it, not push for doomed revolution.

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        3rd isnt an option because liberals don’t want it to be. They are comfortable with the status quo, the same status quo that keeps everyone oppressed. Both parties intentionally are controlled opposition, to maintain the power structure that they’ve spent decades building. Republicans provide you a boogeyman, and Democrats proclaimed to be your savior, so that we are constantly fighting each other instead of fighting them.

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          3rd isnt an option because liberals don’t want it to be

          Yep, that’s at least a big part of it. We need to break out of this but not by forfeiting and letting Republicans win. Putting energy toward ranked choice voting or something is probably wiser.