• hperrin@lemmy.ca
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    18 hours ago

    Wow that’s hilarious that this is exactly the result of voting third party and not participating in primaries.

    • Eugene V. Debs' Ghost@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      18 hours ago

      So when the DNC ratfucked Bernie twice despite me voting for him and Clinton and Biden, what am I meant to take from it? Just shut up they know what’s best at losing to Trump?

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        17 hours ago

        Bernie himself never said he was ratfucked. Bernie himself immediately worked with the dem party to enact legislation that benefited their shared constituency.

        What did you take from Bernie’s own actions? What are you saying in spite of Bernie’s collaboration with the very folks you paint as enemies?

        Why do you pretend to know better than Bernie while talking shit on the very collaboration that passed Bernie’s priorities?

        Your words, you are ratfucking more than Bernie or anything Bernie has had to deal with…

      • hperrin@lemmy.ca
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        17 hours ago

        If you voted for the democrats and participated in the primaries then why are you responding to something about not doing those things? This clearly isn’t directed at you.

        • djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          16 hours ago

          Except the issue is that they were participating, and the ratchet effect happened anyway.

          From my experiences working third-party and leftist campaigns over the years, this is a really common story. A lot of people have burned out on voting and activism because they have done it and seen it not accomplish anything in the U.S.

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            14 hours ago

            Democracy isn’t something one person on their own can influence.

            But it is something that one can influence by reaching out to others and making sure others vote

            If you care about something, least you can do is convince your friends and family on what’s the right side to vote for, and then making sure they actually vote as well.

          • hperrin@lemmy.ca
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            15 hours ago

            All leftists need to do it, not just a few. We have more power together than apart, and the only way the democrats will change is from the inside.

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              14 hours ago

              Nah I fell for the “We’ll push Biden left!!” BS in 2020 and all that got us was more bombs sent to Israel while he pretended to be sad about doing so along with supporting union busting and the cops.

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              13 hours ago

              democrats have been saying this for decades and here we are, watching the democrats cave over and over again.