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[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

America's far left is just normal shit.

"Hey how about everybody gets food and can see the doctor"

"How about suck my dick and be my slave"

"Whoa whoa you two, let's be civil. Especially you, first guy 😠"

[–] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 18 points 7 hours ago

Yea but they won’t court the “left”(what little of a left exists in America) because the DNC doesn’t want leftist or even center-left policies, they like and want center-right policies that republicans 30 years ago pushed.

[–] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 7 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Exactly. You're taking the high horse, ethical, "I won't sink to their level" strategy against people who literally have no ethics, scruples, morals, or shame. They are depending on you to fight fair. So they can punch you in the back of the head when you turn your back. People who present themselves as more intelligent, moral, and noble prove once again that they're rubes and marks.

What the fuck is it going to take that you have to fight fire with fire with these lateral pieces of human shit?

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 3 points 1 hour ago

"When they go low, we go high", Obama said..... only to be met with "You go high, we'll go low, because low gets us votes."

[–] RangerJosie@lemmy.world 10 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

That's intentional. A conscious decision made by the DNC.

[–] Five@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 hours ago

They don't want to give up their share of rich donors and insider trading privileges.

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 53 points 13 hours ago (2 children)
[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 10 points 9 hours ago

All of the Zionists need to be tossed out.

[–] meliaesc@lemmy.world 10 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Israel actually doesn't matter to most Americans, sad as it is.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] meliaesc@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago

Why? Boots on the ground? What was the attention span for troops in Afghanistan?

[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

Why did they even have to work so hard for your young left vote? You saw the alternative, and you knew the consequences to staying home. You will suffer it not their party. I thought you guys were the smart ones and would know to take the lesser of two evils, instead of standing to the side to let the worst one in. And again you will suffer, no matter how much you say "that's what Democrats get I hope they learn", while you burn.

Anyways I just don't get it guys. Sometimes in life you have to eat shit and like it. But instead you decided to cut off your nose to spite your face.

-a very disappointed Canadian of color

[–] jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 7 hours ago

they didn't have to work hard. they just had to not genocide and toss some red corporate meat on the fire for the masses to devour. sadly even that was too heavy a lift for them.

[–] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 29 points 13 hours ago

They refuse to actually campaign and address people's concerns. They gaslight, minimize, denigrate, guilt trip, and verbally abuse people and then are surprised Pikachu when no one is happy or motivated to vote for them.

"You owe it to your country to vote." "You are a bad person/stupid/russian shill etc if you vote for anyone but Kamala."

These things just stroke your ego and are otherwise thought terminating. They do not get votes. Like holy fuck, if you just listen to people's concerns and talk with them, it tends to work.

But with Citizens united, campaigns focus around a capitalist spending strategy like it's Election Christmas. Bernie Sanders, Stacey Abrams, and AOC all had what I'd call "authentic" campaigns, where they requested help with canvassing and phone calls before they requested donations. Like donations were fine, but most emails and texts were asking for workers, volunteers, and physical help. Those requests were completely absent from Kamala's campaign.

The status quo just doesn't want the common person to have political literacy. If they teach us how to canvas, then we'll do it for someone who isn't status quo. If they show us how to run for office, then we will just run ourselves like AOC did. They are in direct conflict with themselves because they are trying to suppress anything except status quo Dems.

[–] ronflex@lemmy.world 31 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Absolutely, we need to place blame where it belongs. Democrats fucked up bad, it is basically 2016 all over again

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 31 points 13 hours ago

It's worse.

[–] figjam@midwest.social 11 points 12 hours ago

Everyone is terrible here. In the past I could forgive Republicans because "they didn't get who he was." They know and don't care. Billionaires fighting each other over who gets hegemony is boring. This is their world and we just happen to live here.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 32 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Remember Primaries? Of course that would require the DNC not to turn out the lights when they hear something they don't like.

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

"But you had one with Biden and he appointed Harris so you chose that!!!"

[–] BlitzoTheOisSilent@lemmy.world 19 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

"I didn't hear anyone calling for other candidates."

That was a response I got from a guy when I brought up the botched primary all thanks to Biden's hubris.

Like, no shit Sherlock, we couldn't call for anyone else, there was no time!

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 hours ago

My ballot had two choices: Biden and uncommitted. I voted uncommitted.

A primary with one name on the ballot is not a primary.

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 12 hours ago

Biden left his run so late they just appointed someone else and "that'll do!"

And then called us naive idealists for wanting... Checks notes democracy when the democracy is at stake.

[–] randon31415@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago

One quote from last night stuck with me (though I can't remember who said it): "Republicans have been trying to grow their party for 4 years. Democrats have only been trying to grow their party for 4 months."

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 21 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)
  1. Get organized. Join a Leftist org, find solidarity with fellow comrades, and protect each other. The Dems will not save you, it is up to the Workers to protect themselves. The Party for Socialism and Liberation and Freedom Road Socialist Organization both organize year round, every year, because the battle for progress is a constant struggle, not a single election. See if there is a chapter near you, or start one! Or, see if there's an org you like more near you and join it, the point is that organizing is the best thing any leftist can do.

  2. Read theory. A good primer is Blackshirts and Reds. It will help contextualize what fascism is, what causes it, and how to stop it. I can offer a good introductory reading list regarding Marxism if you'd like, but this is a good starting point.

  3. Aggressively combat white supremacy, misogyny, queerphobia, and other attacks on marginalized communities. Cede no ground.

  4. Be more industrious, and self-sufficient. Take up gardening, home repair, tinkering. It is through practice that you elevate your problem-solving capabilities. Not only will you improve your skill at one subject, but your general problem-solving muscles get strengthened as well. Theory guides practice, which sharpens theory to be reapplied to better practice.

  5. Learn self-defense. Get armed, if practical. Be ready to protect yourself and others. The Democrats will not save us, we must save each other.

  6. Be persistent. If you feel like a single water driplet against a mountain, think of the Grand Canyon. Oh, how our efforts pile up! With consistency, every rock, boulder, even mountain, can be drilled through with nothing but steady and persistent water droplets.

[–] VerticaGG@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 7 hours ago

https://www.optionsri.org/post/chattering-classes-activism-is-the-best-remedy-to-authoritarianism

Rest, recuperate, get into a sustainable rhythm. Only we will keep us safe.

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[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 44 points 16 hours ago (8 children)

It's pretty stupid of Dems to think that white conservative racists are going to vote for a black-indian woman? WHAT were they thinking?!!!

[–] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago

Or, apparently, a metric fuckton of Latino males. Muy macho, hombres. Gracias, pendejos.

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[–] jlou@mastodon.social 173 points 20 hours ago (16 children)

If the Republicans are going to call the Democrats communists and socialist regardless of how moderate a campaign Democrats run, Democrats might as well lean further left on economic policy. Appealing to the right does nothing because the right can appeal to the right better than the center-left can

@leftism

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