• crusa187@lemmy.ml
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    19 hours ago

    So funny to see in real time the difference between their phony outrage over Trump’s arguably monstrous policies, VS their genuine fear over a socialist winning a mayoral race.

    This is why everyone who claims the way to fix Dems is via primaries is wrong. Dems will lie, cheat, or simply not hold primaries altogether, rather than risk an actual leftist winning the nomination.

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      13 hours ago

      I still think we should support those that do primary if just to show the flippant double standards.

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        11 hours ago

        Plus it’s good if some of them win and pull the party in a reasonable direction. And having decent people in government is always nice.

        The structural flaws in our elections that force us into a two-party system are deeply entrenched and they aren’t going to change until this place burns down and starts over. If you aren’t willing to vote for a politician with good priorities because they were nominated by the democratic party, you can still be an influential voice but come election time the system is already designed to ignore your vote.

        • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
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          10 hours ago

          I’ve heard the “we should primary them and pull them in a direction”

          And after a few cycles of this I realized why the Democratic icon is an ass: Because they’re stubborn, ornery, and will refuse to understand.

          We are entirely fucked.

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      19 hours ago

      Now watch as Dems throw their support behind the independent in order to undermine Zohran.

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      18 hours ago

      Theres like 2 people in the DNC who have voiced dislike of Zohran, and they’re getting fucking roasted on social media for it.

      Zohran Mamdani is a Democrat. He is the DNC candidate. Vote for the DNC, vote for Zohran Mamdani.