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Because you now did it to yourself.

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[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 77 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (12 children)

My one takeaway from this is that primaries are important. Republicans held a primary, nominated an incomprehensibly stupid candidate, and managed to win. ~~Dems held no primary~~, Biden strong armed his way into the de-facto nomination for a second term, and was replaced by his VP when he imploded on the campaign trail. At no point did Dem voters ever get to have a say in their candidate this year. Not that Kamala or Joe are bad candidates, but clearly, they're lacking something if Trump was able to win again after changing nothing from 2020.

So, the DNC fucked us again and we got Trump a second time in exactly the same way.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The 2020 primary was a joke too. The Democratic establishment manipulated it with a heavy hand in plain sight of everyone. Even so, their first choice, Kamala, flamed out spectacularly. Yet, somehow, we ended up with her being crowned as the next nominee almost before anyone saw it was happening.

I think it's fair to say that we wouldn't be in this position today if Bernie had won. The "anyone but Bernie" coalition is 100% responsible for the next 4 years.

[–] RinseDrizzle@midwest.social 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I still think about what could have been back in 2016...

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Agreed. However, I'm less bitter about 2016 than 2020 because Bernie was such a longshot who wasn't even running to win at the outset. The establishment also didn't get that Trump could actually win. By 2020 their eyes were wide open about Trump, Bernie was a serious contender, and the establishment did everything they could to undermine him. That was a totally unforced error made with full knowledge of the risks.

[–] RinseDrizzle@midwest.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Agreed for sure!

With everything that's happened since then, today feels real bad tho'.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 4 points 1 week ago

Yeah. This is the most unsatisfying "I told you so" opportunity of my life - by a long shot.

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