I’m back on reddit for one hour and I’m actually arguing with some of the stupidest people on the planet who keep pivoting back to blaming protesters and can’t blame the DNC for even a single minute. So many people, so, so, so many people who all just want to blame the protesters and won’t say a single word about how Biden and Kamala tanked their election.
They literally keep going back and talking about the protesters, literally, and LITERALLY won’t say a word in their response in criticism of Kamala or Biden. This is utterly ridiculous; I left reddit initially because of the shocking amounts of bigotry and now I’m heading off again because these people are pigheaded children in response to people refusing to vote for genociders; they’re literally mocking that the protesters are protesting and even claiming they’re just doing it for tiktok and don’t actually care.
These people are so hateful and vile. God I wish I could teleport them into Gaza.
15 million people who voted for Biden didn’t show up to vote for Harris. They didn’t go vote for Trump, he got fewer votes this time than last time. So 15 million people just stayed home. The question is: what would have gotten them out to vote? Everything the Dems try every time, clearly isn’t the answer… Moving right, courting the center right, gaslighting, strong arming, bullying, running on nothing more than “at least I’m not him”, etc… maybe, just maybe, it’s time to move left and embrace progressive policy… And not just bullshit half-assed lip service either… I’m talking put Bernie and the squad in charge of the DNC and start kicking out fake Dems.
Edit: I mean “fake” Dems as compared to the actual progressives we’d stack the party with
Democrats serve donors, not voters. They would only go left if the alternative would be being shot by People’s Tribunal.
I’d be okay with that
‘fake’ dems are just real democrats
this is the democrats, basically the same as republicans and bought out by most of the same interests
Oh, sorry, I meant “fake” compared to the actual progressives we’d stack the party with. I doubt most current Dems would make the cut… But some might fall in line
i mean, you’re not wrong. the other responses to you are educational and you should read them but you are correct. it’s just that we are beyond this phase. it’s no longer an option on the table.
notice how social democracy is being rolled back everywhere in the western world. and any attempts at blossoming in the global south are ruthlessly stomped out.
there’s no more compromise or bones to throw to the working class.
So what then?
to start, the left will have to build up outside of mainstream politics. there’s already tiny seeds everywhere.
things will get worse. we will be there to help where we can