• 474D@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    Because the Dems ran a lackluster campaign that promised more of the same, telling everyone that the economy is doing great while everyone is struggling. Orange man at least offered hope that things would change. People NEED hope. And with trust of the government at an all time low, with some serious money in media manipulation, this is what we get

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      12 days ago

      … but how it was not obvious to all that orange man was lying, is the bit that gets me.

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        12 days ago

        Because people are struggling and don’t donate time to stay informed from reliable sources. They see the story that is pushed to them by social media algorithms… which have been bought

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        13 days ago

        That didn’t help but the core issue there was Harris’s sharp pivot to the right.

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          12 days ago

          Yeah bringing out Cheney was a mistake but her policy platform never pivoted, just the PR stepped away from “identity politics” which all the dumbfuck both sidesers were (and still are) demanding from the Dems. Fuck the both sidesers and all the dipshits that use the term identity politics unironically.