Post by @sotolf@polymaths.social

@sotolf@polymaths.social absolutely! Keep it up, american friends! You can do this! Stay strong!

@paul @sotolf

I have to say I was not expecting Texas to elect a Democrat governor.

@amin @paul Yeah, it's surprising, and that El-Sayed made it as well is great.

@sotolf@polymaths.social @amin@polymaths.social both are very healing.
How long has it been in Texas, 100 years or so? Incredible.

@paul @sotolf

This was the first four Democrat wins in Texas statewide elections since 1994. Not 100 years, but it is a first within my lifetime.

@amin @paul Texas is the Tallerico guy right, seems a bit Milquetoast but decent enough and miles better than Paxton :p

@sotolf @amin @paul

"Miles better than Paxton"

Man, such a low bar. 😂

But yeah, he's an actual decent human being, it appears.

So scandalous. XD

@rl_dane @amin @paul The only one that seems at least pretty decent is the Michigan guy El-Sayed, he seems like a pretty decent guy, not going far enough, but if you could get more people like him in, you'd be in a better place.

@amin@polymaths.social @sotolf@polymaths.social ah right, not quite 100 years then...maybe the last 2 have dragged a bit 😂

@paul @amin I just hope 2020 is soon over..

@sotolf @paul @amin

Brother man, I'm still waiting for 2017 to end!!!! XD

@amin @paul @sotolf

Ann Richards would like a word with you. ;)

(She was flipping amazing)

Of course, that was during the great blue -> red shift in US Politics, so things were still a bit ambiguous.

(Also during the supposed D <--> R left/right reversal)

@rl_dane @paul @sotolf

Hey now, no Democrat has won a statewide Texas election during my lifetime until this, okay! XD

@amin @paul @sotolf

Sir, not existing is no excuse!! 😋

Nah, she was quite a thing to behold. Good days in Texas. Especially for a kid growing up in Austin during one of its many golden eras.

@rl_dane @paul @sotolf

That was 9 years before I was born and 27 before I lived in Texas. I think I can be excused.

So it seems the democrats win quite a lot, now we will see if they will actually do anything as well.. I'm not having high hopes to be honest.

@sotolf@polymaths.social the way I understand it, and I don't understand it very well, is the Paedophile in Chief still has quite a lot of power.
One man should not have the power to overrule a house of elected officials quite frankly.

@paul Yeah, and even if they have the representatives, I remember the democrats leaning pretty much in the same right direction, heavily to "catch voters from the other sides" and stuff like that. So I just hope they actually does something and not just let themselves be run over, and being "nice" to the other people, because it will lead nowhere good, and it's possible that nothing really changes at all. And then they may squander all the current goodwill, if they don't do anything with the power that they have got now.

@rl_dane @paul Yeah, you have a far right party, and an extreme right party, the one is actively making things worse, the other one doesn't let it get better.

@sotolf @paul

And the gormless bothsidesism and centrism doesn't help.

@rl_dane @paul No, as I said in another context, usually centrism is just a way to be allowed to be a bit naughty, or to excuse someone else for being naughty.

@sotolf @paul

The fundamental problem with it, to me, is that if you're just "shooting the middle," you're just the sum of two extremes. It's just basic arithmetic.

Shooting for some actual virtue means that you don't get redefined by shifting Overton windows easily.

@rl_dane @paul It does look a lot like an extreme cop out at least, you don't have any morals or values, so you just say something in between there :p

@sotolf @paul

Yeah. Kinda like asking everyone around you what they think and just coming up with something that goes with the flow. :P

@paul @sotolf

The Executive Branch has become a kingdom all to itself, the Judicial Branch has become politicized, and the Legistlative Branch has become a quagmire.

It's hard. :(

@sotolf

SIR, HOW DARE YOU HAVE A FUNCTIONING MEMORY. 🤣

@sotolf

That's the real question. We need to make people like Schumer retire, and I'm not even talking about his obvious zionist ties, just the fact that he's more than happy to "leave well enough alone."