• @[email protected]
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    “The working class things we are corporate elitists, what could we do about it? Hey, how about we take the republican corporate elitists to join us as well, that’ll show 'em!”

    Anyway, it’s a good moment to celebrate that the country is over.

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      I will remind people of this boondoggle at every opportunity, forever. Biden and Harris bungled this so hard that it’s difficult to not see it as willful action from “professional politicians.”

  • @blazera
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    46 hours ago

    Man, i took a break from politics for a bit and completely missed the Cheney shit show.

  • Suzune
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    2110 hours ago

    Let them celebrate that “country over” party after Trump won.

    • @blazera
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      156 hours ago

      I think it’d be the same result. I think he dropped out because his election projections werent good and were only getting worse after that debate, and Kamala was a hail mary to try and salvage it.

    • @PugJesus
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      Would he? I’m not convinced that this is anything less than a manifestation of the total rot of our society.

      Our civic institutions are not designed to deal with the level of dis and misinformation flooding us.

      • @confluence
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        3210 hours ago

        This. People have been given an alternate reality to live in, so complex and all-encompassing that—unless they’ve grown up to have an appreciation for critical thinking—all the thinking’s been done for them.

        • @sloppysol
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          Hard to make people care for more than the immediate here and now, Trump’s WWE wrestling persona does that

      • banner80
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        Until we fix the disinformation, nothing sane is going to work. Things are only getting worse.

      • @makyo
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        46 hours ago

        I believe this too. 2020 Biden did good but there were already questions about his age. It was clear 2024 Biden wasn’t going to be able to do it with his age and the headwinds he faced.

        MAYBE a primary would have selected a winner if he had chosen not to run from the start and someone had plenty of time to introduce themselves and craft a good message (and not just 100 days).

        But with 100 days we needed a well-known personality with the right message. Bernie is obviously extremely well known and speaks to just the right people that Biden and then Kamala were having trouble reaching - working class, young men.

        • @[email protected]
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          137 minutes ago

          Biden was a milquetoast politician, on the wrong side of decisions, for most of his 50+ year political career.

          Sanders has always been more authentic and has consistently platformed his views.

      • @hOrni
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        This. I always think, the only reason Trump won the first time, is because people voted for him to protest nominating Hillary instead of Bernie.

        • @Breezy
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          I was one of those dumbasses. Im sorry that i let everyone down. I regret it, i do. Thats why i dont understand how trump got reelected. He clearly cheated right? So why did harris just concede unstead of fighting back. Fuck elon was giving out million dollar checks. How is he not in jail because that mightve been the deciding factor in so many young and dumb boys going out to vote thinking they too might get rich quick.

          • @hOrni
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            The thing that pains me the most, is that I don’t understand “why”. Why most of Americans voted for the guy that clearly doesn’t share Your values. Anybody’s values. Is it just plain ol’ racism? Sexism? The guy ruined Your economy. Is responsible for millions of deaths. Is a convicted fellon. Is 51 percent of Your country in a cult? Am I to dumb to understand?I would like to know the thought process of an average American.

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          People were googling “Why is Biden not on the ballot” on November 5th, the number of people who protested Hillary’s nomination over Sanders must have been infinitely small… Oh well look at that, she got the popular vote, so it’s just the electoral college that was the issue after all, guess I was right!

      • @PugJesus
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        2110 hours ago

        At the least, it would’ve been worth the gamble.