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Bipartisan Fuckery (lemmy.zip)
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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Spoiler alert:

Bernie did not get more votes in the primary than Hillary.

Bernie did not get more votes, so Bernie did not win.

If you wanted Bernie to win, you needed to vote for him.

Why is this so fucking hard for people to understand.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago

    You could make the same argument about any third party candidate, which would ignore their tremendous disadvantage in our current system. The DNC tilted support in Clinton's favour from the beginning:

    Also, consider Obama. Obama did get more votes than Hillary. Obama had a majority in Congress. Obama literally ran on hope and change. And yet he continued in the same problematic behaviours. Government bailouts for the rich, drone strikes, holding prisoners in Guantanamo Bay for years without due process, persecuting whistleblowers, the list goes on.

    Even when we find "better candidates" they either work for the system or fail to change it.

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