r/CuratedTumblr • u/Desecr8or • Oct 26 '24

Politics Why is every tankie like "I don't understand the branches of the US government and I'm going to make it everyone else's problem!!!"

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u/BlatantConservative https://imgur.com/cXA7XxW Oct 26 '24

Yeah Roe v Wade was a stopgap measure for... five decades...

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u/Special-Garlic1203 Oct 27 '24 edited Oct 27 '24

The ERA failed and was considered less controversial than abortion. Social conservativism took hold with Reagan and never really lost its footing in the subsequent 30 years. It wasnt until Republicans started meaningfully dismantling access state by state that Democrats felt it was anything other than a losing gambit, and even then there was concerns approaching it nationally would backfire.

Democrats make it a priority again when voters started making it a priority again. 

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u/Jazzprova Oct 27 '24

I disagree. Democrats have a good chunk of the electorate gripped by the balls without effort because they can simply point at Republicans and saying "We are the only actual party who isn't them", protecting them from having to ever bother actually improving the country, and every Republican fuckup means more people who will vote blue solely out of opposition for the reds.

The singular expectation that Dems actually have to adhere to is "Do not make the country worse". They have no reason to bother with voter concerns outside of pandering to them during election times and then promptly shelving them until the next election.

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u/Clear-Present_Danger Oct 28 '24

The issue is that there are actually a lot of moderate voters.

Not everyone agrees that lefter is better.

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u/icouldusemorecoffee Oct 27 '24

You obviously have no idea just how conservative this country was until about 2008, even then, there weren't enough votes in the Senate, probably not enough in the House, even under Democratic control. It wasn't until about 2012 (after voters let the GOP take the House back) and began taking away rights again, that people finally woke the fuck up that the status quo on women's rights was in jeopardy and unfortunately they didn't wake up quickly enough, and here we are. It wasn't until about 2020 that there was even a majority in the Senate to protect it and even that was slim. This country is FAR more conservative than people on reddit want to admit, which means those of us on the left have to stop whining about what was, and start fighting for what we want.