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'A full-blown crisis': Americans brace for a surge in healthcare costs (www.ft.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [B] to c/hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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[–] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (7 children)

Tired of these talking points. So many leftists held their nose and voted for Harris. Not only do we not get adequate representation, but we also can't voice or opinion lest we "depress the vote"?

She was a dogshit candidate who depressed her own vote like when she tapped her brother-in-law from Uber and stopped pushing popular positions like workers rights, https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/04/us/politics/kamala-harris-tony-west.html

It's not a mystery.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    For real.

    Yes, Trump is the one fucking us. Yes, Harris wouldn't have fucked us this hard.

    But these aren't problems we would have if the DNC had decided to do an actual primary instead of just handing their reins over to a senile old man and his hand-picked successor. That isn't how democracy works and its a big part of why we are so fundamentally fucked right now.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    Or even, short of a primary, holding a single position everyone fucking wants instead of using horror of the other guy to push their distasteful oligarch fellating agenda on america against basically everyone's wishes.

    They're more interested in beating us than beating fascism, and that means they're on team fasch. Never blue. Never again. Not at any level.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (3 children)

    nooooooo, surely if everyone continues to hold their nose and vote for the controlled opposition things will change

    /s

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Even if they voted 3rd party instead Trump would still have won, what point do you think you're making?

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child)

    exactly...so you have to usurp the party from within, same as MAGA did with the GOP.

    this is how the DSA operates, only progressives in the room that know what the fuck they're doing

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    Scenario:

    You need to clean your messy floors. There's a broom in one corner, and a dustpan somewhere. There's a vacuum cleaner in the closet but it's not plugged in and the filter may need cleaning. There's also a man with a gun to your head, telling to to ro exactly as he says, or he'll pull the trigger.

    The liberal solution is to make sure the gun, the closest tool and only one in easy reach, is working at peak efficiency, and criticize all the others as impossibilities. Then maybe suck the guy off, even though he wasn't asking for it, just out of gratitude for helping you clean.

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