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No candidate is owed your vote, no matter what, no matter who the opposition is. Earn the vote. Dems did this just as much as trump is doing it.
You owed yourself and your future not to do such a moronic thing as what you implied you actually did. Great job. I'm sure future generations will understand.
Ya I'm sure future generations will care which color screws them over, blue or red.
Lmao
Biden: Puts in fuel efficiency standards.
You: Nope.
I mean there is literally no other way to describe the sitaution.
This isn't about Biden, it's about the Dems giving us shitty candidates that no one likes and expecting us to just suck it up. They shafted Bernie, and they'll shaft any other true progressive dem for another neolib shill. That doesn't change if people continue voting for them. End of discussion.
While Harris didn't explicitly say it, it was obvious she would continue on climate issues.
And are you even reading what the article is about? Because it seems like you're avoiding it. The article is literally about the fuel efficiency standards that Biden put in, and you are dead set on ignoring that. So I guess it bears repeating: Trump repealing Biden's fuel efficiency standards is what you voted for.
Again, not even talking about the article. The comment is blaming the people who refused to vote for a shit candidate, and you all completely refuse to see the faults of your party. Sure they're better than Republicans, but not by much. Neither party gives a shit about you. This isn't the fault of non voters, it's the fault of the system that's currently in place and it doesn't matter whose in charge, if the rich want it, they're gonna get it. Trump wouldn't be doing this if it didn't benefit his backers. Same way the Dems would.
Nobody who is saying that to you is refusing to see the faults in Democrats. That's not what's happening.
Yet I never see anyone blame the Democrats, just the people who didn't vote for them.
You: They need to give appealing positions on issues!
Them: Here's the positions.
You: It's not about the positions!!
Do you realize the insanity of this? You've basically repeated this 3 times now, ducking and weaving every time. Now it's b b bboth sides same, to which I point you to the article again. Like how is this possible for you to keep saying this.
You: Both sides same!!
Me: Read the article or even the headline to see how that's not the case.
You: No! Both sides same!
No wonder you won't acknowledge the positions, the issues being discussed, or the policies literally being overturned.
Lastly, I am informing protest-non-voters what they voted for
Since that's all you people hear, here it is again, both sides same.
I mean how else is "Neither party gives a shit about you" supposed to be interpretted?To which I am sending you to the article.
So it played out exactly like I said.
You: Both sides same!
Me: See the article.
You; No! Both sides same!
You clearly don't read. This wasn't about the article. It's about Dems blaming everyone but themselves for their own failures. Which is all you people do. Enjoy being magalite
This is literally about the article. How you think the article and a thread about the article and all the comments about the article is in fact not about the article is beyond me. You simply don't want to acknowledge the article and the discussion about the article or the facts of the article or the positions of the article because it works against you. So you ignore the article and the facts of the article and the comments of the article and try to divert the discussion of the article to anything but the article.
And again: I am informing protest-non-voters what they voted for. You know, Trump overturning fuel efficiency because that s what the article and the entire thread is about.
And now we have the very bizarre "You want to discuss the article, which works against me, in a discussion forum about the article? You must be magalite". It makes no sense.
Makes plenty of sense when you rationalize being a closet bigot like all Dems are. "Vote for us so you don't get deported, but if you don't vote for us I hope you get deported" type of mentality. The fact that you lot can't see this is hysterical. Enjoy your monarchy though.
See? You are trying to divert the discussion about the article to anything about the article. You really want to get this off topic to anything else you can because the facts work against you.
Yes it is. I hope the consequences of your actions hurt you more than the average person which you also hurt.
White liberals try not to blame POC for their own short comings, challenge impossible. Considering Biden already genocided my people, the worst of it's over now. At least the killing has drastically slowed down under trump. Biden would just send more weapons to Israel so y'all can fuck right off. Me on the other hand, I'm doing completely fine, my life hasn't changed one bit since the election. Hope this helps.
I pegged you all wrong. I thought you were accidentally a trump supporter. My bad.
Typical liberal lmao. Someone doesn't agree with you and all of a sudden they have to agree with the other side. This is exactly the thinking that gets you shitty nominees and trump as president. But keep blaming others for your failures.
Same energy as that guy getting mad at costco for sueing the trump admin.
Not even in the slightest. Fuck Trump, but fuck the Dems for doing absolutely nothing and expecting everyone's vote. Every election is the same since Obama
If you think every election has just been the same "since Obama", then I'm afraid you've got a narrow view of history. Shit choices in this deeply fucked up country have been part of the electoral system from the start. People have always lamented that neither party gives them a good choice
Not participating hasn't worked to make things better, though. In fact, those in power try to get people not to participate as much as possible. Politicians go after reliable voting blocks, not people who wilt when faced with a morally complex choice. When the Left doesn't show up, they go to the right: because xenophobic assholes sure as hell vote.
And yes: this is all why I agree that electoral politics is terrible. We need direct action, parallel power structures, etc. We need better voting systems and representation, and there are problems so systemic that we need to go beyond reform.
TLDR: Voting isn't going to save us, but not voting may doom us.
Not when the choices are get fucked in the ass dry or with lube. You're fucked either way. Doesn't matter.
So Obama put these in place, Trump undid them. Biden puts similar in place, Trump undoes them. There sure seems to a lot of undoing for nothing ever being done. There are a lot of shitty Democrats, the U.S. leans far right, but "democrats do nothing" is the shield Trumpers hide behind every day.