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Harris Tried to Win Over Republicans. Democratic Support Collapsed Instead.
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Harris relied on the left showing up for their rights and for democracy. But they will literally never show up. This is why the Dems will never, ever rely on the left showing up ever again. Dems will go hard center next election.
I don't think there's enough center left for them to go any harder center without going further left. They were already running on a bunch of right wing Republican policies. They've only got three options. Go harder right and actually become diet Republicans (all the oligarchy, but only half the fascism!). Stay exactly where they are. Or go left and return to being mildly progressive. They've shown that where they are currently is a losing proposition, so realistically their option is to try to appeal to the middle of the Republican base, or walk back some of their right shift of the last few decades. I don't think they're going to be able to successfully out Republican the Republicans so they've really only got one viable play.
I don't know how else to say it: Harris relied on the left with abortion rights and saving democracy, and the left didn't show up. The center cares about inflation and housing, which Harris did not address enough. They will go to that center, Bill Clinton's "It's the economy, stupid". There will be no real progress, just economy for the center.
Left isn't just social policies, it's economic policies as well. She should have been talking about inflation and housing this election in addition to things like abortion. Instead she decided to focus on border control and foreign policy, two Republican talking points, and even worse she decided to go right on both of them.
We live in different worlds because I think her focus was on abortion and saving democracy. Border is both center and right imo, you'd be amazed.
Foreign policy is an example of how no one cares about Gaza or Ukraine (or NATO), which are what the left cares about. The left didn't show up. Yes the Gaza situation is fucked, but the difference between Harris and Trump are stark and vast.
And you think making that difference narrower would have improved Harris' chances?
That was about Gaza, holy bad faith. Hey I recognize you.
As though there exists any policy you won't advocate moving right on.
Ah was it you that insists on calling ~~me~~ anyone who doesn't agree with you an enlightened centrist? Still having fun with your strawman I see lol.
I would never call centrists enlightened.
Wasn't it you that does it in a mocking sense. Either way you can take out that word and your strawman remains.
You believe a lot of shit you made up about me.
See that was a legit question. But your strawman was a definitive statement that you literally made up about me.
And of course, your strawman remains.
I'm gonna nope out before I catch a ban for slapfighting.
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Well let's hope so so they can collapse and a real leftist (or even just sane) party can rise from the ashes.
If a "real leftist" party arises from the ashes, guess what will happen? They will lose in the election. That's the whole point of what I'm saying: left policies do not win elections. We literally just saw this. Harris said to the left "come out for your body rights. come out for your democracy." If the left can't come out for that they 1) will literally never ever come out, or 2) they don't exist.
What wins elections is "it's the economy stupid".