• Cowbee [he/him, they/them]
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      14 days 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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        14 days 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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          14 days 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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            14 days 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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              14 days 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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                14 days 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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                  13 days 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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          14 days 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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        14 days 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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        14 days 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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        14 days 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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        14 days ago

        Leftists successfully convinced millions not to vote

        and I'll do it again

      • OprahsedCreature@lemmy.ml
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        14 days 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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          14 days 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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          13 days 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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        13 days 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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          13 days 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.