fatalism o' the day

[metaphortunate]

I am not good at political predictions. And I hope I'm wrong about this. But I don't see how we can keep the ACA.

I mean, this is why Republicans have been swallowing Trump's shit, right? For the Supreme Court seats and the right to pass this enormous tax cut? Isn't this what they sold the republic for? If they don't pass it now, wouldn't that require them to decide to have given it all up for nothing? Wouldn't they be taking a huge personal hit to their own opinion of themselves, not to mention their own taxes, and their own donors, for no other reason than to help millions of people they've never personally met and would probably not like if they did meet? Humans are not super good at doing that kind of thing; the richer the worse, the more powerful the worse, and I just don't really see how I can expect these particular rich old powerful motherfuckers to transcend the limitations of their species at this moment in time.

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[cofax7]

I also don't understand why, if it fails, we won't continue fighting attempts to do this over and over for the next several years. They are not going to give up.

[wild_irises]

Oh, I completely agree with this.

To metaphortunate's larger point, the only way we keep the ACA is if they cannot unify themselves, which is why their opponents are putting so much pressure on their weak points. Yes, this is their endgame, but they have so far proved way less capable of keeping their eyes on the prize than we feared they might (and way more capable than we hoped they might).

I personally think they would have had a better shot if they had gone through the Senate procedures with a bill people could read than they have with this farce, but we get to find out.