at this point it’s hard to say if we’ll even have an election in general
Younger people can still be terrible politicians
Good point. Look at JD Vance!
Won’t happen until both the Republican and Democratic parties are dead and buried. As we’ve seen over the last decade, they’re more than happy to work together if it means keeping progressives out of office.
Yes, we elected progressive presidents in the early 20th century. A century ago.
Then we decided in the 70s to stop being progressive.
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Exactly.
People asking this question have their own definition, which is why “isms” are tools to drive wedges between people.
Additionally, focusing on the president is excusing congress from doing their fucking job.
For the last 30/40 years they’ve basically sat back and said “let the president do whatever - he’ll take the heat and not us”.
So for OP - there are 500 assholes in Congress not doing their fucking job, so maybe focus on getting your rep/senator out and someone in who will do their job.
Until the apathy of congress changes, nothing will change.
Elections 2028:
90y old republican with dementia, salivating to the microphone
Vs
88y old democrat on wheelchair, suffering terminal cancer, taking painkillers directly to the bloodstream.
Unfortunately during the debate, republican saliva shorted out cables in the microphone, while Democrat fell into coma.
Elections are won by the republican, democrats are weeping on bluesky, wondering why people voted for a shitty president again.
The End.
But this will ne a fully self driving wheelchair with AI built in.
We had FDR once 😭
Not very long anymore.
They will be so very far behind in all fields of tech and business because of the extreme conservativism. The world isn’t going to watch anymore who gets elected there, if at all. Nobody cares.
Until the US military gets fried and the dollar collapses the rest of the world will care.
That day may not be far off, but it not here yet.
Edit- sinking the navy would do it.
Not in my lifetime or the lifetimes of my youngest family members. Bernie is a centrist and he’s seen as too radical left.
center right is as far as america goes, and its the most conservative western country. Besides the DNC prevents any viable progressive from running ever.
they only allow AOC, AND BERNIE in congress solely to take attention off from themselves. like how schumer had a slew of dems to take the fall for ending the shutdown, in order to shield the other dems from being primaried.
more or less both parties make back-door deals with each other not privy to the voters.
at the time of bernie and obama, yea it was possible, as soon as trump got elected, it went out the window. as the DNC had not come up with a candidate as good as bernie or OBAMA since, just milquetoast AIPAC supporting candidates.
We might be able to get a progressive to run as an independent in the general. If they try to go through the democratic party they will be backstabbed, while also inheriting all the DNC’s baggage and idiocy.
Progressive Americans have to defeat the mini-boss (DNC) before they can on the main-boss (GOP).
There’s a chance the GOP can crack open for a Progressive popout but the MTGs and such already got there years ago so I wager thats about at 0% odds now.
DNC and GOP often collude together, so basically 2 main bossess. given how they reacted with Zohrans election. and they make alot of backdoor deals behind the doors, where they both benefit, like with the tax cuts. thats what they dont want voters of both sides to investigate, hence the culture war bs.
It’ll be the progressive that gets elected to preside over the decline. Once we’ve been bled dry and the other nation(s) take the world lead, like China.
And they’ll worship trump like they currently do Reagan. Forgetting all the shit he caused and blame whoever is head of state regardless of their decisions.
The Puritans were elder dipshits.
Sure the founding father’s were progressive for their time (minus the misogyny, classism, and slave owning), but the Puritans never went away.
They just became the Know Nothing’s, the Confederates, the Dixiecrats, the moral majority, the tea party, and now MAGA.
Not for a while, but that door is going to swing back the other way so hard it’ll damn near come off the hinges. Then back the other way it’ll go. The 1% thrives on our division.
We’re in the grip of corporate control and we’re not seeing light till that’s resolved. I think eventually it’ll happen though, whether it is through regulation or by the way of the green plumber is unclear.
E: then again, this was the next post: https://sfstandard.com/2026/04/12/sam-altman-s-home-targeted-second-attack/
And I hear there were 6 more warehouse fires, but I can’t back that up. Media isn’t covering it.
