• GiveMemes@jlai.lu
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    4 hours ago

    Shit dude, I’m far left, believed that the only way to protect democracy was to vote for Harris, and then did it, but even I felt like she was appointed. Nobody wanted her as a first choice but we were forced to accept her when she succeeded Biden. She got 14 million less votes than Biden did in 2020. That isn’t only because she’s a black woman. It certainly plays a part, but we can’t act like it wasn’t just general voter malaise that led to this outcome.

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      2 hours ago

      None of it should factor. At all.

      The distinction between the candidates was clear enough:

      1. I will lower your taxes (for billionaires), I don’t like immigrants, and I will say all the stuff you think and the lefties made it bad to say. Also if I don’t win I’m going to jail because, for enough money I will do whatever you want (for Russia, Elon, or anyone else).

      2. I am an actual qualified candidate.

      There was no choice. It was taxes and fear and tribalism with a special sprinkle of election interference attempts around the horn.

      She was appointed? So what? Elect her because she’s a better choice, then fix that problem.

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      4 hours ago

      It’s not “just” the fact that she has a vagina, its that that was always going to be the deciding factor. There’s nuance in understanding the distinction there.

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        3 hours ago

        So your argument is that she got 14 million less votes than Joe specifically because she’s a woman? Because I struggle to see how it could be the “deciding factor” otherwise.

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          I agree, it’s an oversimplification. The Democratic party has become the party of ‘going back to business as usual’ and refuses to lower it’s commitment to the corporations that fund it. Trump won 2016 because he was a genuine establishment shaker.

          Leftists need a rouge candidate who refuses to bow. Someone who shows promise of CHANGE and not business as usual.

        • ObliviousEnlightenment@lemmy.world
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          Yes. That is their argument. Because most men of alll races, and even most white women favored him. He got less votes than 2020, and won the popular, got a trifecta.