• Gates9@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    They’re not idiotic, they have to pretend to do something opposing the Republicans while they help them transfer all the wealth to the rich and start imperial wars around the world, otherwise normal people might catch on and do something about it.

    • OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca
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      This is it exactly. The Democrats are not on your side. They’re neoliberals. They believe in the freedom of money. They are a party for rich people. This isn’t a battle between left and right. It’s a battle between rich and poor.

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        3 hours ago

        Do you think people vote for the perfect party? No. Never have. You vote for the least worse. And understand that you chose from the bad options they gave you so the most good was possible.

        All this bleating about how evil the Dems apparently are when they’ve been hamstrung so long, I just don’t care. It’s a two party system and they’re the least worse.

        If a third party shows up, it has a chance of being good. But we all understand that under FPTP a third lefty party will only split the dem vote and hand a win to the GoP even when it’s fair.

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          Here’s the neat thing, though, they can be the least awful party, while still being absolutely awful and ultimately aiming for essentially the same thing as the most awful party. Just look at all the ghouls in the Democratic Party and associated apparatuses coming out of the woodwork to attack Zohran Mamdani for a damn mayoral race, out of fear that he might expose the lie that the Dems aren’t serving the same masters as the GOP and working against the interests of the vast majority of the people in this country. The greatest difference between the two parties, at this point in time, is that the Dems are willing to wait longer to formally install our corporate overlords as our new lords and masters, and they’ll wave a gay flag and pay lip service to the plight of minorities if that’s what’s needed to ultimately achieve the goal. But they will also ruthlessly go after anyone and everyone, within or outside the party, who would threaten to derail their plan and actually represent and advance the interests of the masses, rather than those of the few who aim to sit on thrones made of their own obscene wealth and the human suffering they created to amass said wealth.

          You’re a frog being slowly boiled alive, calling out to the rest of us that the water is fine and asking us to jump in the pot with you. No thanks.

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          21 hours ago

          That’s what Hillary said. That’s what Harris said. They lost, you’re lost, and it’s sad that you don’t understand why.

          In reality we have a lot of political power. We don’t just choose from the options that magically appear in front of u in cute binary packages. That’s not what happens every day of our lives.

        • SippyCup@feddit.nl
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          20 hours ago

          “I only voted for our houses to be set on fire sometimes. Not the set our house on fire all the time and stab babies party.”