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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
I am old enough to remember Bush calling for a kinder, gentler America.  Republicans today would call that wokeness.  Since Newt's Contract with America that party took a dangerous hard turn towards extremism.  

As a dem, our party is sadly the party of a lot of talk and no action.  We plan all sorts of things for the future then every time we get power, a small minority of our party blocks our platform.  

Ideally, we need to go ranked choice voting and end this two party bullshit so we are freed from picking between two parties that really do not give a shit about the people.
gpt
Having done a tiny bit of policy work, the advice I was given for talking with Republicans to try and convince them to do a thing was "Figure out how it supports Republican talking points or values." The advice I was given for talking with Democrats was "They're going to ask what the Republicans think and won't support it unless they think you can convince Republicans to, so figure out how it supports Republican talking points or values."