• BelieveRevolt [he/him]
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    3 months ago

    What I really mean is ”does it work on people who'd vote for Republicans”, since that's who this stuff is clearly aimed at, and I'm guessing it doesn't and never has.

    • Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml
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      3 months ago

      I think you misunderstand the point of these performances. When I was a liberal the appeal of these performances was that it gave me the reassurance that the republicans' attacks about the dems being unpatriotic were false. Well, not exactly a reassurance, because I'd always known that, but more so a reminder. It's propaganda for energising the liberal base. And it serves to tell the donor class that the Democrats are firmly committed to the bourgeois vision.

      • BelieveRevolt [he/him]
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        3 months ago

        I get what you mean, because it's that thing that I've been unable to encapsulate into a single word or anything, but:

        "Biden/Kamala is so right wing, there's no way the Republicans can accuse them of being a communist!"

        Republicans call them a communist anyway

        "Ah! Well, nevertheless..."

        I also do think that capturing Republican voters is that one white whale they've been chasing for a long time, though.