• But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Ah yes the leftists who complain and cry at the federal election but take no interest in primaries, or joining the party or volunteering for their preferred candidate. American leftists just wanna sit on their ass and be handed a candidate, so that’s what you get.

    Last one you guys didnt take part in so they picked the old white man, when you complained they gave you an educated black woman and you “leftists” went “eeew not that” while cheering for Bernie, another ancient white man.

    You guys are a shit show of contradiction, shit slinging and infighting because nobody is good enough to be an ally anymore. This is why I blame all of you for Trump, the American right and the left. You guys suck, and the rest of the leftists in sane countries know it

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    5 days ago

    Immigrants, trans, Ukrainians, women… these groups are a sacrifice white male leftists are willing to make.

  • Passerby6497@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    The meme is unironically true though. I hate the candidates that the dnc puts forward, but I hate the opposition more. 2016 and 2024 kinda shows how the meme is unfortunately rather accurate, and I heard plenty of people advocating for not voting for Kamala because of stances that trump was objectively worse on.

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      Just like the musk/trump split was visible miles away, any figure running for president after trump will inevetably be shit on by trump and his media aparatus because of his narcissitic insecurities.

      The best thing that could happen for republicans right now is trump dying because its only going to get more costly to not lick those dress shoes.

  • Crashumbc@lemmy.world
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    Imagine a group thinking Palestine swung the needle at all on US elections. ROFL…

    That is getting close to “flat earth” level of denial.

    Kamela ran a horrible, lame, corporate platform.

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      Kamela ran a horrible, lame, corporate platform.

      And in a reasonable world this wouldn’t have mattered. People are unreasonable.

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        Politics has always been a popularity contest? Did you not learn this in your grade school student council elections? You’re whining about human nature. People need to be inspired. They don’t give a shit about someone’s Senate voting record.

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      Most importantly she committed the worst crime against the swing voters in the US by not being a man and not being white on top of that.

      I think every other explanation is wishful thinking about just how sexist and racist the average US voter is.

      You can blame lame platform or stance on Palestine, but I have a hard time believing that the explanation isn’t simply sexism + racism.

      I don’t recall Biden having an inspiring campaign, he was simply a white male that wasn’t trump and he beat him.

  • ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Every fascist regime in history has gained power in part because the left was too busy infighting to resist.

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    6 days ago

    You don’t win elections by convincing the far left/ right to vote for you. They will vote for/against you no matter what (or abstain from voting because they see you as equally too far left/right as your opponent).

    You win by convincing the undecided voters in the middle. Every vote you gain from the center is also a vote your opponent lose.

    Convince them you’ll give them better living standards and they won’t care what you do with foregin policy and minority rights.

    Convince them that your priorities is minorities and foregin policy and they will tell you that it’s all good and well but they are about to lose their job and the cost of living is going up so they are just going to vote for the other guy that promises to fix that.

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      5 days ago

      Exactly! Which is why moving right every cycle has proved to be such a winning strategy for the democrats! Finally someone talks sense.

  • DarkSideOfTheMoon@lemmy.world
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    If leftists don’t vote again they will never ore again, so it’s fine. People that didn’t vote made the genocide much worst.
    Purity checks never work and never will only makes things worse.

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    DNC: You have 2 years to run for office and win a primary

    Leftists: Can’t I just post memes and act smugly morally superior instead?

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    Damn, americans are pathetic. Pweease, generate a candidate for me so I can find enough motivation to send a letter.
    Fucking idiots, you lost your country to fascist without any resistance, and brought problems to the whole world

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    Elections are not the time and place for democracy, that’s some tankie shit. If you want to make your voice heard, do it any other time. Not during elections. It’s just not right.