I tried to pull the lever but lost to all the people pulling the other way.
Post-election blues
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spankmonkey@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Asafum@feddit.nl 6 months ago
It wasn’t even exactly that. It was MILLIONS of people who voted Democrat previously just sitting this one out. I don’t think there are 15 Million “Gaza or bust” voters so this was just pure ignorance…
“Trump is horrible, but the Democrats made inflation. I’m not voting for either.” (Conveniently forgetting COVID and the necessary cash injection that helped keep people paying bills on time and kept businesses afloat to be there to rehire when lockdowns ended.) Ignorance…
Not that it was perfectly executed by any stretch of the imagination, but the alternative was everyone “non-essential” goes broke and businesses everywhere collapse. :/
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I don’t think there are 15 Million “Gaza or bust” voters so this was just pure ignorance…
I believe there were 15 million "oh look, Harris is besties with Liz Cheney and continuing the half assed approach that Dems keep doing so who fucking cares’ people. I totally see why her poll numbers kept dropping over the course ofnher campaign after a strong start.
I still voted for her, but at that point is was just another vote against Republicans.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Hey now, you cannot blame voters. Only rage into the void about Democrats, that’s the only thing that can help. I mean it clearly worked before, right!? /s
Source: many Lemmy users.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 6 months ago
There was no world where we just didn’t do lockdowns
Maybe the world where Trump implemented the pandemic response plan that Obama left for him. But, no, we got Mr. Inject-Bleach-And-Shove-A-Lightbulb-Up-Your-Ass.
Alteon@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Hey, so the 15 million thing isn’t true. That was the number before all of the votes came in. She actually gained votes in battleground states, but lost them in non-battleground states (states that didn’t really matter). Just a heads up. We need to be using facts here (not trying to attack, just trying to get that information out).
UristMcHolland@lemmy.world 6 months ago
DogWater@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yeah, I would be utterly shocked if the Gaza issue lost her that many votes.
It’s utterly detestable how short voter memory is.
Allero@lemmy.today 6 months ago
If you are from the US and you criticized people living under authoritarian regimes for not rioting hard enough, this is your time.
You still have it easy. You won’t be taken into prison for standing with a piece of blank paper. You won’t be beaten with batons and taken into custody for reciting Constitution. Yet. Go ahead before it gets there, and may you never see a true authoritarian horror.
Otherwise, all your words are not worth a dime.
rsuri@lemmy.world 6 months ago
What would rioting do though besides serve as an excuse to ram in fascism
Allero@lemmy.today 6 months ago
If it’s not gonna happen, more fascist measures will be introduced - without people’s hesitation outside Internet comments.
A solid organized riot does change the course even for most authoritarian governments, even if they happen to suppress it. Politicians should feel that their position is not as solid as they would like.
But the further people prefer to not intervene, the more entrenched authoritarians become and more draconian measures are implemented. As such, the government is strongly interested in making people think rioting doesn’t help.
sukhmel@programming.dev 6 months ago
It will do nothing, and I personally don’t think it should be done. But as a thought experiment it shows that saying other authoritarian countries’ citizens that they just ‘didn’t riot hard enough and this are all to blame’ was a bit wrong
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
55% of your countrymen chose fascism. If you don’t want fascism I think it’s time to leave.
MrMcGasion@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Technically it’s not a full 55% of my countrymen, just 55% of the ones who bothered to vote. I’ll admit that’s not really a meaningful distinction though. Unfortunately, there’s also more of us who want to leave than the rest of the world can reasonably handle. I hope as many marginalized people can get out, because it’s going to be bad, especially for them. But those, like me, who are unlikely to be directly targeted due simply to being lucky enough to be born straight, white, men should probably leave should probably leave those limited seats for those who truly need to leave.
Thrashy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Working on it, but for the overwhelming majority of people emigrating is a hell of a lot harder than just showing up in another country and saying “my place sucks, can I come in?”
OpenPassageways@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
The left couldn’t be bothered to vote but you think they’re going to riot?
It would have maybe been mobilizing if the election was closer, or if the Dems at least won the popular vote by 5 million again… but this defeat was thorough enough to absolutely crush the morale of anyone who leans even a little bit left. Why should I waste my time and money supporting progressive policies when some people won’t even do the bare minimum to prevent Republicans from establishing a stranglehold on our government and institutions?
If the accelerationists thought that sitting out and handing the election to Trump was going to mobilize the left I’m afraid they’re going to be disappointed. You say there’s still time, but is there? I used to think the “Trump is a fascist” rhetoric was hyperbole until J6 happened, now the proof is on video. Just engaging with these posts on a leftist site could be getting me onto a McCarthy-style blacklist that would prevent me from getting a job.
There’s also a chance that the DNC still won’t get the message and we will do it all again in 2026, 2028, and so on. I guess beatings will continue until morale improves.
Allero@lemmy.today 6 months ago
Riots always start with local minority and get more and more people engaged.
America is not lost, and has plenty of people ready to take it on the streets. They just need a push. And having others around fighting for their future is the kind of push that can wake such people up. It’s way easier to join rather than start.
blarth@thelemmy.club 6 months ago
There’s nothing worth rioting for.
Allero@lemmy.today 6 months ago
Except minority rights, healthy immigration policy, right to abortion, fair economic policy, environmental policies, and a million other things.
leftytighty@slrpnk.net 6 months ago
Organize. Sabotage. General strike. Protest. Political action isn’t one day every four years.
Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 6 months ago
Yup. Robert Reich posted something that ended with “Take a moment to breathe, then let the resistance begin.”
And like, buddy, I’m sorry to say, if your resistance is only just beginning, then you are resisting the wrong thing and you will be ineffective. You should be fighting the entire empire, not just the unmasked pieces of it.
The election is your chance to ask for your preferred enemy, but if you don’t get it, your job doesn’t change.
VantaBrandon@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I wonder how many fellow lefties work for Xitler’s empire who are planning sabotage ops. As long as the payload wasn’t humans, watching a SpaceX rocket spectacularly fail would put a smile on my face, knowing that silent resistance is in motion
Turn that bolt just a few degrees to the wrong direction
Syntax errors? WOMM
LFG, burn this mother fuckers scam empire to the ground
We’ll make it to Mars on our terms, once we have a home to return to
victorz@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I had a chance to buy a Tesla. Chose not to. Chose a Volvo instead. All heroes don’t wear capes.
Hmm. I should buy a cape. Hey Google, remind me to buy a cape.
OpenPassageways@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
A general strike? Protests? Before this election I would have agreed with you. Now… half or more of the workers you’d need to pull that off voted for Trump.
A general strike right now would basically just be leftists self-blacklisting themselves and doing the fascists work for them.
If there’s anything this election has shown, it’s that there’s no unity on the left. Who are we organizing with since it’s clear that the cultists are a lost cause and the left can’t be relied on to show up when it matters most?
Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 6 months ago
The problem is you need violent insurrection against the system not a group of race. But the system is in control of communications and knows everything we’re saying, so there’s nothing you can do but protest, which does literally nothing
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Might be a lot smaller than a lever, but if you are a republican don’t stand there empty handed. Grab your dick and start jerking that puppy. This is what you always wanted you dumb sick fuck.
GBU_28@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Yep. I’m focused on looking after my community/friends who have targets on their back now.
Other than that I look to republicans and say “alright, this is all you now. Better be perfect!” They shouted and screeched that their way was best. Their god is in the seat. Time to deliver a “great economy”
Lemminary@lemmy.world 6 months ago
If my stupid family members is any indication, by “great economy” they mean they got one or two paychecks in the mail during Covid: “He made me rich!” Yes he did, you minimum wage slave.
Fedizen@lemmy.world 6 months ago
this is why I’m doing the “buy nothing 2025 challenge.” Would be a shame if consumer spending went down in january and sparked a panic.
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 6 months ago
From your moral high ground knowing you don’t vote for genocide
TheRealCharlesEames@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Seek help
Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I think previous poster is being critical of the moral high grounders that just sold the planet out, not actually supporting that shit.
SpongeBob “We did it, Patrick!” meme energy.
Looking at their comment history, they don’t appear to be a dipshit.
Korne127@lemmy.world 6 months ago
LMAO. Do you really think that? You have the moral inferiority because you are part of the reason for the pain and terror getting much worse, both in Gaza and for every minority in the US. A direct consequence of you and your likeminded’s actions.
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I was attempting to criticize the people who simply couldn’t vote for Harris for moral reasons, leading to a lower turnout than Biden in 2020, and allowing Trump to win.
I somehow failed to convey my point with that comment. Sorry for the confusion.
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You sure showed us who’s in charge of the party. And didn’t give a shit about anything else.
Voted for Harris, btw.
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’m not trying to argue, but I honestly don’t follow. Do you mean the DNC?
WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world 6 months ago
This will be everyone in Gaza when rapey gets in power.
Fedizen@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I mean you could also take the “don’t buy from US based corporations for 1 year challenge” starting january 1st 2025. Stock up on any corporate goods you need now then buy nothing for a year.
The pandemic market rallied because of a bailout after consumer spending plummeted. Would be a shame if the same thing happened and suddenly there was no emergency for a bailout.
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Go extreme minimalist. Buy practically nothing you cannot live without. Boycott everything. Politicians only listen to their gdp and stock numbers.
moon@lemmy.cafe 6 months ago
Except those people tied themselves to the track and started the train themselves… Completely voluntarily.
docoptix@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Unfortunately not true, a lot of people who didn’t vote for Neofascism will also suffer.
leftytighty@slrpnk.net 6 months ago
there’s nothing neo about this, let’s not even give them the credit of originality. This is exactly what happened 100 years ago.
Acters@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Whilst screaming make America great again
DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online 6 months ago
As a non-american, yup…
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You could always blow up the trolley.
hakunawazo@lemmy.world 6 months ago
KneeTitts@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Snowclone@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Victims are too white…
Five@slrpnk.net 6 months ago
Most of the darker skinned ones were already run over further back on the track.
Philharmonic3@lemmy.world 6 months ago
No.
AreaKode@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Then you’re going to have to learn some double-thing and join the fascists to make yourself feel better. Because Americans tend to hold feelings far more important than facts.
Philharmonic3@lemmy.world 6 months ago
No. I won’t just watch. I will fight
archomrade@midwest.social 6 months ago
And this is why libs are made fun of for their feckless electoralism.
Try organizing and building mutual aid networks instead of just sitting on your ass and watching.
Maybe in 4 years you’ll be better prepared.
Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Nobody was leftist enough for anyone this election. It was a shit show of allies with differences, fighting and calling each other Nazis. They got played by Trump, the dumbest man on earth.
I’ve had to vote for a shit sandwich in 2 elections now, just because the other option was staying home and let the fascists racists win.
Somehow to Americans. Liberal became a worse thing to be than a Nazi. Meanwhile the rest of the world who uses the Term Liberal differently, is just scratching their head watching these idiots
Formesse@lemmy.world 6 months ago
What KIND of liberal? There are several “liberal” variants and the two main defined variants are:
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Classic Liberalism - functionally the idea’s of the french revolution.
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Modern Liberalism - tack social justice into the mix, requiring government intervention to enforce it.
reality is, since about 1965-1970 left wing parties have been defined by the social justice bent. They have more or less been governed by an idea that they alone have the moral authority to define correct from wrong, that it is they that must define what is right wing - and over the years, a tremendous number of things, have been defined as right wing; we have seen a shift from Representatives defining laws and regulations - to regulatory agencies having the power to define the details devolved to them. We have seen the growth and bloat of bureaucracy, funded through increased taxes -and inflationary spending practices.
So the reason “liberal” is defined differently - is functionally that the definition of “liberal” has been redefined. And this reuse of terms - well: That has a storied history in a particular soviet nation. Political correctness has a very soviet history to it.
If you want to debate, and discredit a candidate based on their political stance/views and policies - ok: Do so. But maybe stop trying to define it as “nazi” - the term is ever more losing it’s weight in discussions, and that fact makes it very difficult to legitimately call out problematic entities. Because lets be clear: Trump is NOT A National Socialist - and that is a defining feature of the Nazi party.
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archomrade@midwest.social 6 months ago
If all you do is vote then you’re a big part of the problem.
queermunist@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
If only there was some🔻thing we could do.
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
Why would you waste so many prison slaves?
Zementid@feddit.nl 6 months ago
Funny how it’s the Dems fault the conservatives elected a fascist leader.
HerrBeter@lemmy.world 6 months ago
laughs like a school shooting
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 months ago
[deleted]Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 6 months ago
Why? I’m tired to the tracks just like you.
kreskin@lemmy.world 6 months ago
This metaphor has always been poor. Trains are locked on tracks. Harris’s campaign could have steered away from biden and his low approval rating, distance from the voters, and genocide, at any moment she wanted to. She wasnt locked on tracks. Pretending she was so its easy to yell at voters is a really unfortunate takeaway, and dooms the party to continuing to think in ways that will lose. The massive unpopular – historically so even-- incumbent lost. Thats what happened.
uniquethrowagay@feddit.org 6 months ago
Can we stop pretending this election was about Gaza?
wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’m not watching
Slovene@feddit.nl 6 months ago
The little engine that could
xia@lemmy.sdf.org 6 months ago
So the question is do you watch or turn away?
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Most likely, you’re on the track.
blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Unless you’re a cis straight white man…
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 6 months ago
They hate their own followers just as much as anybody else. Anybody who thinks the leopards won’t eat their faces is delusional.
dmMeYourNudes@lemmynsfw.com 6 months ago
A conservative Christian straight white man. Everyone else is at risk
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Who’s not openly atheist…
Lucky I’m not and would be willing to hide people if necessary.
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 6 months ago
Better also be financially well off
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Unless your poor.
PlainSimpleGarak@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Yeah it’s pretty nice.
garbagebagel@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’m Canadian, but I think after next year I’ll be on our own track, only with a slightly smaller and less effective train
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 6 months ago
But there’ll be a friendly announcement apologizing to the people about to be run over, right?