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Why does being downvoted here even matter at all like who cares. Democrats have lost the plot and only care about identity politics. Policy don’t help the average everyday people.
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I don't even use votes, it's a system that breeds self satisfaction. Unhealthy thoughts and feelings too
Please understand that the democrats are further right than most countries mainstream right wing parties in Europe noone really likes that Germany elected the CDU (politically similar to the democrats) but we're all very pleased that afd didn't get a majority. Vote for the least damaging candidate and work on the system by protesting. Noone thinks Biden and Harris are saints, they're just the least harmful option.
Noone thinks Biden and Harris are saints
No, but a lot of you seem unwilling to acknowledge that they're genocidal monsters
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What I don't understand - and please explain if you can - is why Bernie and like-minded people like AOC etc don't break away from the likes of the Clintons and the Harrises and form their own party. Surely there must be some systemic hurdle keeping them from at least attempting right?
Because they are just a facade to make the DNC more friendly to the working class. It is all theatre for them
Yes, there aren't enough progressive voters for that party to stand a chance and as we have a money driven electoral system there isn't enough funding for a viable leftist party.
I think there are enough voters, but not with the current FPTP and electoral college system. In my native country people vote for their candidates in a first round, then the top two candidates (by popular vote) go into the second round and people vote again between those. That way people are not afraid to cast their vote to their actual first choice like in the US ("if I vote for this 3rd party, I'm just helping the party I don't like to beat the other party I don't like that much either but it's not as bad as the first one").
If we had a less bipolar system things would look very different.
Because they worry (with good reason) that in a first past the post voting system, splitting the liberal votes from the left votes will mean that every single seat in the house and senate will go to the republicans. As shit as the democrats are, they aren't dyed in the wool fascists. The republicans do enough damage with a simple majority. With a two thirds majority they can start making changes to the constitution. And the very structure of the government.
I had the question 5 years ago, but watching it closely in last 5 years, I can see having a third party is very difficult, everything is against changing two party system, even Trump, as popular as he is, can do is only to taking over not start from scratch.
The systemic hurdle is the western supremacy brain they all have
They don't break away because they have the same goal: upholding western hegemony
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During the run up to the election I'll admit i was guilty of this because it was so important for TFG to lose. I wish our bullshit system allowd for more than a fascist and center right party.
Now? Fuck that they aren't leading like they should.
It's exhausting.
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I downvoted. Not because you criticized democrats, but because your stupid post says you get downvoted for that. No you fucking don't. You almost always get up voted for it. This is a garbage bait post.
I've got more that were closer to the election when the politics community was still delusional about Democrats winning by ignoring core voter demands.
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It's not that they suck. My problem with them, as an independent, is they've positioned themselves as the moral high ground party while in fact they have no moral leg to stand on. Their leadership had a historic moral test when it comes to the Gaza genocide and they failed it. They had another test to put a great candidate to prevent another Trump presidency, but they bowed down to their corporate masters and picked Kamala.
It's that level of fundamentalism and holier than thou attitude that alienates many people like me. They have zero fighting tactics against Republicans besides clutching pearls and shaming. Kamala's website up until the election day had no "agenda section". You can't really tell what her campaign is about. I guess she's perfect enough and shouldn't be questioned, otherwise "racism and sexism".
They need a complete reset and redo of the party and its principles. Until then, I'm a non voter.
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