We are on the road for democracy and justice | Bernie Sanders
www.theguardian.com
What we are fighting for is not ‘utopian’ or unachievable. Trumpism can and must be defeated

Bernie is 100% right now, we can’t count on the Dems in DC. The working class is going to have to fight this one.

It’ll require a lengthy grassroots effort from the working class any its allies. At the moment, anything you can think to do is the right thing to do until a proper movement coalesces. Get out and try things. And bring your friends along for the effort. That’s how movements like this get going.

  • rational_lib@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Trumpism has significant control over large parts of the media from which millions of Americans get their information. Fox and Musk’s platform X, among others, are not normal media outlets. Their basic function is not to cover the “news” but to spread rightwing extremist ideology.

    Trumpism is utilizing the concept of the “big lie” in a way that has never, in this country, been seen. Day after day, blatantly dishonest statements and conspiracy theories are propagated – and repeated over and over and over again.

    What is the solution to this? Because from where I sit, it looks like the strategy of plutocrats buying media and using it to push dishonest narratives in their favor is extremely successful and does indeed make what Bernie’s asking for unachievable. And I don’t see anywhere in the article a way to solve that problem.

    I don’t doubt the left can win on Lemmy. But the second Lemmy gets any actual power, watch out for the buyout.

    • samus12345@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      No need to worry, Lemmy won’t ever get any actual power. Probably for the best.