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[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 24 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Love how this author's hand wringing piece about by the calcified establishment, he reaches out to Lis fucking Smith to be the voice of the fresh new insurgency. Even when they have an opinion piece worriedly highlighting the failure of centrism, the New York Times is still the New York Times.

[–] TipRing@lemmy.world 20 points 6 days ago

It was a hilarious piece pointing out the right problem (aging out of touch and feckless leadership not representing the people) while claiming that progressives are the real enemy they need to be standing against. Just peak NYT op-ed material. So we can see what the billionaires are worried about.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Vote blue no matter who! It’s worked great so far! 🤪

[–] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com 15 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Keep trying to turn people off and we’ll have Eric Trump in 2028. Good work tanking Harris!

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I voted for Harris for what little good that did. Have any counterpoints that aren’t complete fabrications?

Democracy is at stake while you compose strongly-worded letters.

Maybe it’s time to try progressivism before it’s too late?

[–] tane6@lemm.ee 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You may have voted for her but you haven’t sufficiently kissed the ring in every comment you ever make. So you’re worthless to shitlibs. Learn that the democrats cannot fail you, they can only be failed by you next time before you post.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

You had me for a second.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 6 points 6 days ago

Thank you for saying this. You have people telling you the leadership is turning people off and your response is to blame those people for why your party is so unpopular. I think I better understand why Gen Z is actually more conservative than us millennials.

[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If more people had, we'd be in a better place right now.

Also, what does that have to do with this? This is blue vs blue. This is when "vote blue no matter who" doesn’t apply.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world -2 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"Vote blue no matter who" is what establishment Democrats say to Progressives or anyone who's aware of the constant betrayal of the working class the establishment Dems have perpetrated for decades.

We witnessed the absolute pointlessness of voting blue no matter who in the last election — an establishment Dem proud of her record of convictions against nonviolent drug "criminals" and wouldn't say boo about Israel's genocide ran and lost against one of the least popular candidates in history. And still we hear how progressives somehow lost the election for the establishment. Establishment Dems are still whining (without evidence) that Bernie somehow lost them the 2016 election. When progressive policies poll with broad support. And Bernie polled higher than either Hilary or Donald.

It couldn't be any more relevant.

[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Fuckem.

But also I would've rather had Harris than Trump.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I'd rather have a kick in the head than Trump, but here we are.

Time to try something different.