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A new government memo feels like it’s straight out of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
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Yeah, this is all the voters’ fault!
Quite the naive take you have there, playing right into the divide and conquer strategy which fascists love to employ.
Many of those protest voters have been intensely pressuring the DNC to make serious changes to their leadership to signify they do actually intend to learn something from their defeat and do better next time. So far, Dems have largely refused to do so. In fact Dems seem intent on making the same mistakes again in the next election cycle - so buckle up for an even more devastating loss next time. Hell, I wouldn’t be surprised if they somehow find a way to forego a democratic primary again in ‘28, if we make it that far. It will be alright though, for them - they have been assured the donor checks will keep coming, and they can continue grifting with insider trading through the next term. Just like these fossils have been doing for the past 50 years.
Dems/Liberalism can not save us from fascism.
Ninety million people didn’t vote. That’s over one third of the voting body of the country. Third party votes made up another three million. Don’t even try to offload the responsibility non-voting had in the mess we’re in.
And don’t pull that “divide and conquer” bullshit here. We all tried to get you to join us in solidarity against trump. You refused. So no, that shit isn’t going to play here at all and you should be embarrassed for even thinking about mentioning it.
Hypocrite.
Ok well keep blaming voters and shouting down voices of logic and reason, and enjoy your new dictatorship, ya dick. Liberalism still won’t save you from this mess, you’re either going to have to wake up and accept that reality or lose again.
I don’t blame just third party voters. I blame people that entrenched themselves within their blind stupidity and refused to try and stop a tyrant felon and ignored him when he told them what he would do.
I don’t give a fuck that the DNC propped up a lame duck. I don’t give a fuck what they thought was going to happen. They were warned by people that know better what will happen if trump won. And they were told what they could do to stop it.
They didn’t.
So they can take a bow. They fucking did this.
Do you realize that compared to 2020, Dems lost more voters than the total amount of third party voters in ‘24? By about 3 times. It made 0 difference. Those voters exercised their constitutional right to vote for the party they thought best represented them. What right do you have to demand they vote democrat instead?
It is the responsibility of the party to win the votes, not the responsibility of the voter to support “their team.” You coming on here and attacking people for not wanting to further entrench the oligarchy’s grip on our society is precisely the divide and conquer effect I’m talking about. I get that you’re upset because of how things are going, but you have to realize that demanding something different is our only way out of this mess.
No amount of side-stepping your refusal to do a simple thing like voting is going to absolve you of your responsibility in helping get trump elected.
Regardless of how you twist things around, you’re not the victim here. You’re the cause.
All of America is the victim here, but somehow dimwits like you think it’s the fault of individual voters instead of our shared responsibility to demand better from our politicians. The DNC is responsible for winning votes, period. And they failed miserably.
Anyway you’re obviously rage baiting at this point. Do better, demand better, and maybe there’s a chance to turn things around.
They protest voter said, in a conversation that is calling them out for their responsibility in helping get trump elected.
I did better kiddo. You shit the bed.
Why is it that warnings of what would happen weren't taken seriously enough by Democrats to try to earn people's votes? Voters warned them what would happen if they stuck to the same policies they had been running on. If the elites of the party are going to make all decisions for the rest of us, they can accept all the blame when they lose.
Because when threatened by piece of shit Naizs like trump- we don’t get to have that luxury of entitlement. We needed to do what was necessary to stop trump and that was it- pencils down, the test is over.
And now, because a bunch of people that clearly had nothing to lose- decided for everyone that none of this was worth their time because the democrats didn’t jump perfectly through their hoops, we ALL get to suffer.
Congratulations. You did NOTHING.
You don't know how voted or what privileges I have and don't have. But knowing that I'm a nonbinary tran person who voted for Kamala won't change the fact that people don't vote for candidates out of duty. That's never been how people vote. So you can absolutely keep pretending that your position is noble and that it's your fellow citizens who failed you, but at the end of the day, Democrats were running on a message that he was the worst thing possible, but weren't willing to do everything possible to stop him. They had a responsibility to deliver policies that solved the problems people were encountering, to respond to their base when their base said "we don't want to fund genocide". Lying to people about the economy as those same people couldn't afford the same amount of groceries anymore definitely hurt them. Allowing Republicans to scapegoat trans people and Kamala not even saying the word trans throughout the campaign, allowing the other side to control the messaging surrounding the issue isn't likely to have earned them any votes.
But pointing these things out to Democratic cult members to yourself is tantamount to heresy because you've lost any iota of self reflection. You don't care that Democrats are Republican-light. In fact, you probably think that's a good thing.
Newsflash: the antidote to fascism is not liberalism. It is economic populalism. Democrats can't afford to keep backing capitalism if they ever want to win again. Democrats got us into this mess, they aren't the ones who were ever going to save us.
🤣 Well, I see someone has learned no lessons.
Anyway, YES, it IS the fault of some of the voters. Absolutely. Just because you don't get a pretty pony doesn't mean you absolve yourself of everything.
Intensely pressuring who?!? The DNC who think they have "good billionaire" bankers???
Get over yourself; your deluded fantasies have no impact on reality.
actually they can. by not doing it. see its the hey lets have the facists win to stop facism that does not work.
Biden admin had 4 years to stop fascism in its tracks. They didn’t even begin to pretend to do something until 2 years in. And you expect people to vote for more of that? Interesting strategy, but sadly doomed to fail.
Unfortunately for Dems, many Americans are no longer under the spell of mainstream media running cover for their corruption. Americans deserve actual representation in their government. Dems can either stop accepting bribe money and start fighting to improve people’s lives, or they can continue to lose. When the only choices are Hitler vs Hitler lite, the last election has shown people will just vote Hitler, or perhaps not vote at all. I’m not claiming this is a good direction for the country, rather pointing out facts concerning the election which could be useful learnings for Dems if they care about winning. Here’s another fact for you: they don’t.
How exactly what standard presidential powers would he use. Because lets be clear. I don't want a leftist doing the bulashit facist abuse of power to protect us any more than I want trump to be doing it. Biden did amazing considering the congress and situation.
I hope you're right, but I'd rather see a new party.
Dems top candidates next election will be Harris and Buttigieg.
Save this post, I'll bet you money.
I would not take that bet my friend. New party is the way, the Dems are refusing us any alternative. Octogenarians aren’t exactly known for their adaptability to evolving landscapes. Same can be said of the establishment corporate robots
Situation: There are 3 competing leftist parties.