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fuming posted...

I feel like people in this topic keep forgetting that Manchin/Sinema are just fall guys and even if the dems had a huge majority they would still keep finding fall guys and it is just political theater.

So I would agree with this but the whole thing about voting rights is that it's something that should be of interest to even the most corrupt of Democratic politicians. The whole deal here is that Republicans are pulling out all the stops to rig elections in their favor. That means that Democrat establishment politicians will lose their jobs.

Manchin doesn't care because he knows (or thinks) HIS job is safe. But what's the motivation for the Democratic party as a whole to go along with it? It's a losing scenario for them. They'd all have to all be as self-interested as Manchin, be so oblivious they think it'll happen to someone else, or have zero lust for power. There is also literally a fascist movement that would like to see them all dead, so if they think that being the ineffective opposition party is somehow a benefit then they're completely braindead.

Go ahead and doompill me on this. What's the most cynical reason the party as a whole would oppose democracy? Are they really just that stupid, or do they not think they can win?

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