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[–] 125 points 4 months ago* (25 children)

Unless the candidate is a progressive, then the establishment Dems won't endorse them (unless the progressive wins, then suddenly they totally supported the progressive all along)

(no, I'm not saying don't vote, just frustrated by the fucking hypocrisy)

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

    Don’t just vote Democrat, vote in the primaries.

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  • [–] 47 points 4 months ago (9 children)

    Ya that's a problem I have in my neck of the words. Everyone complains about who is on the General Election ticket and they just shrug their shoulders about voting in the Primary.

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  • [–] 25 points 4 months ago (8 children)

    "You mean I have to vote, and then vote again? Ugh, I wasnt even planning to show up to the actual vote. Meh...it'll all work out fine."

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    If voting day was a holiday it would less of a problem

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    If voting day was a holiday, only people who get federal holidays off would get the day off. But it would be a great excuse to get rid of early voting.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

    Easy fix (that almost every other country uses): vote on Sunday.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child)

    Good thing no one has to work on Sundays. Easter Sunday is a federal holiday and there's plenty of people who still have to work.

    If voting day becomes a federal holiday, states that don't like the idea of poor people voting will do away with early voting.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago

    vote in the primaries.

    When the party runs primaries at all, they interfere with them every chance they get. Saying "jUsT vOtE iN tHe PrImArIeS" without acknowledging this paints the results of the party's corruption as the will of the people.

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  • [–] 27 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Fascists don't fear blue voters. You know what they fear? Shattered teeth

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  • [–] 66 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (18 children)

    It's so obvious the person who made this is on the left side of this picture.

    Only a lib could give the girl on the right both an anarchy patch and a bernie 2020 hat.

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  • [–] 29 points 4 months ago (14 children)

    It’s so obvious the person who made this is on the left side of this picture.

    Anyone who says "blue no matter who" is on the left side of this picture. And on the right politically.

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  • [+] -7 points 4 months ago (11 children)

    I'm a socialist and I support the Democratic party

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago (9 children)
  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (8 children)

    Not as much as Republicans would hate me

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (7 children)

    They certainly hide it better.

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

    I don't think Democrats support cuts to welfare spending.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago* (4 children)

    The centrist wing's current hegemony over the party was built on the legacy of Bill Clinton, who cut welfare spending.

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  • [–] -2 points 4 months ago (3 children)
  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    Centrists still act like it's 1992. They still think moving to the right wins elections.

    Only thing it "wins" are kayfabe primaries with predetermined outcomes.

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  • [–] 35 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    The thing about this that really makes me ashamed of the democratic establishment is the depiction of the girl on the right vs on the left. This post is literally trying to marginalize progressives. Just look at lemmy, half the progressives here are cishet conputer programmers and Linux nerds in their 40s. This post is trying to enforce a harmful stereotype to make progressives seem like a smaller, less influencial, more radicalized group. It's already playing into bigotry: the progressive is shown as younger (ageism), with darker skin (racism), more "radical" views, as a drug addict., etc; enforcing the bias that progressives are somehow irresponsible young'uns with unrealistic world-views. Fuck this shit. Never thought I'd see something so obviously bigoted on Lemmy.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    This mostly comes down to interpretation of the artists intent.

    I think that it was the intent to lean into those stereotypes and emphasize that is what conservatives fear the most… these two groups calmly working together rather than opposing each other. Making it more subtle may not get their point across.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child)

    That's what I took away from it too. I don't see two different political spectrum people, it's people who have different concerns coming together and going "I care about this, you care about that, we can get to that with time, but we both agree, these assholes are against all of us and they gotta go."

    One says "free Palestine, open borders" the other has a pride flag and a "science is real" button. But they both have "no kings" and "eat the rich" which is where they can align and take solidarity with each other against corporations and billionaires.

    It's what politics are meant to be. We can debate the finer details after we take care of the people, but the well-being of everyone needs to come first no matter what.

    Hell we used to have that. Not that long ago the biggest flip flop for politics was abortion vs gay rights and that was kind of it as far as the big stage "swing items" for a lot of people. But as these politicians ignored the needs of the people they've spun up more bullshit to keep people distracted while continuing to ignore more of the needs and wants of the people.

    We have to come together as an American community to give standard of living to everyone and take our needs back from the fat cats absorbing the countries wealth for yachts and data centers.

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  • [–] 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    The virgin Hillary establishment democrat neolib atheist cishet ally versus the chad vape and xanax addicted poly amorous anarcho-socialist non binary zoomer

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  • [–] 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child)

    I'm pretty jaded and cynical about the whole thing at this point, but I also don't have a better idea. Idk, just do whatever you think is right.

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  • [–] 39 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Or, now here me out, Dems could run a platform people want to vote for?

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  • [–] 31 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    Yay.

    Election season.

    People telling me to vote blue no matter who like I haven’t been doing that since I was 18.

    And I’m fucking old.

    Not to mention the arguments. People just mad everywhere.

    I love politics and don’t hate this stupid game I’m forced to play and always lose.

    What a stupid world.

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  • [–] 37 points 4 months ago

    I hate this so much

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  • [–] 33 points 4 months ago

    I'mma vote for the lesser of two evils. What I won't do is fist bump a republican liteᡗᡐ like they didn't torpedo every fucking progressive they could. I remember south carolina, biden was dead in the water and suddenly "centrists consolidated" and he was a fucking front runner.

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  • [–] 41 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    "Would you like to be stabbed or punched in the face? If you don't pick one we'll go for the stabbing."

    I hate it, but please vote.

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  • [–] 13 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Fascist fear millennial cringe?

    Fascists fear class solidarity

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

    Nuremberg trials.

    The gallows.

    Consequences to their actions.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    These are things that centrist democrats have demonstrated that they are wholly uninterested in pursuing.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    And they must be replaced whole cloth by insurgent left progressive candidates that grassroots organize, refused big dollar donors and door knock directly with the votors and make personal connections with them so bullshit campaign ads and mailers don't work.

    Local DSA groups are where the organizing can happen.

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  • [–] 12 points 4 months ago

    Fascists are not scared of being voted out lmao.

    With patience, you when. If your stance is unchanging, and you just chip away, taking every little bit of power as you can, constantly angling for a best strategic position, you will win.

    Fascist will always have a chance, they're not scared of being out voted. They're scared of the working class digging their asses out of their heads and realizing what's up.

    That being said, absolutely still vote.

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  • [–] 21 points 4 months ago* (3 children)

    No its, vote blue no matter who* only applicable if the said blue candidate is not progressive

    and the whole fucking time we are voting in primaries, it’s all β€œprogressive candidates can’t win the election” and astroturfed lies and slander using democratic funds to hurt itself in its own confusion. want my vote? field candidates that i would vote for.

    and no kings is performative at best

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

    want my vote? field candidates that i would vote for.

    I hope you still go to the polls and write-in if you don't like either candidate.

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    But maybe , just maybe this time let's not force us to go with establishment democrats, let the people actually decide.

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