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[–] miz@hexbear.net 50 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

remember that socialist (India Walton) who won a primary in Buffalo NY and the defeated dem "won" the general as a write-in with lots of rigging

[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I actually don't remember that. Tell me more.

[–] miz@hexbear.net 45 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Buffalo, NY literally elected a socialist as the Democratic nominee for mayor last year. In a district where the Republican never wins and the Democrat always wins the mayoral race. After that, Buffalo considered abolishing the position of mayor. That didn't happen, but what did happen is that the establishment stooge who lost the primary decided to run as an independent in the general, got millions upon millions in funding from corporate donors, got the full support of the Democratic party, and ran a huge propaganda campaign against the socialist insurgent. The socialist lost. Propaganda works! Especially when the media is created, controlled, and funded by capitalists.

So, people can be excused for being a little bit hopeless for democratic socialism in America.

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/11/buffalo-new-york-india-walton-mayoral-election-byron-brown

from this hexbear comment. you can find a flurry of posts about in on hexbear from 4 years ago

[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

Hot damn that's wild! Thanks for this.