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34,000 people showed up for Bernie and AOC in Denver (lemmy.world)

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[-] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 192 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Watched it. The big takeaway for me came with this moment: the crowd starts chanting "Bernie! Bernie!" and Bernie stops them and says "NO! Not Bernie! I got bad news for you-- It's you!"

He's trying to get progressive people to run for office, any office, every office, wherever they can. I think it's probably the best possible play at the moment.

E: credit to Match!!@pawb.social for the correction on the quote

[-] b161 25 points 6 days ago

Americans have been so brainwashed by Hollywood, Jesus and superhero stories that they think one hero is going rise up to save them all.

No one is coming to save us. We only have each other.

[-] match@pawb.social 31 points 6 days ago

"Not Bernie! I got bad news for you - it's YOU!"

[-] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 12 points 6 days ago

Thank you!

[-] match@pawb.social 20 points 6 days ago

of course! i was there, it was pretty fresh on my mind. i took public transit there and back, every bus and lightrail was packed with people talking about the rally

[-] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 13 points 6 days ago

Wanted to add that I'm doing my part to answer the call. What about you, reader?

[-] mjhelto@lemm.ee 4 points 5 days ago

My passive SI won't let me run for any office, but it also allows me to donate to a lot of candidates cause saving money seems pointless. God speed to the younger, more hopeful generations in their attempt to right this ship. As an old millennial, I don't have any fight left in me, but I have money and a decent income.

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[-] MyDogLovesMe@lemmy.world 89 points 6 days ago

YOU NEED MORE PEOPLE!

DONT STOP!

[-] AutistoMephisto@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago

This. Build an army, 10 million strong! Waves upon waves! Let them try to contend with that!

[-] arotrios@lemmy.world 72 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

34,000 patriots - a salute of respect to everyone in that picture.

Keep going! It's working - people are ready to march, despite what the mass media is reporting:

Link to full article from WagingNonViolence.org

[-] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 days ago

Hopefully they ditch that dying party called DNC.

[-] aceshigh@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago

I must be missing something because … how does this matter if we can’t trust the election results?

[-] SasquatchBanana@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago

Which? The recent or future? For the recent, it doesn't matter. It has happened. For the future, it needs to be overwhelming. The opposing candidate to Trump need to win by a yuge margin, something where it is hard for the right wing captured media can lie about. Where people can FEEL it off. Pictures like this validates people's perception of election results.

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[-] Montreal_Metro@lemmy.ca 12 points 6 days ago

More of this energy please. Also more of this energy before the election would have been great.

[-] Marleyinoc@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago

I'm assuming they counted the people outside the fence too, because there were a bunch of us that decided the line was too long to make it in before he spoke. And so the areas outside the fence looked this way too.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago

If Bernie or AOC were billionaires, this would matter.

It's not going to matter anywhere but in local politics, but for the locals that manage to elect actual progressives, I envy you.

[-] ViscloReader@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

[-] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

This is so disappointing. So much wasted energy, so Bernie & AOC can do as they always do and redirect activism to the party to die.

I hope at least this helps people make connections, and realize how strong our numbers really are.

We don’t need the party, and we don’t need to wait til elections to get this boot off of our neck. We can overwhelm with our numbers, and put a stop to this now.