• culpritus [any]
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    3 hours ago

    If all these 'leftists' could just shutup about the ongoing genocide, then Harris might have won. Dick Cheney is better than these jokers.

    • Storm@lemm.ee
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      2 hours ago

      If Harris gave a shit about the American people and put her money where her mouth is, she would have won. The Democrats are feeble and weak, and now they're paying the price for it.

      • kkitsuragisleftnut [he/him]
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        11 minutes ago

        Weak and feeble? Or actively aiding and abetting fascism? At some point the American electorate has to admit to themselves the Democrats are complicit.

  • halyk.the.red@lemmy.ml
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    3 hours ago

    Lots of hardcore republicans where I'm at, and they're saying Trump's lead this time is proof that the last election was stolen. I wouldn't be surpeised if there was widespread voter fraud on the right, but I doubt it would be to the tune of millions to explain the gulf we witnessed.

  • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
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    4 hours ago

    Australian news just blamed Latin Americans for Trump's win.

    Lmao you can't make this shit up. Doesn't take much to get crackers doing racist shit.

    • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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      2 hours ago

      Like

      It's funny because they keep lumping Latine people into this big ball like they don't grasp that Latin America isn't a monolith

      A Columbian isn't the same as an Argentinian isn't the same as a Dominican

      The social stratum of these countries is just a complex and varied as any other nation

      But nope, "y'all speak Spanish, so y'all the same"

    • 2Password2Remember [he/him]
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      2 hours ago

      heard the same thing in one of the italian news podcasts i listen to. straight up just "blacks and hispanics are misogynistic so they voted for trump". scratch a lib, etc

      Death to America

    • Moss [they/them]
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      4 hours ago

      Everything I hear about Australia makes it seem like they're desperately trying to let everyone know how reprehensible the ruling class there is

      • CloutAtlas [he/him]
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        2 hours ago

        The ruling class (emboldened since Trump. Not the other day, the first time) is ramping up division to try and win elections because it really works on barely engaged proles.

        They're hiring ad companies to throw anti labour ads on Facebook (which Australian millennials still use for some reason). Those ads weren't even true, Labor is no way that based, and they disguised them as shitposts instead of sponsored political attack ads.

        Luckily the (relative) lack of Christian nationalists compared to the US means there's a much weaker Evangelical base.

    • Cowbee [he/him, they/them]
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      5 hours 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.

      • Rom [he/him]
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        1 hour ago

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

        • Cowbee [he/him, they/them]
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          2 hours 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.

      • WhatDoYouMeanPodcast [comrade/them]
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        3 hours 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...

      • OprahsedCreature@lemmy.ml
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        3 hours ago

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

      • roux [he/him, they/them]
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        4 hours ago

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

      • barrbaric [he/him]
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        5 hours 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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          5 hours 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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            1 hour 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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              1 hour 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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                1 hour ago

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

        • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]
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          4 hours 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!

      • Hexboare [they/them]
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        4 hours ago

        Leftists successfully convinced millions not to vote

        and I'll do it again