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Running defense for a pedo, but with extra steps (thelemmy.club)

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[-] Foni@piefed.zip 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

As a non-American I have to admit that I don't understand how primaries work in that country. Why are the liberals who choose the candidate and not the leftists?

EDIT: Just to be clear. I know what primaries are, we have them regularly in my country. What I don't understand is how these work specifically so that the bases cannot choose freely. Or is it that the Democratic base would be happier with a candidate like Hilary? If that's the case, the complaints I frequently read here and on other sites would not be very legitimate.

[-] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 months ago

The US doesn’t have leftists.

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[-] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 months ago

In the 80's liberals got control of our progressive party, the DNC. Back then it was possible to pull voters from the right by appealing to wealth and so Clintons won by doing it.

But every election our candidates are supposed to be elected by popular vote within each party. Recently they just kind of stopped though because it turns out that was apparently just a tradition and not like an enforceable law or anything. And the Clintons wanted to have the White House again.

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[-] Dippy@beehaw.org 12 points 2 months ago

Hey so its actually that we have 2 years to uplift leftwing ideals until the general election, at which point we vote for the candidate who wants to bring the Torment Nexus levels down a little so that the Candidate who wants to double the Torment Nexus loses and we have a few years of lower torment while we uplift leftwing ideals again.

[-] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 months ago

To clarify: not lower than now, both candidates want a torment nexus, but one wanrs to build it faster and not worry aboyt whether the orphan bones are fair trade.

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[-] Astrius@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago

Oh I am done with electoral bullshit. Our voices will never be heard as long as both parties are ran and bankrolled by corporations and billionaires. No single DSA candidate can dismantle that system, either.

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[-] kowcop@aussie.zone 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I thought the US had two term limits?

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