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[–] 26 points 2 months ago (11 children)

Super delegates come to mind. They mostly sided with Hillary. Without the Superdelegates, Bernie was never far behind Hillary in terms of delegates. And since the media reported the super delegates who had at this point only pledged to vote for Hillary as if they were obligated to vote for her as if they were normal delegates, this probably demoralized Bernie voters.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    They rigged the primary for Hillary, an action they were later forced to admit to and defend in court.

    They also let Hillary seize campaign funds from down ballot races and screwed over half of their own candidates. It was ironically called the Clinton Victory Fund.

    Fuck 'centrists'. They're all fascists too.

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

    It's crazy they couldn't see the excitement Bernie was creating. The only one who was excited for Hillary was Hillary.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    I hate that the entire political apparatus in the US hinges on a few assholes' egos, but it's what we're stuck with

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    There's no alliance to be made with the party that's decided it serves the enemy.

    Wall Street is the enemy. No party that takes corporate donations at all can claim not to be serving the enemy.

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    I've already outlined how the superdelegates could have given Hillary an advantage in winning regular primaries.

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    She wouldn't have been ahead without the superdelegates demoralizing the Bernie supporters.

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    I've shown that she had a significant unfair advantage. Proving that she'd have won if things were fair is on you.

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    The notion of "superdelegates" is inherently anathema to democracy. Every vote counts equal. Introducing a class of people whose votes are worth more than others inherently corrupts the process. Since the superdelegates overwhelmingly supported Hillary, they gave her an unfair advantage.

    Hillary won against Bernie because the deck was stacked in her favor. Of course, she didn't have any sort of unfair advantage in the presidential election, where she proceeded to lose against Trump, of all people. Because she couldn't rig that contest.

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