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  • Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Most likely, you’re on the track.

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    • blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Unless you’re a cis straight white man…

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      • Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.

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      • dmMeYourNudes@lemmynsfw.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        A conservative Christian straight white man. Everyone else is at risk

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      • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Who’s not openly atheist…

        Lucky I’m not and would be willing to hide people if necessary.

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      • EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Better also be financially well off

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      • ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Unless your poor.

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      • PlainSimpleGarak@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah it’s pretty nice.

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    • garbagebagel@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨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

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      • Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        But there’ll be a friendly announcement apologizing to the people about to be run over, right?

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  • spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I tried to pull the lever but lost to all the people pulling the other way.

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    • Asafum@feddit.nl ⁨5⁩ ⁨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. :/

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      • spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.

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      • TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.

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      • Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.

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      • Alteon@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨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).

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      • UristMcHolland@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        We probably didn’t need the lockdowns because COVID spread regardless :(

        Gee I wonder why that happened. Couldn’t have been this

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      • DogWater@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.

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  • Allero@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.

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    • rsuri@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What would rioting do though besides serve as an excuse to ram in fascism

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      • Allero@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.

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      • sukhmel@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨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

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    • jol@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      55% of your countrymen chose fascism. If you don’t want fascism I think it’s time to leave.

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      • MrMcGasion@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.

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      • Thrashy@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨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?”

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    • OpenPassageways@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.

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      • Allero@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.

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    • blarth@thelemmy.club ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There’s nothing worth rioting for.

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      • Allero@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Except minority rights, healthy immigration policy, right to abortion, fair economic policy, environmental policies, and a million other things.

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  • leftytighty@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Organize. Sabotage. General strike. Protest. Political action isn’t one day every four years.

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    • Excrubulent@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.

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    • VantaBrandon@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨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

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      • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.

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    • OpenPassageways@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨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?

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    • Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨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

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  • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.

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  • GBU_28@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨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”

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    • Lemminary@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.

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    • Fedizen@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.

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  • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    From your moral high ground knowing you don’t vote for genocide

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    • TheRealCharlesEames@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Seek help

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      • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.

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      • zerog_bandit@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    • Korne127@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.

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      • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.

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    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.

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      • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’m not trying to argue, but I honestly don’t follow. Do you mean the DNC?

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    • WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This will be everyone in Gaza when rapey gets in power.

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  • Fedizen@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.

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    • Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Go extreme minimalist. Buy practically nothing you cannot live without. Boycott everything. Politicians only listen to their gdp and stock numbers.

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  • moon@lemmy.cafe ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Except those people tied themselves to the track and started the train themselves… Completely voluntarily.

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    • docoptix@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Unfortunately not true, a lot of people who didn’t vote for Neofascism will also suffer.

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      • leftytighty@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.

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    • Acters@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Whilst screaming make America great again

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  • DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    As a non-american, yup…

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  • RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You could always blow up the trolley.

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    • pinkystew@reddthat.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Who could?

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      • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You could! With the power of reading!

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  • hakunawazo@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    • KneeTitts@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • Snowclone@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Victims are too white…

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    • Five@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Most of the darker skinned ones were already run over further back on the track.

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  • Philharmonic3@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No.

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    • AreaKode@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.

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      • Philharmonic3@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        No. I won’t just watch. I will fight

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  • archomrade@midwest.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.

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    • Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨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

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      • Formesse@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        What KIND of liberal? There are several “liberal” variants and the two main defined variants are:

        • Classic Liberalism - functionally the idea’s of the french revolution.

        • 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 ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        If all you do is vote then you’re a big part of the problem.

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  • queermunist@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If only there was some🔻thing we could do.

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  • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Why would you waste so many prison slaves?

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    • Zementid@feddit.nl ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Funny how it’s the Dems fault the conservatives elected a fascist leader.

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    • HerrBeter@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      laughs like a school shooting

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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    • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Why? I’m tired to the tracks just like you.

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  • kreskin@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.

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    • uniquethrowagay@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Can we stop pretending this election was about Gaza?

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  • wowwoweowza@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m not watching

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  • Slovene@feddit.nl ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The little engine that could

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  • xia@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So the question is do you watch or turn away?

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