• @HasturInYellow
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    26 hours ago

    Progressives will continue to lose until they give up their morals and descend into the muck of incompetence and greed like us fine fellows, and take the big money dick that is being offered. You’d be stupid to try any other way of winning.

    I am very smart.

    • @UsernameHere
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      -24 hours ago

      Progressives will continue to lose because they think they don’t need to work with ideologies other than their own in a country where progressives are a small fraction of the population.

      ‘Don’t try to appeal to moderate voters! Why can’t we win elections?!’

      ‘Don’t compromise with republicans to get the votes needed to pass legislation! Why can’t we get legislation passed?!’

      ‘Is is us progressives that are to blame for our lack of progress? No it is the voters that are wrong!’

      ‘We are very smart’

      • @[email protected]
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        049 minutes ago

        If the strategy of compromising with the right, appealing to moderate voters, and sucking up to corporate donors is so effective, why did it fail miserably at stopping the fall to fascism? Are you of the same mind as the Democratic leadership, that Kamala Harris ran a perfect campaign?

        You’re making the same mistake that right-wingers make, blaming the powerless for the actions of the powerful.

        • @UsernameHere
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          149 seconds ago

          If the strategy of compromising with the right, appealing to moderate voters, and sucking up to corporate donors is so effective, why did it fail miserably at stopping the fall to fascism?

          Because China/Russia/Iran/North Korea and the billionaire class wanted Trump to win and used their propaganda machines to influence the elections. Not to mention billionaires doing underhanded stuff like buying votes. All while progressives fed the propaganda machine with their constant criticism.

          Failing miserably would describe progressives’ refusal to work with other ideologies and thus losing elections consistently.

          Are you of the same mind as the Democratic leadership, that Kamala Harris ran a perfect campaign?

          There is no such thing as a perfect campaign.

          You’re making the same mistake that right-wingers make, blaming the powerless for the actions of the powerful.

          I’m blaming the people that tipped the scales and got Trump elected.

      • @SoftestSapphic
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        8 seconds ago

        It is unironically the voters’ faults if things go to shit in a democracy yes. It sucks that we have bad education but nobody is stopping people from paying attention.

        The point of progressives is they don’t support regressive policies

        Appealing to oligarchs and embracing the Feudal system kind of goes against their core tenants