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American workers are tired of waiting. (thelemmy.club)
submitted 4 months ago by [M] to c/latestagecapitalism@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.radio/post/13183659

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[+] -6 points 4 months ago (8 children)

Well, out of the two of us, you either forgot about 2/3 of the last the last elections or chose to ignore then because you knew they disproved your point.

And yes, the Senators is a weird thing but on the other hand, imagine how powerful progressive Senators could be if only progressives voted!

Fwiw, the usual and more striking comparison for California and Canada is that California has almost as many people as all of Canada.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    1/3 primaries being bunk is not the W you think it is. I don't know why you keep thinking it makes your cause look good. It makes your horseshit liberal electoral politics even more silly , which is actually impressive.

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  • [–] -4 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    It's almost like there was something wildly unusual about the last candidate... Oh right, usually a candidate doesn't drop out right before the election.

    Goodness gracious.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago

    If that were an isolated incident, you might have a point. It's part of a pattern of behavior in which the party interferes in its own primaries in favor of centrist candidates over progressive candidates.

    The party didn't need to have its pledged superdelegates announce ahead of time that they were voting for Clinton. The party didn't need to pass debate questions to Clinton. The party didn't need to protect Henry Cuellar from a progressive challenger while failing to protect Cori Bush and Jamaal Bowman. The party didn't need to oust David Hogg for getting new candidates involved in politics. The party didn't need to sue as many candidates as it could off the ballot in 2024 so that Biden was the only name that appeared on the ballot in all 50 states. And the party didn't need to make an endorsement in the primary for Maine's second district. But it did.

    Blaming progressives for the results of a system that is deliberately manipulated to favor their opponents is just gloating.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Nice 66% winrate.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    Well, out of the two of us, you either forgot about 2/3 of the last the last elections or chose to ignore then because you knew they disproved your point.

    Says you.

    And yes, the Senators is a weird thing but on the other hand, imagine how powerful progressive Senators could be if only progressives voted!

    I'll rally the progressive cattle that outnumber humans in Wyoming and travel to the great Mormon state of Utah and pitch my case, post-haste! /s

    Fwiw, the usual and more striking comparison for California and Canada is that California has almost as many people as all of Canada

    Which is why you should really reconsider how lacking your understanding is. I'm comparing states and provinces and the whole country of Canada can't even match. You think California runs the federal government?

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