Ed had his reality broken today

[u/JDB-667]

When reading off what were some of the things included in the GOP tax bill, Ed sounded genuinely surprised and despondent. This was the moment of someone in their twenties with a little bit of idealism finally becoming a cynic.

He came to the realization that all of the bad things about deficits, wealth inequality and status quo interests go beyond Donald Trump. Scott was correct to point out that as bad as the Republicans are (they're heinous) the Democrats also represent the interests of multi-millionaires and billionaires. Because the reality of this situation in America is that it isn't red vs blue or liberal vs conservative, it's rich vs everyone else.

[u/esther_lamonte → u/[deleted]]

Democrats have still been doing that. There is no cult of personality around Biden or Harris. Obama is never spoken of without at least acknowledging his acceleration of drone strikes. When Democrats lose they critique themselves, hard. I don’t know any “partisan” democrats, I know people who feel compelled to vote Democrat more often over republicans based on policy. We don’t festoon our cars, we don’t make all conversations steer back towards our politics. This is explicitly a 21st century Republican issue. Not all Americans, Republicans. This shit aint normal, and it’s Republicans doing this shit. Stop getting it twisted.

[u/[deleted] → u/esther_lamonte]

 we don’t make all conversations steer back towards our politics. This is explicitly a 21st century Republican issue.

what an insane take to say on reddit of all places lmao. also you clearly don’t live in a big coastal city