ID: ally @missmayn posted: “the democrats were more energized and organized against campus protests than the current authoritarian takeover.”

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    17 days ago

    What tangible evidence do they have that moving left will gain them more votes than it will cost them?

    Actual data from Bernie Sanders’ campaign showing that he was vastly more popular overall (and especially in red states) than the centrists.

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        17 days ago

        And? Do you think an endorsement automatically means everyone who would have voted for Bernie would vote for Harris? Like I said, Bernie’s popularity over other Democratic candidates was most pronounced in red states. Those votes didn’t transfer to Harris, they transfered to Trump, or to no one at all.

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            16 days ago

            Why do you insist on absolving the Democrats of responsibility for their own decisions? It’s on them to learn the right lessons, and they didn’t. It is difficult to get someone to understand something when their salary depends on them not understanding it. Left-populism is the clear solution to their problems but it scares them because it is in direct opposition to their financial interests.

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              16 days ago

              Why do you insist on absolving the Democrats of responsibility for their own decisions?

              So they will repeat their mistakes.

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        16 days ago

        Dick Cheney did too. I don’t see you using it as an argument that the party should stop simping for war criminals.