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I think this is reasonable. A "corporate Democrat", even if bad, can be better than a Republican in many cases. The Democrat might end up being less bad, for lots of disadvantaged people, than a Republican would be. These aren't ideal choices to make, but you have to deal with reality as it is.
What gets lost in that argument is the fact that the battle is already lost when you nominate the corporate democrats. Kamala lost in July 2024.
The non voters were not incorrect all along, far from it. I speak as someone that still votes democratic to keep republicans out, but my vote is not guaranteed. I will not vote for an Israel hawk at this moment.
What gets lost in the debate is that there's two parts to it:
You would vote for the leader of the Ku Klux Klan as long as they supported Medicare for All.
Fuck off, fascist sympathizer
You must be the guardian angel of the establishment dems on lemmy.
Ha ha, don't let me tell you what I think of you being their bitch.
You say that, yet, I would present our democrats.
Really?
Obviously ignorant of what the two parties have voted for and done. Fascism appreciates your rabid support.
Even if establishment Dems do suck.
I thought I already responded to the uniparty hack, but you did two of them. Piss off. No one, no one of solid mind, agrees with your bullshit. You are the reason we lost in fact.
You fucking piss off. You either are part of the fascist agenda trying to help them win, or you swallowed their shit and are helping them win.
Pretty rich coming from a person who swallowed the fascist shit of Kamala's campaign and is here asking for a second serving. You lot always want to whine that "this isn't the time to criticize" the DNC candidate, even in the least consequential of elections. Get fucked.
EDIT: I'm editing my replies to you because all you have done is refuse to read anything I wrote, are vocally supporting fascism, and fucking lying about me, trying to make accusations that are untrue. Fuck anyone who does that shit.
I hope you personally feel the effects of the fascism whose dick you obviously fucking suck. Piss off.
And yet you still come out against people in safely Democrat districts voting against the DNC's anointed candidate when said candidate is absolute dogshit. If your actions belie your words, it only makes you look stupid and hypocritical.
All you have done is refuse to read anything I wrote, are vocally supporting fascism, and fucking lying about me, trying to make accusations that are untrue. Fuck anyone who does that shit.
I hope you personally feel the effects of the fascism whose dick you obviously fucking suck. Piss off.
I've read what you've written. It's hardly my fault you've written a steaming load of shit. Maybe try being a better person, and not sucking up to the fascist apologists? Oh, sorry, fascism in 5 years is sooo much better than fascism in 4.9 years.
Vote in primaries if you are happy with the candidates. Primaries on average have about 10% voter turn out.
The primaries don't have good candidates either because of the gatekeepers. There is no way out of this voting under the democratic establishment, and frankly, that you guys don't see that yet, indicts your understanding.
Exactly. So many morons on here think that the "primary" is the first real contest. The "primary" they tell us to focus on isn't the real primary. The real primary is the money primary - the contest that determines who actually appears on the primary ballot.
Get the fuck off it. We all know it's pointless in the general long term. Stop lying and make truthful arguments and maybe you will get somewhere.
Go fucking research what the two parties have voted for and passed and get the fuck off it yourself, fascism supporter - whether you intend to be or not. Which is not to say establishment Dems don't suck because of course they do. But it still matters.
Wtf are you on about? Some Dem establishment talking points.
You saw the dem establishment arguing and took it. Huh. Doesn't speak well to your understanding though does it? No.
Feel free to look at my comment history and learn a little.
Bro, you've been yelling like an angry spoiled kid. No one here is going to go ready your comment stream. Call your mom, maybe she'll do it. Maybe not though.
Kind of hard to learn from someone who boasts of their own ignorance. What would anyone want to learn from you? How to lose an election and be a totally toothless and ineffective opposition?
EDIT: I'm editing my replies to you because all you have done is refuse to read anything I wrote, are vocally supporting fascism, and fucking lying about me, trying to make accusations that are untrue. Fuck anyone who does that shit.
I hope you personally feel the effects of the fascism whose dick you obviously fucking suck. Piss off.
Ah yes, the classic "It doesn't matter anyway, so bring in the fascism, kill all the trans people and let everyone suffer" argument.
Thanks god former colonized people and people who formally lived in dictatorship didn't have American mentality and didn't accept the reality. Americans are bunch of cowards
I'm not American. I get what you're saying though. But the quote of Tom Morello in the article, after the bit I quoted with "vote your ass off", then says:
Always easy to armchair from a distance with nothing on the line.
Come, show us how it's done by doing whatever it is you mean.
Where do you live, by the way?
Clearly a sovereign citizen.