• HighFructoseLowStand@lemm.ee
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    12 days ago

    Dems would never lose another election if they went only as far left as Bernie Sanders

    lol

    About half of America thought Kamala was too far left. The idea that Americans are secretly socialists just waiting for a real leftist candidate and are willing to tolerate progressively more fascistic politicians in the mean time is simply ridiculous and without any basis in reality.

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      12 days ago

      Not at all. She went too far right and a lot of people stayed home. Cuz one republican is as good as another. They both fuckin suck at literally everything. Except fucking up the economy. Republicans are great at that.

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        12 days ago

        She promised to institute a tax on unrealized gains.

        What constitutes “far right?”

        Trump has concentration camps. Biden didn’t. One assumes Kamala wouldn’t. If you don’t see a difference, it speaks to how privileged you are.

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        12 days ago

        And do you have any actual reason I should believe that?

        “Well, lots of people would have voted for her if she put on a keffiyeh and sang l’Internationale.”

        Why should I believe that? There is just no basis to believe there is some secret American socialist majority.

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          12 days ago

          Wouldn’t call it a majority. But it’s a bloc that dems cannot win without. That bloc has also been lied to for literally our entire lives. Grown jaded. And won’t vote for empty promises anymore.