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Mamdani appoints top DNC and Obama adviser in bid to secure Democratic Party establishment support (www.wsws.org)

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[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Irrelevant. You only get two options. Bad or worse. And if you fail to vote, you get worse.

I do vote and I get worse anyway. And centrist shitheads interpret anything other than performative worship of their garbage party as not voting. You don't hjave to convince me to vote. You're just trying to convince me to shut up. You're getting what you want and you're gloating.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 0 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I think my point is, you're convincing other people to not vote. You may not intend that, but that's certainly what you're doing.

But how about we meet halfway. For every complaint you post online to the internet, where some random person will read it and feel bad and not vote, I also would love if you called your actual Democrat representative and tried influencing them for the changes you want.

That's surely not asking too much, right?

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I think my point is, you’re convincing other people to not vote

That's a convenient fiction you've concocted to silence valid criticism.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 0 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

81,283,501 voted for Biden.

75,017,613 voted for Harris.

What is your explanation for why 6 million extra people stayed home? Because my explanation is that 6 million people were dissuaded by negative attitude towards Democrats in general. But I'm happy to change my opinion if there's some good reasoning behind another explanation.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

What is your explanation for why 6 million extra people stayed home? Because my explanation is that 6 million people were dissuaded by negative attitude towards Democrats in general.

Clearly the only option is for all critics to shut up forever and pretend to love the genocide. Because that's what you're insisting on. AND NOTHING ELSE. The party will only get worse and that's the way you like it.

But I’m happy to change my opinion

lol no you're not.

if there’s some good reasoning behind another explanation.

There is no advocacy for the party ever stopping getting worse that you won't immediately shout down as helping republicans. You like what the party is doing.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

So no idea then?