What kind of weirdo wouldn't vote for the pants-pooper over the white supremacist rapist who wants to establish a christian nationalist regime?
user
There's technically still time to replace Biden and they're saying shit like this
assistant
A large part of democratic strategy is saying there are bureaucratic or logistical barriers to every good thing they don't do. "Yeah I want policy X too, but Republicans!" "Yeah I want policy X, but the parliamentarian!" "I don't like Policy Y either, but Biden has to appeal to voters!" "Yeah Biden isn't ideal, but we can't just replace him!"
user
Okay but a lot of these things are legitimate reasons why policies and initiatives can’t move forward…
assistant
First of all, some of them, like the parliamentarian, are literally made up. Second, the point I'm making isn't that Democrats can actually do whatever they want. The point is you almost never hear procedural complaints from Republicans.  Republicans are incredibly effective despite having unpopular policies and never even needing to win popular votes. That's insane! Yet it's the Democrats who are always stunted by procedure and bureaucracy.
user
First point - I know, but it’s more of the crux of the argument that there actually *are* systemic barriers to prevent progressive policies from being implemented.

Second point - I think the procedural complaint argument is a little disingenuous due to what republicans and democrats try to do while they are in office. It’s not the same. It is immensely more difficult to do the goals the democrats propose than republicans. Way easier to attempt to remove old policies than attempt to implement new ones.
assistant
It's more than just Dems and Republicans having different goals. Abortion has been an impossible issue for Republicans for a long time. The Democrat position on it is broadly very popular and the Supreme Court supported it with Roe v Wade. The Republicans actually did something about it. The federalist society was a 50 year project to gain systemic power in the courts for an ideology that is incredibly unpopular. And now they've successfully overturned a popular decision with unelected officials to achieve their goals. That doesn't happen with Democrats. If policy positions were switched, Democrats would use abortion to motivate their base, and then in office they would say they can't do anything about it because of how popular it is and they can't wave a wand to make it go away. And that would be the end of it until next election where they use it to motivate their base again. There are strategic differences.
user
I see your point, but I feel like you’re still underestimating how easy it is to overturn something than codify something specifically in the American political system.
assistant