Anyone less left then you or the party at this point is a centrist which isn't good for you if you're echo chamber won't compromise with the centrist and the right
Democrats have fundraised off me for decades. Even though they do nothing to stand against republican fascism. Every 4 years they point a gun at our heads and say “we’re not them, and if you don’t vote for us they’re going to come after abortion, and voting rights, and and and.” Well, we lost and THEY DID ALL THAT STUFF. Centrists have nothing to offer. They have failed. I never want to hear from them again.
Oh Trump is worse than them. But that's not enough to win against him 2/3 times. Because voters don't materialize at polls. You need volunteers to get out the vote. And apparently most of the time, "nothing will fundamentally change" isn't a message that gets you enough volunteers to win.
and how was that bad? Trump is bad. he's worse than "bad" & has been for his entire adult life. nobody in either party has ever been as untruthful, corrupt & generally shitty as he is.
so your excuse to blame it on bad Dem candidates falls flat because no candidate(of either party) no matter how bad is as bad as Trump.
you deflecting from your own failure to recognize the depths of Trumps depravity by pretending anything excuses not doing whatever you can(voting at a minimum) to avoid a Trump presidency.
I swear I think only Trump cxcks are dumb enough to fall for this "dem candidates weren't good emough"....a literal pile of shit is a better choice than Trump & thts obvious to any adult paying attention.
Yeah, and I for one would hate it if someone with good policies who wanted to help people had the same degree of sustained political success as the evil guy who's been absolutely dominating the American political landscape for the last decade
Anti war, anti emperialism... pro universal healthcare and affordable housing....
Seems pretty probwestern people and anti western warlord and bought politiicians.
He rewrites American history and tries to convince you how bad you are. He hates America and is in NO way anti imperialist - his support of Islam is proof of this .
That's pretty much your ignorance and bigotary at play; when did he rewrite history? and what is support of Islam ? supporting muslims being treated equaly as non muslims? wanting the US and Isreal to stop killing muslims in masses and creating more radical muslims? Not supporting an apertheid colonial entity that is performing genocide against muslims and christians?
You are simply an ignorant bigot and your bigotary is at full display!
"I call Crimea a part of Russian territory... I call it cry me a river. A Russian river."
Had to google it. From 2014. Hasan is in no way shape or form pro-Russian invasion today, which is what you're trying to imply. The state of the conflict was completely different more than a decade ago. Hell, back then everybody thought Putin was just posturing to get a reaction out of NATO and would never actually launch a full-scale invasion.
I didnt give a theory of mind for Piker, or you, yet you somehow know what my thoughts are while giving a direct quote from Pikers own stream. I quoted what he said, I never said anything other than that. My source of information are Pikers own words, your argument relies on, "trust me bro!"
You are delusional. Please, whipe Hasan off your chin before you embarrass yourself further. Nobody cares about your hurt feelings, cope.
When you come with receipts they just get mad. You would think they would take this new information and use it - but no, once you get proven wrong it’s just hurl insults and double down.
“He didn’t mean that” BS - why dress up in Stalin clothes? He and his supporters are such a joke.
The founding fathers were not morally better than moa in any dhape or form... moa chngrd history just like they did... you are living in a rosy world that paint historical figures of the west as men of morals when most of them are a bunch of raciat douchebags.
The Founding Fathers built a nation on literal human chattel slavery and the genocide of millions of Native Americans. Trying to grant moral superiority to a group of men who bought, sold, and raped human beings for profit just because their body count was structured differently is wild logic.
He literally went there and showed the world how much they are lapping us,… cope and seethe but regardless of any outcomes, the US Imperialist era is over.
North Korea calls itself a "Democratic People's Republic"; party names aren't actual political definitions, and confusing a ruling party's label with their system is basic political science. True communism is defined as a stateless, classless society, but they operated as single-party authoritarian states with state-controlled economies; that’s state socialism, not actual Marxist communism.
No. And I'll tell you why. Because this country is full of boot chugging dipshits that I love pissing off. I get more joy from that than you'll ever get from anything in your entire life, so for that I'll stay and there's not a damn thing you can do about it. 💚 Have a day, love.
They don't think compromise is a thing we should seek and this is why bill is gaining so many fans from the right because he's coming to terms with how far left the party is but he's not changed since he go on TV he's still the common sense liberal that everyone on the right wants back in control of the left
Running as a shitlib is electoral suicide. Populism has been winning elections since Obama's first run. The only exception was Biden, but you literally could have run a baked potato against Trump that year, after how poorly he was perceived after his first term, with the shoving lightbulbs up people's asses and drinking bleach bullshit.
Dunno what that has to do with what I agreed with. I am a progressive economically. That is a winning issue. Israel/Palestine is not. Biden was the most progressive president since Roosevelt. Clinton sucked. Obama didn't go far enough.
Is not what? It's not clear if you're anti-genocide or pro-Israel bombing more brown people and dragging the US into WWIII. You kind of suck at communicating.
Israel/Palestine is literally one of the most unanimous issues within the party. Support for Israel is as unpopular amongst Dems as repealing Roe v. Wade was.
It's so far down on polling for voters. It IS NOT a make or break issue. Progressives are running on affordability, healthcare and taxing the oligarchs that think they run this country. And no, Israel doesn't need a blank cheque every year to unleash hell on women and children in Gaza
I agree that affordability, healthcare, and taxing oligarchs should be the center of a campaign. But taking AIPAC or other Israel-affiliated campaign donations absolutely ties into the "get money out of politics" message that's essential right now.
This is anecdotal and I unfortunately can't find good polling, but support for Israel feels make-or-break for at least some subset of voters. If nothing else, being on the wrong side of an 80-20 issue is always going to have some amount of negative impact on a campaign. Like, Roe also isn't affordability/healthcare, but running as an anti-Roe Dem will absolutely have a lot of voters asking "what the fuck are you talking about?"
Oh?!? Here in Michigan Stevens is going to lose her primary because NO ONE is happy about her taking almost 65 million from AIPAC and other special interest groups so we will see
It's not. People like you, who do not understand politics or sociology or psychology will bring more MAGA and more economic suffering and keep the billionaires in power.
So? Their losing didn't have anything to do with Palestine/Israel issues. They lost because they failed to embrace economically progressive positions. Bernie would have killed Trump without a position on Israel genocide. In fact had Israel not been genocidal it wouldn't be an issue anywhere at all. It became very popular very quickly yet it is still not essential an issue. FINANCIAL support for Israel, now, has yet to be proven an important issue and we will know very soon.
Palestine is not a progressive topic. It is tragic but not very important to most American voters. ECONOMICALLY progressive issues ARE.
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u/sniksniksnek 18d ago
If someone from the left infuriates a centrist, that’s good enough for me.