Comment on Newsom Vows to Stop Proposed Billionaire Tax in California

TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• TheGoldenV@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Then we’re going to have to listen to the dopes saying “how do you like it now non-voters???”
  This plus anti transgender plus the blatant hypocrisy. I just hope we have decent primaries. If we get to have primaries anyway…

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  • calliope@retrolemmy.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    No, the “dopes” are right. If you refuse to vote against the worst presidents in history, you’re a fucking moron.

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    • TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s a lose-lose scenario innit. Don’t vote, aid in growing fascism, vote, give tacit approval for the DNCs continuous onslaught of dogshit candidates who will do nothing to fight growing fascism or improve the material conditions for Americans.

      None of it matters if you don’t live in a battleground state, to be fair. If you’re in a firm blue or red state, your vote simply doesn’t matter.

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      • calliope@retrolemmy.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s lose-lose but it’s painfully obvious one loss is worse than the other.

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    • TheGoldenV@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Do you feel better? Did your rant change anything? Do you think you’ll win people to your cause by insulting them?

      Did the non-voters that voted for Trump also vote for Kamala? I mean that’s what it would be if you were a Trump supporter right? You can’t have it both ways Marie. Maybe the Dems could even run on something that’s good for us poors and encourage us to vote for them instead of FUCKING ALWAYS being the LeSsOr oF TwO eVilS.

      I live in a blue state and voted for Biden lite. It doesn’t matter who I vote for because the state is blue. Still voted. Still got sweet potato hitler.

      Maybe the DNC will get their shit together before it’s too late. But they’ll probably run a dipshit like Kamala or Gavin again and get their asses handed to them. Evidence of this is plenty, but even now the vast majority of the Dems are quiet. They could be running opo like the MAGAts were, but nooooo…. Let’s just keep being nice and see how it goes.

      I sincerely hope I’m wrong and someone like Mamdani, AOC, Katie Porter, Stacy Abrams, etc. arrives to fix it. It just doesn’t seem like that’s gonna happen.

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      • DarkFuture@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Do you think you’ll win people

        Do you think you deserve to be won over? Is that something you feel you’re entitled to? Why do we have to win people over instead of simply asking them to employ critical thinking to make the best realistic decisions? Because they’re dumb and need to be coddled?

        Did the non-voters that voted for Trump also vote for Kamala?

        Not voting and inadvertently helping the worst possible candidate is not the same as not voting and inadvertently helping the not worst possible candidate. You’re simply saying “I could care less whether we’re in a bad situation or a really, really bad situation”, which is objectively childish and stupid.

        Maybe the Dems could even run on something that’s good for us poors

        Spoken like someone who pays absolutely no attention to anything of substance. I recommend you devote some of your very precious time into reviewing the voting history of both parties. You will quickly see a pattern of Dems consistently voting for bills that help middle/lower class Americans and Republicans almost never doing so. If you had actually paid attention during Biden’s presidency, you would know this was also the case during his term. A wave of legislation meant to help average Americans. Again, utilize your time actually looking this stuff up instead of posting garbage comments on social media.

        You need to understand that the Dems you mentioned as ideal candidates may simply not be able to win. People constantly complain about Bernie being shafted, but the bottom line is he lost the popular vote in the primaries. He wasn’t as popular in reality as he was online.

        It sounds like you “swallowed your pride” and voted Kamala. Great. You don’t deserve an award. That was basic common sense. I guess just be glad you have that when so many others do not.

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  • DarkFuture@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Then we’re going to have to listen to the dopes saying “how do you like it now non-voters???”

    A bad candidate is not an excuse to allow the worst possible candidate to have the keys to the kingdom.

    If you didn’t vote or voted 3rd party in 2024, you contributed to our current situation.

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