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[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I know, orange man bad. You don’t have to convince me of that buddy because I’m living in it with you.

Here’s the thing - it is incumbent upon Dems to give the people something to vote for. Blaming the voters for not falling in line is just wrong, and actually accomplishes nothing. What I’m saying is that this is precisely the Dem strategy. Just look to Schumer and Jeffries’ plan for the next few years - it’s literally to do nothing, and try to win votes by way of the suffering of their fellow Americans under the Trump regime.

The way for dems to win elections is by presenting a bold, and objectively better, vision for the future and fighting to achieve it. Dems could learn a lot from Bernie and AOC about what that looks like, eg “fight the oligarchy,” but they are paid to pretend otherwise. The result, as it has been for literally the past 50 years, is further ratcheting towards fascism.

Unfortunately for us all, the window of opportunity is likely completely closed to vote our way out of this mess. And so the system must collapse in order to be rebuilt anew, stronger and with better safeguards for checks and balances to protect democracy. That’s why you see people giving up on voting, or voting repug to accelerate the empire’s demise. Don’t be so surprised as to the reasons why, it’s been plain to see for a long time now.

[–] U7826391786239@lemmy.zip 0 points 6 hours ago

Here’s the thing - it is incumbent upon Dems to give the people something to vote for. Blaming the voters for not falling in line is just wrong, and actually accomplishes nothing.

people. are. dying.

because i DoNt WaAaAaAnNa VoTe DeM

don't worry. as you said--the good old days of voting are more likely than not just fucking over. at least with a D government, you would've had another chance to vote. good luck to you, i hope you and all of yours are white