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vjvjvjvjghv[dead post] ◴[] No.44610841[source]
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tzs ◴[] No.44611142[source]
What would you expect a competent opposition to do?
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jimt1234 ◴[] No.44611188[source]
For starters, anything.
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DistractionRect ◴[] No.44611246[source]
Like? It's hard to do anything when the executive, legislative, and judicial branches are all controlled by the same party. Until midterms, there's not much that can be done at the federal level. States can oppose some issues, and some States are, but what exactly do you think the opposition can/should be doing that they aren't already?
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1. alpinisme ◴[] No.44611503[source]
Connecting with people, building a mass movement, organizing institutions that can funnel people and effort into building the world and election results they want. Taking risks by taking a stand on issues and saying those issues are the reason to vote for them (not to avoid having the other side win). Doing local politics to demonstrate competence and show that they care and are building things, then show off those things to the rest of the country and say “look, we can do this everywhere” or at least “look at what we can do on a small scale but our vision is bigger and it’s limited by the fact our vision needs to happen on a national scale and can’t be achieved fully at this small scale”. Lots of things.