• InverseParallax@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Yeah seriously, if there’s a single thing we’ve learned from this whole election, is that the best thing for the left is to enforce absolute ideological purity!

    We must not tolerate any unorthodoxy! Better to abstain than anything!

    It’s like you want to take this loss and make the lessons permanent…

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      I love how anything outside of what the democratic party wants to do is labelled “ideological purity” even though democrats endlessly shriek at anyone who does not toe the democratic party line. Democrats had their way, again, and lost, again. How about we try something new instead of democrats constantly trying to appeal to fascists while pretending to be the only thing to stand against fascism?

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      It’s like you want to take this loss and make the lessons permanent…

      Yep. They don’t care what happens to workers or minorities. They just want to have someone to point their fingers at to blame for the world’s problems - and what better way to get that than handing over all power to literal fascists?

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      It’s like you want to take this loss and make the lessons permanent…

      Yes. That’s the point. If they can’t have exactly what they want, then acceleration towards collapse is more desirable than comprise.

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      7 days ago

      You say that as if the DNCs campaign strategy wasn’t to absolutely abandon the left and try to court “moderate republicans”, which we very obviously just learned don’t actually exist.

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        try to court “moderate republicans”, which we very obviously just learned don’t actually exist.

        Exactly. For all their effort, all the campaigning with Liz Cheney, all the promises of Republicans in the cabinet, and all the war hawk endorsements, Harris lost votes with Republicans compared to Biden.

        Republicans don’t vote Democrat, stop running to the right to appease them. Democrats don’t want to hear that shit either and you need them to show up to win, so how about courting their vote instead.

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        …because taxing the rich, adding affordable daycare/child tax credits, a propose ban on price gouging, and other middle class incentives were abandoning the left…totes. The narrative that’s being pushed here is pretty bullshit. Her platform was on point for the middle class and below.

        Sure. She campaigned in battleground states, more than any where else…but that was strategic. And it makes sense at the time.

        Everyone just keeps saying “she abandoned the left” without adding literally any examples of it.

        The DNC fucked up by not holding primaries, but Harris ran a pretty damn good game.

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        Apparently it wasn’t so much that they don’t exist, but that people are generally stupid and if inflation spikes during your term you’re going to get the blame for it - even if your actions significantly limit inflation compared to the rest of the world.

        Every government that was in power during the inflation rise and had an election this year lost voter share.