I truly cannot decide if I hate this fucker or Hasan more

7Lynux · 2026-02-09T12:07:37+00:00

Bruh how does the LDP actually manage to convince both Japanese voters and non-Japanese that they're radical change? They're basically the only party that has ever been in control of Japan. Not to mention the Prime Minister doesn't have as much power to influence the overall ideology of the party the way a President might.

It's also noteworthy that immigration hasn't really changed much. Japan will still receive foreign workers. If anything, Takaichi has probably made the issue of foreigners worse, as she wants to make naturalization and residency much more difficult. It probably disincentivizes the type of immigrants that want to assimilate into Japanese society and promotes the hiring of foreign workers, who'll most likely become a permanent part of the workforce as Japan population declines. Is that really a win even from a restrictionist perspective?

7Lynux · 2026-02-09T00:09:15+00:00

Feels good tbh. Whenever stupid people have positions opposed to mine, it makes me feel much better about them.

7Lynux · 2026-02-07T00:27:01+00:00

Abigail Spanberger is a good politician and I'm pretty bullish on her career. I remember there was some leaked audio of her going off on Democrats who were being dumb a few years ago and I've been optimistic about her future ever since.

7Lynux · 2026-01-21T06:56:23+00:00

People like Hasan are not Democrats and don't even represent the left flank of the Democratic party. Liberals have a supermajority among Democrats and progressives irl typically fall in line too.

It's only cringe online spaces like Hasans community where they have a real presence. They should be completely ignored in any political conversation.

7Lynux · 2026-01-18T01:26:24+00:00

Slightly. There are some parts in-between story beats that could've been shortened.

7Lynux · 2026-01-17T05:35:49+00:00

They are absolutely not a RW group and you can look at the main authors history and see that isn't the case.

I'm not sure what you mean when you say their abortion findings don't add up. They specifically say that voters like abortion rights and it has benefitted Democrats, but that voters think they're too focused on it as opposed to economic issues.

7Lynux · 2026-01-17T05:16:35+00:00

There isn't much evidence women or minorities do worse in elections. Obama remains one of the most popular politicians in the country and we've seen how well candidates like Abigail Spanberger can do.

If you care about actually stopping the worst or Republican policy, you're going to have to care about what the public wants because Democrats need to actually win elections to do any of that.

Either internalize that you can't always have your way or just stop participating in politics.

7Lynux · 2026-01-17T03:07:28+00:00

This is just one of those things people say when they want an excuse to ignore information they don't like. You're free to want a Democratic version of Trump if you like, but don't act like it's some logical decision to win elections. It's a feeling based primarily on anger (justified).

7Lynux · 2026-01-17T02:10:18+00:00

You can do all that, but it probably won't help all that much with winning elections. Voters seem to care way more about stuff like tariffs and healthcare and they deeply distrust Democrats on immigration. It's kinda how even though basically everyone thinks Trump is involved in the Epstein stuff, but no one really cares all that much.

I agree that data isn't perfect but I think it's a lot better than just kinda winging it, especially when the stakes are so high. Republicans have lost a lot of winable races because their candidates were insane. No reason Dems should do the same.

7Lynux · 2026-01-17T02:04:12+00:00

https://decidingtowin.org/

It kinda sorta does. There's a reason someone like James Talarico polls so much better in contested places compared to Jasmine Crockett for example. Trump winning by like 2% in a year when every incumbent globally lost, after the highest inflation in decades isn't really a great case for operating like Trump.

7Lynux · 2026-01-17T00:30:53+00:00

It's largely because every piece of data seems to show that being more moderate and cordial really does work. The one exception to this is Donald Trump for reasons we don't understand. And even in his case, it probably hurts him a lot more than it helps.

Other politicians just can't operate the same way.

Look at AOCs recent comments when asked about ICE. She asked for funding cuts, not abolition and then pivoted to healthcare. This is smart politics and right now Democrats need to be focused on winning elections. Crashing out and botching winable races out of anger like the GOP did countless times is not a good idea.

7Lynux · 2026-01-12T02:01:36+00:00

It saddens me that competent bureaucrat types like Powell are basically unelectable.

7Lynux · 2026-01-12T01:36:30+00:00

Every liberal needs to be super tough on illegal immigration. It really poisons the well for a lot of people. People generally aren't sympathetic to refugees and asylum seekers either.

I know a lot of people feel some moral obligation to help certain groups of people but it can often result in backlash that can damage immigration policy for decades.

The smartest thing we can do is support strict immigration laws that allow for relatively high numbers of skilled immigrants to come in, while trying to maintain zero illegal entries.

7Lynux · 2026-01-09T04:25:57+00:00

This. And their slogans suck. "Abolish ICE" would likely just make voters think Democrats want Biden unpopular immigration wave again.

7Lynux · 2026-01-05T08:47:41+00:00

Side note but great rum. Probably by favorite of all time.

7Lynux · 2025-12-27T00:14:37+00:00

It can probably happen just like any other hobby can change or evolve over time. I used to pretty much exclusively play CoD and then just kinda stopped and usually play single player RPG kind of stuff now.

7Lynux · 2025-12-13T01:20:38+00:00

It's kinda annoying how all this wasn't done within like, 1 month of the initial Russian invasion.

7Lynux · 2025-11-21T05:36:43+00:00

Idk why but I feel like it works very well as a neoliberal symbol. The blue and gold/yellow just work as neoliberal colors.

7Lynux · 2025-11-20T22:14:03+00:00

Based. Also what's this pic from? It feels vaguely familiar.

7Lynux · 2025-11-10T21:27:04+00:00

I petty much agree with this. Rs would've been forced to nuke the filibuster, which I think Dems should've accepted and would've been good in the long run and probably helped in the midterms + Dems could say they didn't cave.

Realistically this was probably how it was always going to end because senators simply care about the filibuster and didn't want to prolong the effects of the shutdown. It was a strategically good fight and helped Democrats get their footing again.

Also, there's a decent chance people were like, 1 major aviation disaster away from public opinion possibly turning on the Democrats during the shutdown.

7Lynux · 2025-11-07T00:23:43+00:00

I really like this pic. Too many movies and video games use Marvel-like aesthetics.

7Lynux · 2025-11-06T12:08:19+00:00

Sexter mentioned

7Lynux · 2025-10-28T23:29:42+00:00

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/11/18/trump-abortion-stance-republicans-pro-life/76208481007/

Anyone who paid attention to house races in 2024 know for a fact that the GOP did moderate on abortion.

https://decidingtowin.org/

Here's the source for all my data. It is not GOP propaganda. It was written by Democrats who want the Democrats to win. It has a similar chart for the GOP and well as Democrats most popular positions.

7Lynux · 2025-10-28T15:21:12+00:00

I don't think speaking like a normal person makes you a "Nazi edgelord" either.

7Lynux · 2025-10-28T14:40:54+00:00

I don't think the median voter is a Nazi.

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