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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Have the day you voted for.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Well I didn’t vote for it and my premiums are still going up $800 a month.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Welcome to Democracy.

Where your life is run by Idiot America.

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Not a democracy; most Americans want single payer

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Americans want many things but are rarely willing to do anything for them… specially if a medicum of their effort may benefit someone else

So instead of a society, you get a Mad Max style race to the bottom

[–] velindora@lemmy.cafe -3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Did you cast a vote for Harris?

[–] audaxdreik@pawb.social 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Tired of these talking points. So many leftists held their nose and voted for Harris. Not only do we not get adequate representation, but we also can't voice or opinion lest we "depress the vote"?

She was a dogshit candidate who depressed her own vote like when she tapped her brother-in-law from Uber and stopped pushing popular positions like workers rights, https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/04/us/politics/kamala-harris-tony-west.html

It's not a mystery.

[–] UnspecificGravity@infosec.pub 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

For real.

Yes, Trump is the one fucking us. Yes, Harris wouldn't have fucked us this hard.

But these aren't problems we would have if the DNC had decided to do an actual primary instead of just handing their reins over to a senile old man and his hand-picked successor. That isn't how democracy works and its a big part of why we are so fundamentally fucked right now.

Or even, short of a primary, holding a single position everyone fucking wants instead of using horror of the other guy to push their distasteful oligarch fellating agenda on america against basically everyone's wishes.

They're more interested in beating us than beating fascism, and that means they're on team fasch. Never blue. Never again. Not at any level.

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

nooooooo, surely if everyone continues to hold their nose and vote for the controlled opposition things will change

/s

[–] Soulg@ani.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Even if they voted 3rd party instead Trump would still have won, what point do you think you're making?

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

exactly...so you have to usurp the party from within, same as MAGA did with the GOP.

this is how the DSA operates, only progressives in the room that know what the fuck they're doing

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Scenario:

You need to clean your messy floors. There's a broom in one corner, and a dustpan somewhere. There's a vacuum cleaner in the closet but it's not plugged in and the filter may need cleaning. There's also a man with a gun to your head, telling to to ro exactly as he says, or he'll pull the trigger.

The liberal solution is to make sure the gun, the closest tool and only one in easy reach, is working at peak efficiency, and criticize all the others as impossibilities. Then maybe suck the guy off, even though he wasn't asking for it, just out of gratitude for helping you clean.

[–] velindora@lemmy.cafe -5 points 1 day ago

She was dog shit, for sure. What kind of shit was Trump?

Personally… I LOVE that Trump won. I’m exiting the country in < 6mo, and you losers can sleep in the bed you made.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] skeezix@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

i looked it up, you voted for Drumpf

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Just letting you know I block this toxic entitled bullshit on the assumption that you're a Russian troll.

[–] velindora@lemmy.cafe 1 points 17 hours ago

I think if you dislike a person you should block them.