• Inaminate_Carbon_Rod@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    If you ask me that’s the last straw. No AOC and no Bernie on this, just holy crap.

    If I was American I’d be voting ONLY in the democratic primaries and then boycotting the general when an establishment shill is put forth.

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      18 hours ago

      thats pretty much what got us where we are. republicans have not won majorities or when when voter turnout is high since reagan. This is if we dig down deep enough we can get to the surface thinking. I mean I would vote john mccain over donald trump in a head to head.

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      5 days ago

      Yeah giving the GOP a clear run at a win is a sure way to see the change you want implemented!

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        5 days ago

        Vote blue no matter who is the most sickening slogan.

        It suggests they are entitled to your vote, even if they ignore the will of the people in the primaries.

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        “If you don’t vote for the billionaire owned Neoliberal then you get the billionaire owned Conservative”

        Yeah, no, we need to end this cycle where these two parties keep us as slaves.

        The Dems have proven multiple times they aren’t interested in helping people, we now have to take their power away and give it to someone who will.

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          We absolutely do need to end the cycle yes, but putting the GOP in absolute power isn’t going to make that happen, and it’s going to make a lot of things a lot worse for a lot of people in the process. Your sense of righteous indignation at the two party system doesn’t help people being black bagged by masked secret police and getting sent off to camps.

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            The GOP has had complete power my entire life. We are living in that reality.

            If it wasn’t for the Republicans passing laws that help the rich or Republicans blocking everything the Dems do, then the Dems might actually be held accountable for their failures.

            I agree we should try something different than the status quo