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sanderjdyesterday at 1:14 AM1 replyview on HN

What I would say is that to me the "Democrats look weak" thing is pretty silly. By design, if one party holds the presidency and both houses of Congress at once, they get to enact their preferred agenda (as long as it is deemed constitutional by the current judiciary, which is also controlled by that same party at this moment). So, like, by design Democrats are powerless at this moment. They aren't "weak", they are out of power, by dint of the design of the system and the desire of the voters. So if the current government administration and policy is bad (which, in my view, it certainly is), the blame lies entirely with the people in power. It's not because the Democrats aren't "fighting" enough. I think that's nonsense, they genuinely have no power.


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sodapopcanyesterday at 5:49 PM

Ok ya that makes sense, and makes sense why I get confused. That sort of thing can still happen here, though we can minority and majority governments, and I generally prefer when it's minority, even if my "preferred party I still don't really like" has power.

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