• @[email protected]
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    -61 month ago

    Who am I cheerleading? I’m politically homeless in this country. I have the option between fascists who want to leave the future of humanity to Christian nationalism, and a party of incompetent,completely delusional neoliberal and neocons, with a very small progressive minority, whom the party will happily fund Republicans to run against.

    A good metaphor for the current political situation is the current political situation in Ukraine. The world has had a weak, mealy mouthed response to supporting Ukraine, because as Zelinksky has said, they don’t really want Russia to lose. They’re too scared of the uncertainty that might leave them with.

    It’s the same with Democrats. They don’t really want to destroy or eliminate the Republican party, because at their core they have the same policy goals. And the good cop/ bad cop schtick works on voters whose brains are contaminated by a naivety baked into them from too many Disney and Marvel movies.

    It’s not Republicans ratfucking progressives in this country: it’s the DCCC and Democrats. Democrats are going to go along with all the worst ideas of the Republican party they don’t feel like they need to come over and get your vote by supporting the policies that you are projecting onto them as being in support of.

    • BassaForte
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      51 month ago

      You’re cheering “both sides are the same” which is objectively false.

      • @[email protected]
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        -61 month ago

        Oh both sides are NOT the same. Republicans actually fight tooth and nail to get the policies of their voters into place. Its a bummer that the policies their voters want are horrible and anti-human, but as politicians, they do their jobs.

        Democrats don’t fight for the policies their voters want, and aren’t willing to do what it takes to overcome the forces that oppose them. At this point, its the Democrats in the house basically pursing the Republican agenda for them. Fuck that, fuck them, and fuck you if you support that.

        You are losing this election for us dude. And its because of your rhetoric, which is basically a clone of DNC/ DCCC/ mainstream media talking points. You (along with the Democrats) are completely failing to grow the party base in any meaningful way, and have basically abandoned the left at this point. The left is who has put you into power every time, and every time, you’ve slapped them in the face for it. The kids aren’t having it and neither am I.

        You and the Democrats can either do better, or you can fail.

        • BassaForte
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          41 month ago

          I’m… Losing you the election? Lmao what? Did you not read my comment above that says I’m voting against the anti-women, anti-trans rhetoric of the right? I’m sorry but it’s a life or death situation for me. I’m not going to vote for my own hanging, thank you very much.

          I don’t think you’re getting it through your thick skull that while I don’t necessarily like dems fully, they’re the only realistic option. The election has two realistic outcomes: Trump wins, and I face grave danger, or Biden wins, and I at least get the chance to see another presidential election in 4 years. And if you can’t see that or agree with that, fuck you right back.

          • @[email protected]
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            -51 month ago

            Biden can’t win if he doesn’t move to the left, at least on Israel. And he’s not going to.

            And just ‘by the numbers’, as of current polling, Biden can’t win.

            If Biden can’t win, and you can’t think of a different approach to the situation other than continuing to support a failed party and a failed candidate, that’s on you. You should probably focus your efforts on developing an effective emigration strategy.