[dsfyu404ed]

>Why the fuck do you let your politicians be so openly two-faced like this? They claim one thing and do the exact opposite, right in your face. Why do you encourage them do put restrictive policy in place if you believe in personal freedom?

How can you say this with a straight face when there's a story about NY Democratic politicians selling out the right to repair bill to corporate interests?

Politicians say one thing and do the other as long as they think there will be no consequences and in the polarized world where live in that is often.

[rhaway84773]

Yes. Compared to all those right to repair bills just coasting through Republican states.

Oh, there are none.

Edit: Basically your complaint is that Democrats deliver worse than ideal results because they are influenced by corporate money, which you claim is somehow worse than Republicans not even attempting to deliver results because they are influenced by corporate money so much more.

[sharemywin]

These are two totally different things.

This story is about the priorities of the party shifting from

1. corporate corruption

2. giving lip service to issues that matter to people

3. implementing fringe conspiracies

to

1. implementing fringe conspiracies

2. corporate corruption

3. giving lip service to issues that matter to people

your point is about business as usual for the parties.

[rexpop]

We can't have constructive conversations with people who deflect criticism of one party with criticism of another. This "whataboutism" is intellectually dishonest, implying straw beliefs that haven't been professed. There can be two wrong parties, but it's childish to change the subject defensively.