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Re:Senate Votes to Let People Who’ve Used Marijuana Work at ... by mrguyorama on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @03:07PM (#36960946)
As long as republicans continue to say no to that, it's impossible to do. Democrats basically never have actual control over the American Government, it's happened like 4 years out of the past 20, and that's not a new phenomenon. Even in the times they have had "full" control of all portions of government, republican senators are still able to "block" stuff through made up rules and "norms" that democrats don't want to break, because that gives republicans cart blanche to break those same rules in a way that can do a lot more harm. Also like 4 of the democrats that are part of the "majority" for various reasons like to be contrarians to the rest of the party, meaning even the few times there have been a majority of democrats in the senate, there has not been consensus in the party for basically anything since probably FDR.
Re:Senate Votes to Let People Who’ve Used Marijuana Work at ... by lowbloodsugar on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @03:24PM (#36961226)
Oh sweet summer child. The Democrats have absolutely been in a position do this, but they did not, because they would lose that voting block. They need the issue. It will become legal once big pharma and big tobacco have decided they want it to happen, regardless of who is in charge.
Re:Senate Votes to Let People Who’ve Used Marijuana Work at ... by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @03:26PM (#36961262)
> Democrats have absolutely been in a position do this, but they did not, because they would lose that voting block. They need the issue.

Correct on the first, wrong on the second. Stockpiling issues doesn't work in U.S. politics: it's how you get primaried.

The truth: there are enough Democrats in competitive districts where legalized marijuana would lose them the next general. It's a majority of the minority problem. Not anything strategic.

Re:Senate Votes to Let People Who’ve Used Marijuana Work at ... by cute_boi on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @03:32PM (#36961396)
dems can do many thing, but they don't because they need something for next election.
Re:Senate Votes to Let People Who’ve Used Marijuana Work at ... by mrguyorama on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @04:18PM (#36962129)
People say this as if the dems get any enthusiasm for votes. Democrats have TERRIBLE voting turnout, and it doesn't matter what they do when a lot of democratic voters are doing so explicitly because they want to avoid whatever the republicans are selling. That's why they are feckless and do nothing, because they don't have to. As long as american republicans continue doing american republican things, they can easily ride on "We promise to be normal, and not try to turn the US into a christofacist dictatorship", which you will notice, is extremely profitable for the democrats both in direct fundraising and also all the neoliberal bullshit modern american democrats 100% believe in because they see their bank account.

I reject the notion that there are a significant amount of "single-issue" democrat voters. You'll notice "They are trying to overturn roe-vs-wade" didn't exactly result in a significant turn out. Democrat voters are apathetic because we hate our own party. Nearly none of us are committed to the democratic party, we just don't like the republican's idea of the future.

Re:Senate Votes to Let People Who’ve Used Marijuana Work at ... by throw10920 on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @10:49PM (#36966404)
Please keep partisan politics off of HN.
Re:Senate Votes to Let People Who’ve Used Marijuana Work at ... by red-iron-pine on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @09:29AM (#36970625)
pffff when has that ever happened? 50% of the threads are proxies for those discussions anyways
Re:Senate Votes to Let People Who’ve Used Marijuana Work at ... by throw10920 on Thursday August 03, 2023 @11:56AM (#36987618)
You're confusing "is" and "should". Politics violates the HN guidelines - the fact that lots of people are violating them doesn't mean that it's now acceptable.

Also, if you go back say, 10 years, you'll see that most HN threads have very little politics in them, so yes, that has been the norm before.

Re:Senate Votes to Let People Who’ve Used Marijuana Work at ... by tracker1 on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @12:03PM (#36972741)
You mean the couple times that D had super majority of both houses and the WH for 2 years never happened?