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[–] 15 points 6 months ago (13 children)

They literally do think everything that's happened under Trump would have been the same under Kamala.

They are deeply unserious people who have no ambitions for politics and care only about purity-testing.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Gaza would have been worse, because Netanyahu would have kept up the bombing.

    However, Kamala would never have defunded USAID, so those million and a half people who are dying right now from starvation and disease would be alive.

    So, honestly, not voting for Kamala was a bad idea.

    But it's still because of the DNC corporate donors that Trump is in office right now, because they refuse to allow the people a progressive alternative.

    Blame is pointless. I am talking about what needs to change. Shouting at reluctant third party voters will do nothing but raise your blood pressure.

    Campaigning for the downfall of Chuck Schumer, there's a worthy cause.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Blame isn't pointless. If you don't blame people they'll never feel responsibility. Not unlike a spoiled child who is never told they've fucked up.

    Assigning responsibility is how people grow. It's vitally important and blame for abdicating it is part of that.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    That is something that people only understand at their own pace. Being shouted at, shamed by others, tends to reinforce the problem. It makes them defensive.

    I get that venting can make the people who were right feel better, but that's usually all it does.

    For a good example, the left have been right about the problems in the DNC since 2015, and it has not helped whenever we point this out. Shouting at conservative Democrats has only made them more defensive, and alienated both sides from each other.

    As usual, the solution is hard. Work towards building power and organisation from the bottom up, and don't waste time hoping that the people who benefit from this mess will magically decide to do the right thing. I wish I hadn't wasted so much time doing that.

    Focus on what people need, pick three or four straightforward policies, and do everything you can to push those forward and promote your sincere effort to do so.

    Don't accept any funding from groups who want things you do not want, because that funding will be a chain holding you back.

    Don't lie.

    Don't. Lie.

    People, the ones you want support from, aren't fucking stupid. Don't lie.

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago (8 children)

    They would have been different, but Kamala wouldn't have been different enough.

    Biden won and Trump instigated a coup over it. Why is that treasonous rat not in prison? Would Kamala have put him in prison? Oh, she should have said so. I had no idea.

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago (7 children)

    They would have been different, but Kamala wouldn’t have been different enough.

    What an unbelievable load of bullshit.

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  • [–] -1 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    We're going to be trapped inside this pit for as long as you can't realize what good leadership looks like, man.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (3 children)

    Just a few more braindead platitudes and your preferred candidate will shoot to the top of the polls!

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)