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[–] 2 points 2 days ago

Probably the first time a political meme has ever reminded me of a Poison song from when I was 5!

Well done 🤘🏼😁🤘🏼

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    [–] 43 points 2 days ago (7 children)

    Aww, so nice of the alot to make them a trophy.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 days ago (4 children)

    Okay, or not? For some reason it replaces "dot blogspot dot com" with "removed" even after editing! TIL

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  • [–] 9 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    Also, progressive victory deserves some shoutout for the democrat win too.

    They mobilzed a lot of people to do phone banking for the progressive candidates.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 hours ago

    I was weary of PV because of the ties to Brianna Wu and Destiny, however, they denounced Destiny and Wu, and their actions lately have been great. I actually think they're one of the better political orgs around right now.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 days ago

    HappyRoadkill is back!

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  • [–] 4 points 2 days ago

    Seems a bit like self-fellation, to be honest.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (19 children)

    How many DSA members are going to be in office come January, now?

    Mamdani, AOC, Tlaib, and...

    ...?

    We know that the DSA lost in Wisconsin and Floria, so actually a pretty poor track record so far. Hell, they even botched the primary against Hakeem Jeffries this year.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 days ago (10 children)

    https://2026.electoral.dsausa.org/

    Here is a tracker for various candidates. We actually did pretty solid when you look at results across different levels of gov. I know it’s sad losing some more national facing races, but these state and local gov results are important for building up our base of support too. We also got a lot of new members this year, especially after each election, so between having more people to canvas and stuff and some footholds into local politics, things should hopefully only improve from here.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 days ago (7 children)

    That looks great, and I am very happy for you! It is a huge success! But people here on Lemmy are celebrating like the majority of the democratic party are progressives, which they're simply not. It's important to keep sight of what is actually happening, because if people keep being told that the democratic party is practically run by progressives now, progressives are going to get all the shit when nothing changes for the better.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 days ago

    Yeah 100%. This is the starting line, not the finish line. We have so long to go. In particular my area didn't have much success, which was pretty sad, but with the influx of new members this year we've been making plans to build up our capacity to get members to run for local offices, so hopefully that goes somewhere. Not sure if I'm going to be personally running for anything because I'm a socially awkward nervous wreck, but I'm at least gonna be supporting the people who do step up.

    What also gives me a tiny bit of hope is that it seems like even the centrists have leaned somewhat into populist rhetoric in some places. I don't expect them to follow through on any of that, but it proves the point that this is what people are looking for and if we can get enough people and organizing infrastructure to take advantage of that next time, we have a good shot at winning some more.

    I'd definitely encourage people to look into DSA chapters or other orgs in their area to join up with. I'm still a bit iffy on electoralism's efficacy, but participating in the process has been helping my mental state a lot and they don't just do electoral politics either.

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  • [+] -6 points 2 days ago (5 children)
  • [–] 5 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    Calling people like Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, or Kamala Harris “progressive” is like calling McDonald’s “food.”

    I mean, technically you’re right but… come on.

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

    By far most democrats aren't voting progressively, so i don't care what they tell you they want, when they don't actually try to achieve anything.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 days ago* (1 child)

    DNC have had 48 or less senate seats since the 2014 elections, currently 45 until January, so yes I agree they have yet to achieve much recently, but no I reject the claim that they haven't voted progressively.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago

    Unfortunately you're fighting the terminally online lefties who think the dems aren't doing enough while the majority of our government has been Republican for the past 8 years, voted in by the American people. Apparently because trump did a lot while having all 3 branches and 80% of the Supreme court, that means Biden should've also done far more than he did while having a 5% lead in the house and -15% in the senate. Appreciate you doing it because I'm just tired of the revisionist history on this.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 days ago (4 children)

    We know that the DSA lost in Wisconsin and Floria, so actually a pretty poor track record so far. Hell, they even botched the primary against Hakeem Jeffries this year.

    Because dnc refused to help them. Hell those that won only did so in spite of dnc and dems.

    Plus world would be 1000x better without Jeffries in office so 🤷

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  • [–] -5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

    The DNC invited them to run on the ticket. If the DNC felt threatened they could simply ban DSA members, but they don't and they won't.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    It's amazing how you ever actually address anything and just go on tangents.

    the DNC felt threatened

    They literally didn't fund a race because their candidate didn't win

    https://www.commondreams.org/news/angie-nixon

    In Michigan they had their selected candidate attack the primary winner.

    but they don't and they won't.

    There's absolutely no doubt they will if dsa start winning more.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 day ago* (1 child)
    1. Democrats Spent 52 Million USD in the Florida senate race, about 1.5x what Republicans spent. SOURCE

    2. Their candidate did win. DSA are DNC candidates.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 days ago

    They didn't botch the primary of Jeffries.

    Instead of having a fight against Jeffries while Mamdani was fresh in office and wanting to get things done, he put off the fight until he had goodwill and capital to win the fight.

    Now after less than a year the mayor has good things completed, a winter where snow was cleared, a summer where potholes were filled, roads less filled with garbage as he rolls out these new bins for residential building so sidewalks are cleared for handicapped individuals and baby strollers.

    He has shown what sewer socialism can do to make people's lives better which puts the DSA and its candidates in a better position to say this is what we do, while the other Democrats write strongly worded letters and are having meetings about affordability with Jared Kushner.

    Every DSA member than can do things big and small to actually improve the lives of the public gains votes for the next DSA candidate in the next election.

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  • [–] 82 points 3 days ago* (8 children)

    Now we're gonna get a bunch of promises followed by a lot of "we can't do that now, we need something to campaign on next term."

    To be clear, I voted blue. Just pointing out that the next step is to vote for the ones who will actually do shit.

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  • [–] 30 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    If you dont like what theyre doing vote in the primary.

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

    I þink what þey might do is take advantage of Trump. Propose a bunch of Progressive bills þey know he'll veto and just go (👉⁰▽⁰)👉 ┐(´ー`)┌

    If þey gain þe White House in two years, it'll be a different story. But for now, þey can take advantage of Trump to appear more Progressive.

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    Democratic Socialists of America, the guys who have been bullying dem politicians to be 1% less shit.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 days ago (4 children)

    It's got a very similar logo than my country's socialist group. PSOE

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

    To add to what the other comments say, it so far hasn't shown any credible ties to or support of the eastern block, which is rare for organizations which use the moniker socialist or communist in the USA. One of it's most well known members, NYC Mayor Mamdani, has disavowed Chinese Communism and opposed the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

    That said, his statement about Tibetan protestor's self immolation was a little sketchy, he should have been less critical of the act and more critical of the cause in my opinion.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago

    to be fair, if DSA gets more mainstream, the lowkey "Ukraine-skeptic"/"PRC praising" views would soon become a minority in the foreign policy area while at the same time maintaining the same left-leaning domestic policies

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