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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Liberalism isn't going to save us. Way I see it, if we want a better country, we have three options:

  1. Violent revolution. This should be a last resort, and I don't think we are quite there yet.

  2. Wait for Fascism to collapse. It will. Problem is, A FUCKING LOT of people will suffer and die in the mean time.

  3. Mobilize a viable third party. No, not the Greens. They are just as corrupt as the rest, and they pal around with Fascist traitors. I'm talking about a real grass roots Leftist movement, starting from the ground up. Basically, use the exact same playbook that MAGA used. They spent the past decade taking over social media with their Manosphere bullshit, and suddenly Gen Z shifted hard to the Right, which younger generations almost never do. We need to take back that online space. Take over town hall meetings, take over school boards, take over city councils, show up in huge numbers to vote for actual good (or as good as we can get) judges and DA's. This also means volunteering, phone banking, door knocking, and most importantly of all, some of you need to run for office. Even something local can make a difference in your community. That's how MAGA won. They didn't even have the numbers. They just had the right strategy, and in their hubris, Democrats ignored it.

The third option is obviously what I prefer to happen. It'll take a few years, and we may not even win the White House in 2028. But this isn't about you or me. It's about the future of civilization. If they did it, so can we. Let's not be outsmarted by a bunch of people who worship a man who can't fucking read.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It would have been nice if Democrats were in a position but we're in a death spiral of articles like this being critical of them so fat fuck chance of ever winning another election.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (4 children)

fat fuck chance of ever ~~winning~~ another election

The democratic party joined the oligarchs a long time ago, what they did to Bernie was evidence. Now they’re the part of the system that failed. If there is another election, the opposition candidate will need to be a grassroots candidate working to fix the failures that this election demonstrated. Every state senator and house rep will need to support that candidate or the system is lost. And this is if there is another another election. I doubt there will be. And sadly, if there is, I feel that due to Russia and the oligarch’s influence, it will be a sham election to keep fascism in power.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Nope, sorry, I just saw a politico article about Newsom agreeing with Charlie Kirk on trans people in sports that basically boiled down to "FINALLY! SOMEONE understands that this is the most critical topic in America today, and for Democrats to win, they need to become republicans!"

The democrats aren't leading us anywhere. They're not going to save us. They have no vision besides being dollar store republicans and wondering why Republican voters keep choosing Republicans over them.

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How dare you say that on Lemmy, or Reddit for that matter! Democrats and liberal ideology can do NO WRONG in these parts!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Right? Look at how downvoted OP is as well as all the replies that are also critical of Democrats...

... Oh wait, it looks like you're full of shit.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago

Progressive ideals? Democrats can’t even spell it, let alone legislate it without corporate strings attached. Incisive critique of bipartisan failure and urgent call for accountability.

🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱

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