They could be rotten from the inside as well, knowing full well how it would go
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Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
I think the real upsetting thing isn’t Biden’s performance, or havong Biden as president four more years. He achieved quite a bit after all. The real upsetting thing is the DNC being such cunts that they even pushed for this debate, hoping that Biden could win, only to deny and ignore Biden’s abhorrent performance immediately after. That Bernie got shafted twice by them, that is the really upsetting part.
rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Sorry, Piped and other frontends isn’t working right now, so you’ll have to use normal YouTube or go through VLC.
Pandantic@midwest.social 2 days ago
The title of this video is “An Anarchistic Watches West Wing” or something similar. I only watched 20mins but it was good so far. It’s a criticism of the American Capitalist system, American Democracy (power of the president, presidential hero worship), etc. via the way it’s portrayed in the West Wing.
rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Aye. The timestamp I linked specifically talks about something talked about in this thread, which is that the DNC would rather have the far right win than move left.
Pandantic@midwest.social 2 days ago
I’m using the app’s built in video player and I guess it didn’t recognize the time stamp. I wanted to give people an idea of the context because I think it’s worth a watch. I’ll give that timestamped portion a watch later.
photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Or simply have YouTube links redirected to NewPipe.
tostiman@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Democratic Nation of Congo?
Maggoty@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Democratic National Committee.
whocares314@lemmy.world 3 days ago
It seems pretty obvious to me at this point that the DNC would rather lose than have an actual progressive win. None of the shitty things that Trump wants to do will hurt them, (stupid take if they cared at all about their descendants but they’re either too arrogant or too ignorant to worry about that) but actual progressive policies that helped average people WOULD hurt their way of life. Marginally. Like, the tiniest little amount. Like, your yacht can only have one master bedroom instead of four. But why give that up when you don’t have to?
“It’s a big club, and you ain’t in it”
I’m voting for Biden though, and I’ll keep voting as progressively as possible in the down ballot elections. If a progressive movement from the bottom up can start by doing things like getting rid of FPTP, we still have a chance. And to anyone thinking about not voting, please do. The president is one person. They are the single most powerful person individually, (taking aside impact on the judicial system) but the collective impact on your day to day life is far more influenced by down ballot positions. Research your down ballot candidates and vote. Many of those races are decided by only a handful of votes. Yours matters.
crusa187@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
This was made perfectly clear in 2016 when Hillary stole the nom by colluding with Debbie Wasserman-Schultz.
If people haven’t caught on by now, they haven’t been paying attention. Or are just willfully ignorant.
pivot_root@lemmy.world 3 days ago
It’s not in their interests to let a progressive win. Just like their counterpart, the DNC takes a shit ton of
briberydonations fromcorporationslobbyists. Bringing in a progressive who would reform the system or push back against pro-corporate policies is biting the hands that feed them.TheBat@lemmy.world 1 day ago
DNC should’ve started promoting someone else as Presidential candidate since the last 4 years and let Biden work quietly in the background.