I was so confused who thought chicken parm with rice and beans was a good idea until I finally figured out that's salsa.

The "Democrats would rather lose" theory really rains on your parade.

Apologies for AI summary, I couldn't find my favorite real human explanation.

The donor class overlaps. Democratic Party leadership and their biggest donors (Wall Street, corporate executives, defense contractors, private equity) often benefit from the same policies Republicans enact — tax cuts for the rich, deregulation, endless wars, weak labor laws. 2

If Democrats actually won big and enacted the popular progressive platform they campaign on (Medicare for All, $15 minimum wage, taxing the rich, etc.), it would directly hurt the financial interests of their own donor class. 3

So they self-sabotage. The party puts forward weak candidates, runs milquetoast centrist campaigns, and makes unpopular tactical decisions — ensuring they stay just competitive enough to raise money and exist, but not so successful that they'd actually have to deliver on real change.

The blame-shifting mechanism. When they lose, they blame Republican obstruction, gerrymandering, the Electoral College, voter suppression, or the media. When they win narrow majorities, they use the filibuster or "moderates in their own party" as excuses for why they can't pass anything transformative.

If voting changed anything they would make it illegal.

The mini-PC merely needs software done. With any luck flirc will mean I can use my same remote.

I can do all myself but I do need a high WAF for the finished product. So it begins.

The True Believers don't need anything to be there. Files exist of any quality or veracity is enough to keep them pushing the narrative.

The goal isn't proof. They just need to cast enough doubt to get a portion of the population to support their meddling to undo the meddling they made up.

For those that failed polisci, that's called fascism.

The Jellyfin app on roku is nice. The hardware was literally just a Jellyfin player to me. The number of ads I see and clicks to get Jellyfin launched are my primary metrics for hardware quality. Both have gotten worse since purchase with 2 obvious step change "updates" in the last month or so.

I have an n150 and flirc remote, just haven't done the work. It wasn't worth it for 3 clicks and 1 ad. 7 clicks and 20 ads or whatever it is up to is worth it.

Your continued faith that the system can produce any positive outcome is kinda cute.