Bernie should have won.
Fuck everyone who voted for Hillary in the primary to guarantee a trump presidency.
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Bernie should have won.
Its funny, because one of the worst things about him has been his decades-long staunch support for the Israeli state.
The big difference between Sanders and Biden is that he's cognizant. The ship is turning on US support for Israel and Bernie sees it. But Biden's got his head entirely lodged inside the Beltway news circuit. He's more worried about how Claudine Gay's firing is going to impact his poll numbers than what horrors Netanyahu plans to inflict on Gaza in order to force Palestinians into a Congolese exile.
It was less that and more the Democratic Party completely rigging the election, and committing election fraud, in plain sight for the primaries.
the Democratic Party completely rigging the election
Its very hard to do the "Vote Blue No Matter Who" rah-rah election dance in The Most Important Race of Our Lives, when you've got "elections are horribly run and routinely compromised by party insiders" rolling around in the back of your head.
I've been a Texas resident for my entire voting life, and the GOP nakedly fucking with the elections process is just something I can't talk about to anyone.
As a Texan, I concur. I've talked about it.
It either falls upon deaf ears, or it's quietly agreed to and pushed into the background so as not to cause waves.
When polite discourse doesn't work, it leaves people looking for alternatives to talk.
Sadly, being humans, violence inevitably is proposed at some point.
I don't condone violence, but Martin Luther King Jr. made a salient point, "A riot is the voice of the unheard."
The grand experiment that was America is crumbling before our eyes, and I am unsure if we as Americans can make things better without it getting worse first, and ultimately becoming something else in its place.
Sadly, being humans, violence inevitably is proposed at some point.
Cornered rat engages in uncivil conduct, news at eleven.
I don’t condone violence, but Martin Luther King Jr. made a salient point, “A riot is the voice of the unheard.”
There's a real argument that MLK's movement was a failure thanks to its refusal to engage in civil defense. Getting chewed on by an attack dog on the Montgomery Bridge wins you some sympathy points on the national stage. But, in the end, the Walter Gadsdens of the 1960s were replaced by the Sandra Blands of the 2010s. Police moved the violence from the streets to the prison cells and the liberal voter base lost sight of the problem.
What can men do against such reckless hate?
The grand experiment that was America is crumbling before our eyes
The illusion that we fashioned in the 70s and 80s is, perhaps, fading. The story we were all told in grade school about America being this beacon of liberty, this shining city on a hill, is wearing thin. But the America we're left with isn't that different from the America we started with when the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s kicked into high gear.
The Reagan-Era papered it over so long as a big portion of the whiter population could live fat, happy lives in the suburbs. Now the suburbs are failing and white professionals are no longer this privileged segregated class. We're being forced to live in the same shit as everyone else, while some asshole bureaucrats in DC and on Wall Street hold up a big Line Goes Up graph and demand that we clap.
I am unsure if we as Americans can make things better without it getting worse first
I think, one way or another, the brutal authoritarian state we've constructed to oppress dissent is going to have to break. Maybe it'll break from too many white nationalists tearing it apart from the inside. Maybe it'll break when too many angry proletarian Millennials and Zoomers tear it apart from the outside. Maybe it'll hold and things will continue to get worse.
But somethings got to give if you want change.
I didn't see any election fraud. Can you explain how the fraud worked?
They destroyed the Iowa caucus.
That was 2020 though.
It's also the way baseless smears (he owns more than one home! He once wrote something that, if taken completely out of context, is misogynist!) were amplified by neoliberals. The same neoliberals that would throw a hissy fit if someone mentioned how much Hillary "earned" from speaking to banks and hedge funds.
But if Biden can just ignore congressional oversight, what will this do? Can someone sue to enforce oversight?
He's currently behind the mango Mussolini in the polls and, other than "at least I'm not the other guy" being a much less effective strategy for an incumbent than a challenger no matter how awful the challenger is, this is the main reason.
Biden may be a corrupt right wing reactionary, but he's not enough of a fool that he's not beginning to realize the fact that he probably has to change course on this or run a very high risk of losing the last fair and open US presidential election.
I'm voting for Trump just to piss off biden supporters.
If they have a problem with me doing that, they can nominate someone who represents my interests.
I'm gonna wear a big shirt if Trump wins that says, "I voted for Trump because democrats nominated Biden."
I can't bring myself to vote for the guy that's probably going to put me in a camp for being trans.
Instead I'm voting for Hillary Clinton. It's still her turn!
Meanwhile congress is slap fighting over who gets to kill the poor
Blame their constituencies.
80% of Democrats support a ceasefire.
Why don't 80% of Democratic politicians?
Because they know they can get elected without opposing Israel.
Which goes back to their constituency.
Well when their choices on the ballot are to support Israel or support Israel, what is the constituency supposed to do?
Why are their choices only to support Israel?
AIPAC
What about it?
Edit: He just downvoted me without an answer, so we can safely assume he has no real argument.
It is the fault of the constituency. People can run for office while opposing Israel, but voters have been brainwashed into thinking otherwise.
I didn't downvote you 🙄 there's more people here than just us.
People who run for office while opposing Israel end up with AIPAC targeting them. Next you're going to say that it's the constituency's fault for big money deciding political races and that it shouldn't matter that 100 million is being dumped to fight progressives.
Running for congress takes money. Run for office while opposing Israel and your opponent will suddenly be flush with cash.
It's not the constituency's fault that they're being bombarded with propaganda and only presented with bad choices.
Better late than never I guess.
If you followed the news, you would know that he has been critical of US support of Israel this entire time.
If you followed the news you would know he refused to endorse the calls for a ceasefire. Very disappointing.
why no call for a ceasefire?
Cutting funding does more to bring about a seize fire than just asking nicely
We shouldn't ask nicely.
How's a no-fly zone sound? Cuz if South Africa succeeds in it's case against Israel, the UN charter compels member states (including the US) to take action to prevent genocide.
Defunding Israel is a good start, though.
About time.
Hes been pushing for it for months if not decades.
He was last heard opposing a ceasefire.
Are you sure you're remembering right?
Yeah you're right, this is consistent with his previous position. Supporting calls for a ceasefire would be better and I'm still disappointed he doesn't, but this is still good.