• kiranraine@reddthat.com
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    1 year ago

    This is why I’m a leftist not a lib. I vote Democrat bc no choice but I want more progressives in office…

    • UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      but I want more progressives in office

      You’re not getting them because that’s not what the ruling class wants from the DNC.

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        1 year ago

        Better than voting for gqp. I vote progressive in primaries and forced into the other bc no one has the spines to fix the system to ranked elimination voting. I’m leftist bc at least they’re not actively trying to unalive me like the right

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          I’m leftist bc at least they’re not actively trying to unalive me like the right

          They’ll just kneel in Solidarity with you as the right tries to unalienable you.

          Progress.

        • Fushuan [he/him]@lemm.ee
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          1 year ago

          No you don’t understand, their alternative is not to vote red, the alternative is not to vote and then complain that the results are fucked because no metter what they voted it would be fucked so they need a revolution, blood will flow, yada yada.

          • kiranraine@reddthat.com
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            I get that but I’d rather vote and revolution at the same time. Not voting gives the gqp more power imo and just ugh 😑

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              1 year ago

              I agree, I also think that not voting is the same as voting to whoever wins, since effectively it does the same thing. I was just trying to explain you their viewpoint.

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      1 year ago

      As someone else posted on this site

      “there are two types of democratic voters, centrist conservatives and hostages”

      • kiranraine@reddthat.com
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        I mean yea sounds about right. The moderates are wolves in sheep’s clothing. Esp when they randomly flip parties and screw us over on rights and encourage the gerrymandering to get worse 🙃

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        1 year ago

        There’s progressives, as well as a good breakdown of demsocs. You can be pleasantly surprised about some parts of Biden’s presidency without being a centrist conservative who would have had him near the top of your list