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The Democrats are still playing old-school politics and it cost them the election. The Republicans have apparently given over to the oligarchs. A party that actually represents the working class could break the stranglehold that the two-party system has on us.

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[–] BadmanDan@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

You young guys are so delusional when it comes to politics. Trump won a 1.5 pt margin and couldn’t even get most swing state senators over the hump (and 4 million ballots were purged). Republicans literally lost to Obama TWICE by 8-15 pts and never changed.

And no, some far left party will NEVER gain traction in this country, the far left continues to ignore the black community’s systemic issues and shields their reasoning behind “populism” and “the working class”. That’ll never attract the Dem’s base.

[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Black leadership has their heads so far up their own assess, they're a bunch of religious grifters. Get rid of the uncle Ruckuses.

[–] BadmanDan@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Being taken for granted by the dnc.

[–] BadmanDan@lemmy.world 0 points 7 hours ago

So why didn’t they vote for Sanders in 2016 or 2020?