Comment on US Democracy
eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month agoAll these sources of intentional corruption against someone running to improve the lives of all Americans and not just a select few, and you just go “Hmm, but he was losing according to the media that lied to us, so he lost fair and square.”
Butterpaderp@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I see how many people didnt vote for him. How is the media lying about that?
You could argue that media was against him, but the truth is that people in america just aren’t that progressive. I mean hell, look at how terrible the dem turnout was this year compared to last election.
eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
So when the media is against you, people see it as a bad candidate, and don’t vote. Even when he was never a monster, but Trump got more air time saying “Mexicans being rape”.
pjwestin@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Democrats aren’t progressives. Maybe if they were, they wouldn’t lose all the time.
GiveMemes@jlai.lu 1 month ago
“If they just had my opinions (that are unpopular to the US population at large), they would win.”
pjwestin@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yeah, except progressive positions are broadly popular. Raising billionaire and corporate taxes? Popular. Single-payer healthcare? Popular. Universal Basic Income?Popular. Bernie Sanders? Still pretty fucking popular!
Meanwhile, how popular was the flaccid centrist platform the Democrats put up this year? Is Kamala gonna be president? Are they gonna keep the Senate? Is the house looking good? No? Then maybe it’s time for all the popularity experts in the Democratic party to shut the fuck up.