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Cruxifux@feddit.nl 1 day agoAnd that’s the other thing, dude has been being AGGRESSIVELY smeared since he announced his run. And it’s very obviously because he’s one of the only candidates in the US that are espousing actual leftist talking points. It’s also why I was immediately skeptical when I heard this.
Yeah, republicans and centrist dems alike are terrified of this guy, and yet tankies are still going “nah, he’s a fascist!”
And then they’ll complain that america never elects leftists and the overton window keeps ratcheting to the right. Like gee, I wonder why…
To be clear, the reason is 100% the republicans and centrist dems, and 0% the tankies.
It would be a lot harder for right-wingers to sell this insane caricature of leftists to the average voter if there weren’t so many tankies out there behaving exactly like the caricature.
Are the tankies that are anti platner in the room with us now?
Yes, actually. Yes they are.
Yes, actually. Yes they are.
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 1 day ago
We all need to start expecting oppo drops against progressive candidates with centrist primary runners-up the week or so before ballots finalize.
If they have progressive runners-up, expect the oppo drop in October the week before early voting opens.
Cruxifux@feddit.nl 23 hours ago
Yeah well of course. But the thing is, we can expect it all we want but we will see if it works. Because if it does then I don’t know what progressives in north america do to actually combat that within the realm of voting and democracy within the system we are in.
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
I expect an october surprise against Talarico. And it’s not gonna come from republicans.
If democrats can’t find any dirt on Talarico, they’ll fuck with his campaign funding instead.
Cruxifux@feddit.nl 23 hours ago
The circumventing of democracy through all this dirty bullshit is maddening. Theres no way through the system. If you go outside the system you’re branded as a violent terrorist of some kind. Damned if you do, damned if you dont. Without a mass movement with a large (majority?) support base from the population, which I dont think will happen in north america in my lifetime, we are just fucked.