• themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    What the fuck is this shit? Motherfucker, I lived through these elections, and this is some boomer revisionist bull shit.

    Al Gore lost because he couldn’t differentiate himself from god-damned George W Bush. He was too centrist to encourage the left base to show up for him.

    Kerry lost because he couldn’t articulate his better vision for America, and was too centrist to encourage the left base to show up for him.

    Hillary lost because she didn’t even try to reach out to the left base. She was too centrist to beat Donald Fucking Trump.

    Three ostensibly intelligent leaders who lost their elections to fucking morons because they thought that they didn’t need to try very hard to reach out to progressive voters.

    Any one of them would have been a better President than what we got, but the fact that they all lost means they did something wrong. It isn’t the fault of the voters demanding better, it’s the fault of the party failing to meet the demand.

    • GrundlButter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      5 months ago

      I think this election is a little different in that we have a known threat that is significantly worse than the alternative. It’s not an exaggeration to say that Trump is a threat to democracy and to anyone that doesn’t want to live under religious law as interpreted by the Republicans.

      The other candidate is harm reduction presidentially personified. That is the best choice we actually have, and the consequences for disincentivizing left leaning or undecided voters is much worse than Bush, and that’s saying something.

      Vote against Christ flavored dictatorship, and encourage others to do the same. And not some impossible 3rd party bullshit.

      • cyr0catdrag0nz@sh.itjust.works
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        5 months ago

        If either third party gets even 5% this election, they qualify for federal funding and could have a greater influence in the future. Third party votes are ESSENTIAL when the establishment wins any other way.