@Pluto's Republic You may remember that the Soviet Union passed a constitution in 1936 that granted the Soviet public all sorts of rights. The problem, of course, was that real power in the Soviet Union was exercised through the Communist Party, which was headed by Stalin.

So that's a one-party system for you.

The Democratic Party of today thinks it runs a one-party system. The leadership thinks it can do anything it wants, and the rank-and-file has to suck it up because what are they going to do, vote for Republicans?

Well, this year, like in 2016, they voted for Republicans.

....the two party system is an unstable outlier that defies the laws of physics. Like a two-legged stool that cannot stand naturally — two-party governments require a lot of artificial "propping up" — which leads to chronic corruption or croneyism.

The places in the world where you will find these primitive, propped-up, two-party governments are on small isolated islands around Africa, the Caribbean, and near the nuclear-testing zones of the South Pacific. Some of these Islands are popular domiciles for exiled oligarchs and stand-alone banks. There are also a few failed states with two-party governments located in the undeveloped regions of the world. Thery often have retired military or mafia-type leaders, with names like 'Baby Doc.'

The sterilizing lack of diversity in a two party nation leads to socially-paralyzing polarity, xenophobia, and eventual extinction.

And then, you have the United States.

The simplest answer is always a great place to look for enlightenment.
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@snoopydawg

And recent revelations that a prominent pro-Palestine grassroots group received more than $400,000 from a Democratic-aligned PAC that explicitly prevents beneficiaries from endorsing a candidate other than Harris, has further demoralised the community's trust in the electoral system and those within it.

So they endorsed Harris, Harris lost, and now they have a wad of cash to spend on lawyers to sue the Zionist billionaires.

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'For the liberal progressives: if you're upset about an election loss but not a genocide, you need to check your beliefs'

"The message asked if I was feeling okay [about Trump] coming back to office," she said.

For many Muslims and Arab Americans, the war on Gaza has dramatically changed the way the community relates to the US political system.

And recent revelations that a prominent pro-Palestine grassroots group received more than $400,000 from a Democratic-aligned PAC that explicitly prevents beneficiaries from endorsing a candidate other than Harris, has further demoralised the community's trust in the electoral system and those within it.

For many others, who like Haider find themselves at odds with the liberal establishment on matters of the economy, foreign policy or immigration, the war has only solidified their views that both parties are not moved by Palestinian suffering.

According to data, tens of thousands of Muslims and Arab American voters actively voted against Harris via a third party or for Trump. Others simply didn't think their vote even mattered.

In Haider's case, she didn't think the bus trip to the polling station was worth the hassle.

"I had no interest in taking part in the circus," she said, noting that several friends in her circle, some of whom had taken part in the pro-Palestine encampments during the spring, had boycotted the vote, too.

At more than 100 colleges and universities, including Ivy Leagues, students who took action in demanding their institutions disclose and divest from weapons companies or from the Israeli state found themselves accused of antisemitism, harassed by administrators and slapped with suspensions. (And beaten and arrested by cops that many dem governors sent to quell the protests.-sd)

Academics, too, who dared to speak out about Gaza were ceremoniously flung out the door, suspended or even fired from higher institutions of learning. It has also incensed Black Americans, too.

The Biden-Harris administration framed these pro-Palestinian protests as antisemitic, and released a strategy in May to quell these protests.

Students also saw how easily their campuses became extensions of the US and Israeli military state.

For many, the coming war on civil liberties and authoritarianism liberals say Trump will bring to the US on his return to the White House is already here.

"Liberals are losing their minds and blaming Muslim, Arab, and anti-genocide voters for the outcome. They refuse to take the responsibility. They have shown us who they really care about. And it’s not their constituents," Mariam Abu Tarboush, with American Muslims for Palestine (AMP-Detroit), told MEE.

"All Kamala had to do was pick up the phone and stop Israel from continuing its genocide against the Palestinians, and she would have won. Ronald Regan did it. Instead of trying to win the Muslim/Arab vote she remained staunch in her support of white supremacy, apartheid, and genocide," Abu Tarboush said.

"They made their bed, now it’s time for them to lie in it. Maybe next time they will take us seriously," Abu Tarboush added.
(Lay down with dawgs and you get fleas. -sd)

Nasser from Union, New Jersey, who previously told MEE that more than 150 members of his family were killed in Gaza, said he was shocked by the way people are responding to Trump's re-election.

Nasser, who asked to be identified by his first name only, said that Americans "were worried about protecting their democracy and freedoms" while his family in Gaza - including women and children - were being exterminated with American blessings.

Since he last spoke to MEE, a further five members of his family, located at the Jabalia refugee camp, were killed by Israeli strikes. These fatalities included two children, aged eight and 12. Earlier in October, his cousin's daughter, a 26-year-old nurse, became the sixth family member to be picked up by the Israeli army and taken prisoner. They haven't heard from her since.

"This is a genocide and nothing less than a genocide. And these people are giving them the green light to do it," Nasser said.

But most organisers and activists tend to agree that any analysis that considers the administration's failure on Gaza, the rising cost of living, and Harris's overall inability to inspire any confidence to Americans, wouldn't be far off the mark.

Voters also pointed to how it took Harris months in order to be prepared to do an interview with the media. And when she finally did, and when voters searched for a sign she would address questions irking the American electorate, she struggled to provide any answers.

Haider agrees. She says that if liberals see this as the end of American democracy and want to mourn it, that's their perogrative.

"But is not an equivalent tragedy to what has happened in Palestine," Haider said.

But shitlibs still insist that Kamala lost because of misogyny and racism…not Palestine or the effing economy.

Maybe instead telling people who had family being killed in Gaza that she was speaking she should have sat down with them and listened to them.

Ahh well, Sam doesn’t have an ounce of pity for the Kam. She says that she got what she deserved. I gotta smart dawg.

@snoopydawg -- how they all want to play these perverse emotional games rather than, you know, quitting the Democrats and trying to build something new. Nick Cruse covers it at the beginning of this video:

I mean, it's not as if Harris actually stood for anything, which is why the billionaires were all cutting her checks.

damn i cant imagine why she lost pic.twitter.com/raSPHQ7OvN

— (@joeywreck) November 8, 2024

So what's the market for Trump Derangement Syndrome therapy look like?

Next time try winning people's votes instead of threatening them with worse if they don't vote for you.

— Ubaka Ogbogu (@UbakaOgbogu) November 6, 2024

I posted a greyzone video of this guy talking with Aaron and Max that’s worth watching.

Whatever Trump does is the price @JoeBiden, @KamalaHarris and @TheDemocrats made us all pay for their pure evil, for their unshakable commitment to exterminating Palestinians. They alone are to blame. But nothing compares to the price people in Palestine and Lebanon are paying

— Ali Abunimah (@AliAbunimah) November 6, 2024

Just in: Democrats shocked to learn women buy milk and eggs more often than they get abortions.

— Storm (@stormrobinson) November 6, 2024

Of course this shitlib restricted the replies.

if you didn’t vote, fuck you
if you voted third party, fuck you
if you voted trump, fuck you

— ali (@follksongs) November 6, 2024

expect a lot (more) of this from the white liberal fox Malcolm X talked about pic.twitter.com/CRIaj4chke

— Sana Saeed (@SanaSaeed) November 6, 2024

All Democrats. pic.twitter.com/8OxvE7bRL6

— Heena Lotus (@intrepidlotus) November 6, 2024

Guess this shitlib missed the fact that Trump isn’t president?

Fuck Gaza at this point! And I mean that from the bottom of my ass! They at harris rally screaming every time she speak and never at a
trump rally! Good! Let Israel run wild on them.
I'm done! Fuck allyship.