And it wasn't every Dem, either. The only one who didn't drop out, for some mysterious reason, was the only non-Bernie candidate to be at least plausibly to the left of the party mainstream.
I'm getting pissed off all over again. We could've had Bernie. Now it's a standoff between two senile boomers.
Nothing wrong with getting pissed off; just have to try to turn that into something productive.
"The system very rarely makes the mistake of letting someone like me in" - Brother Bernard
We couldn't have Bernie because he was the only choice remotely threatening to the oligarchy.
Let it go, better to go torch a health insurance company building. * And I mean it *
"¿What about the slave traders? ¿What will they do?" - Pethardew Hasbourg Buttigson 1750
Turns out they got paid a shit ton of money by the British government
"What about all the people who aren't working in a government-run health insurance company right now? You're just going to de-hire all of them from their future jobs?"
I mean, yes. That was almost objectively going to be the case. Hence why the drop out wasn't random, it was co-ordinated to help give a media blitz post-south carolina and turn a shit load of indecisive or easily swayed, mostly older voters to Biden instead.
Maybe, but it really doesn't matter now. This is as far as electoralism will take us, time to move on.
Emphasizing the fact that the primary was rigged is a good way to get people not to vote for Biden
If they intend to vote for biden, it might be difficult to convince them that it was rigged. I always remember how biden voters were more likely to believe that Epstein committed suicide.
Interestingly, Emerson University director of polling Spencer Kimball notes there is a correlation between the “murder/suicide” question and how Democrats plan to vote in the 2020 primary. “Bernie Sanders supporters are far more likely to believe that Epstein was murdered, while most Biden voters believe it was a suicide as reported.” [1]
Well the person in this situation probably would have voted for Bernie in the primary
Yeah it made sense before coronavirus, widespread protests, and impending economic depression. Things were too stable so might as well fuck around with the election since there isn't a real party to get actual shit done.
A non-vote campaign is a waste of breath these days. You can talk to any younger lib, point directly at Biden and say "we can't sit in our asses for 4 years, you know he isn't doing shit" and they'll at least know what you mean. Then they'll be wondering about what to do instead and you can cue leftist rambling.
Because fewer votes for Biden emboldens the DNC less both their own eyes and in public opinion. No matter who wins, it's best if the election is a show of support for neoliberalism to the least extent possible.
Of course, its seeming more and more that Trump actually went too stupid for the American public, which didn't seem possible, so I think there's a good chance Biden will pull off a powerful performance based solely on people not wanting to die of coronavirus under Trump.
I think the biggest sign of hope as far as electoralism goes is the fact that Biden is being characterized by Trump as some sort of anarcho-communist, and he's characterizing himself as "almost as good as Bernie." Even though both of those are extremely far from the truth, if people think Biden is somehow left wing then a big win for him won't be seen as a rebuke of the actual left.
no I agree with you, I’m just making a dumb joke. the one thing libs know how to do is compromise, and it worked out for them here
"They know how to compromise", nah.
They have no ideals, so they don't "compromise", they follow orders to get a job, and when they are told "you don't get the best position", they accept it, nothing else.
Do you think all those idiots that nobody remember were there because they had an ideological base to say "I have to run because of this platform"? No, they were just applying for a job / being told to crowd the space to drown interesting voices.
Do you think Booker dreamed so hard about a better future for everyone that he said "SHIT, THIS IS URGENT, I'M GONNA DO IT MYSELF"?
They don't dream with a better future for the world, only a better position for themselves.
And if any of them really DO believe they are saving the world via doing the right things, well they are beyond stupid.
You’re right, compromise is the wrong word. What I meant is that they know how to rally around Biden because their values are all empty and interchangeable.
Even if Warren has done that, it wouldn’t have been as effective because even with all their problems, Warren supporters do have values compared to Biden / Pete people
I think it was much worse than that. I think they actually fudged the results in Texas and a number of other states that were relatively close.
He never attacked or went against the dem establishment he honestly didnt have a chance
You can't say he didn't have a chance when he was in the lead prior to Super Tuesday, and when (as OP says) Super Tuesday had to be rigged to stop him. Party establishment don't always have the coordination to kneecap an outside at the 11th hour -- look at Trump in 2016.
Randomly? Do you know how much money Hillary Clinton paid to make it happen?
