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[–] 52 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This is what happens when you call everything socialism.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    soooooooooooooooooooo true

    not that socialism, no no no, the other cool one with all the stuff i like

    why don't they specify DSA socialism and MAGA capitalism, that would be useful information

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  • [–] 25 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    And Jeffries took that personally.

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

    I sure wish they'd stop calling it socialism. But anyway, don't you just want to shake those "no opinion" people? How can you have no fucking opinion?

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    If they take these polls via texts/mobile calls, that could be a portion of people they contact who don’t respond or decline to participate.

    Regardless, I don’t trust polls anyway, especially when all of this is going to be used to justify the insurrection act anyway.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago

    I think you mean nearly half of democrats don't view socialism positively.

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

    To be honest, most Americans have no idea what socialism is.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    I wonder how much such polls are going to be used by the Maga fascists to justify election interference and a new red scare.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    I wonder when you start fighting back

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (5 children)
  • [–] -5 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    Sorry for assuming, but no I didn't mean you specifically, I meant normie Americans.

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

    are you a normie USian? Are you doing something? Please share with the class what youve been up to, to help out.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    I watched the video to get an idea of what they were asking.

    I'd be curious to see what the support was for the actual policies that are being labeled as socialism.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    A couple of weeks ago, it was at about 3O%. The Citizens are tired of waiting for the parties to serve them properly, and are quickly carving their own political path. The parties better figure this out, and either get on board, or get out of the way, because we're no longer taking orders from them.

    We're in control now, and they will serve at our pleasure, so..."What have you done for us LATELY?"

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    Finally the sane people actually expressing opinions?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    I am about as asocial as you can get, I would rather use a coarse bastard to flay my skin than talk to another human...i think socialism is better than capitalism. Take from that what you will.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (19 children)

    94% of democrats viewed Harris positively during the 2024 election.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (15 children)

    Are you saying between two options, she was worse than Trump? She most definitely was positive amongst other options.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (14 children)

    What I’m saying is she didn’t win at 94% so how are socialists going to at 58%?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (9 children)

    Polls on views of an ideology and party polls of a candidate are a bit different.

    Regardless, these are real views from people who respond to polling opportunities, so they will most likely vote in kind.

    You can absolutely make the argument that the sample size is too small to get an accurate read on how the US would vote in a presidential run, but it is not really a reason to say that DSA candidates will never win.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 months ago (8 children)

    I’m pointing out how out of touch from reality the average leftist is in this site.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago* (7 children)

    By misunderstanding what a poll indicates?

    What this poll says to me is that Socialism is not seen as a boogeyman AS MUCH as it used to be. Which is pretty damn good news for anybody using the word in their campaign.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    Tell me how pointing out that 58% is less then 94% is ‘misunderstanding polls.’

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago* (5 children)

    Your take right there is exactly your misunderstanding of polls. Those are not comparable due to what they are polling.

    Polls on views of an ideology and party polls of a candidate are a bit different.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    Harris had 94% positive polling amongst democrats and she lost the general.

    Socialism is polling at 58% with democrats which means it’s probably under 25% of the general population.

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

    If your argument is to not rely 100% on polls, just say that lol.

    DSA is going to keep on fighting and winning, at least sometimes. I am going to back whoever is against Republicans with my vote, and I hope you do to, even if they have the word Socialism in their platform.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    It’s not me you have to worry about it’s general democrats and independents staying home because they have jobs and retirement savings and don’t identify with a bunch of commies wanting to destroy them.

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

    Harris was a victim of both sexism and racism in the voting process. A sad truth in the world we live in. You take those out of the picture when presenting socialism, and there might be a fighting chance.

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

    Brother, a black man with the middle name of Hussein won a presidential election.

    Yes, racism and mysogyny were challenges in the 2024 race, but it was the Democratic policy that was the primary issue.

    Look at what Obama offered in his race and compare it to what Kamala offered in her race. That lack of promise accompanied with her refusal to split from Biden on foreign policy (Gaza) was enough to both not draw in enough voters and push some over to Trump.

    Take a look at Trump's policies as well. We who are here know he was lying, but to the uneducated voter, it sounded good enough to vote for over the other candidate.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Remember kids both parties are exactly the same, they've caused the same amount of damage, both hate gays and immigrants the same amount, both have destroyed the same amount of regulations on businesses that harm us. So don't bother voting because they're exactly the same. That'll fix things for sure.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    That's disgustingly low. You're a nation of formerly well kept slaves.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    My family grew up in pure socialism. It's pretty shitty. Not defending capitalism, but I rather take capitalism over socialism anyday.

    We honestly just need money out of politics. Overturn citizens united.

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