@Færd I have no idea. He just suddenly vanished, and @Cowp managed to reach him (or was it Snail?) two years later and he said he has some problem (or a medical condition) but otherwise he's fine
So that was a bit mystical and I kinda still have no idea
I've started finally giving Chomsky's books a read, and I found out that just a handful of democrats managed to shift the majority in favor of not raising the minimum wage? Or did I get that wrong
@M.A.R. People don't give up on the system because they're "nut jobs". At least not everyone. Many do that because the system stops working for them. And also because their hopes have been sapped and exhausted before, when they were promised hope and change.
Say, you voted Biden because you really needed your pay to rise in order to take care of medical expenses or send your child to school or whatever. And then Biden comes along and despite having promised to do what you wanted and having both houses in his favor, fails to do that. You may well give up on voting ever again because of that.
@Færd Oh, well, I was trying to avoid the term "Trumpster" not to bring up the guy's name again. Well, all joking aside, I don't think people have given up or not given up. They're just been fooled by propaganda systems.
@Færd Same. It would be good for the country, not just the min-wage earners.
The thing is, we can't expect any president to be Superman (or -woman). The real enemy is the (somewhat) hidden plutocracy that has been relentlessly brainwashing the less intelligent of our brethren to vote against their own interests.
Democrats have been bringing pocket knives to bazooka battles with Republicans for a long ass time. Trump made them start to show a bit of courage (like Obama openly criticizing the existence of filibuster and talking about the need to make fundamental changes). But who knows if they're not going to falter. He didn't have the same attitude in his first two years.
And I can't wait for AOC to be of age, because she seems like one politician who actually has the interests of the people at heart. She's a Bernie Sanders who hasn't fallen in love with the sound of his own voice.
Obama was very much a disappointment. On the whole, though, mediocre as he was, he was a bright spot in the last 40 years' worth of presidencies.
Reagan, Bush, the DINO Clinton, Bush II and Trump? Yeah, Obama looks great by comparison.
The problem with Obama, and generally with Democrats, is that they think you can reason with Republicans. You can't. To paraphrase Churchill, "The GOP is either under your heel or at your throat."
As Tartakower said, "Moral victories do not count."
@Robusto There have been enough moral victories that were passed up so you wouldn't have to resort to winning immoral ones and risk becoming the mirror image of your opponent.
Democrats have been too lenient and nice in matters that they had every right to fight to the bitter end and win.