Like:

People should be allowed to exist

Social programs aren’t communism

The system isn’t working for the people

Edit:

I’ve changed my mind on this.

Let the DNC go full MAGA and when they lose, because they will lose, they get the heat and we can eject them forever. At least sit them in a corner.

Progressives, you fight if you want but I don’t believe the elections will be fair so it’s a win win for you.

  • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    8 days ago

    Sure it was stupid to vote Trump, but it was more stupid of Democrats to lose to an orange man by not appealing and refusing to acknowledge those who have economic anxieties brought by mismanaged globalisation.

    Average red fascist preferring literal fascists to the dreaded Shitlibs™

    • TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world
      12·
      8 days ago

      You have it the other way around. It is the Shitlibs™ preferring literal fascists by not going left enough on common sense policies that the rest of other developed countries take for granted. By not running on popular policies, Shitlibs are tacitly allowing literal fascists to take power. Instead, all the Shitlibs/blue MAGA say is “I am not my opponent. And you will be happy with our breadcrumb policies or the other guy wins! (But we don’t care, we get paid by our corporate donors regardless)”

      • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        7 days ago

        You have it the other way around. It is the Shitlibs™ preferring literal fascists by not going left enough on common sense policies that the rest of other developed countries take for granted.

        “They didn’t go far left enough; therefore, the smarter choice was to vote for the furthest right option available.”

        👏

        By not running on popular policies, Shitlibs are tacitly allowing literal fascists to take power.

        Tell me more about these popular policies. Or rather, tell me more about their popularity in the US electorate.

        • missingno@fedia.io
          1·
          7 days ago

          “They didn’t go far left enough; therefore, the smarter choice was to vote for the furthest right option available.”

          They didn’t offer any meaningful change at a time when voters were upset with the status quo, therefore the voters chose a fascist who was offering something rather than nothing.

          At the end of the day, we lost. And we have to talk about why we lost if we want to learn any lessons next time.

          • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            7 days ago

            They didn’t offer any meaningful change at a time when voters were upset with the status quo, therefore the voters chose a fascist who was offering something rather than nothing.

            Doesn’t make it a smart fucking choice. If anything, context makes it stupider.

            At the end of the day, we lost. And we have to talk about why we lost if we want to learn any lessons next time.

            And unfortunately, ‘policy wasn’t left enough’ isn’t the answer.

            Dem policy should move leftward, mind you. But not because it’ll win us votes. Policy is of marginal importance to everyone save a handful of terminally educated political junkies like us. Dem policy should move leftward because left policy will be better for the country and move the country itself left in the long-term.

            Elections, though? We have to win those using different criteria than “What’s good for the country.”

            Or at least, we did. God knows if we’ll have meaningful elections again at this point.