• Cowbee [he/him, they/them]
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    2 months ago

    Had a lib (of course with an Israel flag in their handle) legitimately tell me that Leftists successfully convinced millions not to vote over on Lemmy.world yesterday.

    • barrbaric [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      Damn, if we held so much power the dems should have done more to court our influence! Too bad they love genocide more than they want to win.

      • Cowbee [he/him, they/them]
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        2 months ago

        Literally what I told them, either Leftists didn't make a difference and Harris floundered on her own, or Leftists made a huge difference and Harris intentionally rejected them, failing.

        • bdonvr@thelemmy.club
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          2 months ago

          I've had that same argument, turns into "well if she did that she'd lose more moderates than she'd gain leftists!!1!"

          • Cowbee [he/him, they/them]
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            2 months ago

            Tell em that Biden ran a more progressive campaign and churned out voters, same as Bernie, and voter turnout was far higher.

            • bdonvr@thelemmy.club
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              2 months ago

              Not worth it, they're still seething let reality sink in a bit and let them get off "must defend Harris unconditionally" mode

              • REgon [they/them]
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                1 month ago

                Nah dunk on them while they're angry. Rub salt in the wound, wash it with iodine or clear alcohol and sterilize it.

      • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]
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        2 months ago

        we sneaky leftists tricked the democrat leadership into tacking to the right wing, thereby making it easy to disillusion and dissolve their bloc.

        those smol bean millionaire consultants and party bosses walked right into our trap!

    • roux [he/him, they/them]
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      2 months ago

      The ones that didn't vote are mostly disenfranchised life long Dems and Repubs, I fucking promise.

    • Rom [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      We have the power to convince people not to vote, but not to get them to vote for our candidate, apparently.

    • WhatDoYouMeanPodcast [comrade/them]
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      2 months ago

      That shit really makes my blood boil. I work tirelessly at Langley to prevent that exact thing from happening! If a leftist is posting too good then I report them to get injected with cringe takes and nanobots. You think I'm just twiddling my thumbs if someone starts rocking the boat??? Sincerely, fuck you!

      I have a bunch of coworkers who love using .world too! They sort of look at me funny because I have to monitor "that website where the pig shits itself." But .world and Langley are literally on the same side so it's extra hurtful when they belittle my job like that. It feels like a betrayal, honestly...

    • Hexboare [they/them]
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      2 months ago

      Leftists successfully convinced millions not to vote

      and I'll do it again

    • OprahsedCreature@lemmy.ml
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      2 months ago

      How the Israeli flag is not immediately subconsciously synonymous with disinformation for everyone at this point is beyond me.

      • Cowbee [he/him, they/them]
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        2 months ago

        I agree to an extent, my position is more that Harris fumbled the ball hard by not promising popular policies like Medicare for All or ending the genocide.

      • -6-6-6-@lemmygrad.ml
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        1 month ago

        That day, four 19 year old pole-jockeys (not S.W term) got shifted from information systems to janitorial. For once, they'd have some use.

    • umbrella@lemmy.ml
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      1 month ago

      the schrodinger leftist who is simultaneously weak and pathetic, but also has the power to swing entire big country elections

      • Cowbee [he/him, they/them]
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        1 month ago

        It sometimes surprises even me how much more sense the world makes after reading theory. Like, of course the liberal with a fascist flag in their handle is using fascist rhetoric, "the enemy is both weak and strong." Marx and Lenin are vindicated every fucking day that passes.