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@TradeUnionJake And most establishment Dems are afraid of their own voters - why they rarely host open townhalls and field questions

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@TrinityMustache Democrats popularity was at lowest point in 30 years right after the second loss to Trump, after the Party had no formal process for selecting Harris who ran a moderate, tough on immigration, pro war agenda.

But sure, blame it on DSA, who has like 10 sears in Congress

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Our society has been conditioned for 60 years to be scared of socialism. That's intentional

Organizers need to stop focusing on the label and ask people what policies they support.. there is overwhelming support for many "socialist" policies, we don't need to die on a hill

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@newanimeavi Except liberalism doesn't practically advocate for those things. Socialism does

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@minervas_muse Socialism and communism are so unsuccessful that China is outpacing the US in most indicators of national strength (manufacturing, clean energy, math and science, health outcomes, housing).. except military spending.

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@agraybee Lol actually that exactly how political parties work. Look at the Democratic party. Everyone from Fetterman to Mamdani

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@bendreyfuss There's difference between status quo policies (neo liberalism, free market) that have been implemented for decades and created the affordability crisis, and regurgitated socialist policies that are never implemented

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@nwarikoo The NAACP literally put out a explicit call out to the Biden admin in June 2024 that their support for Israel's violence did not value human rights and was likely to turn off black voters.

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@oh_HOLMES Facts 💯💯

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@hilaryr Voters love when you tell them what to care about

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@SireRottweiler Our federal tax dollars being used for endless wars overseas rather than being sent back to states for basic sh*t like infrastructure and schools is why our cities and states comes up short with more constrained budgets

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@mattyglesias I'm old enough to remember when the Hillary campaign and other DNC types invested in the strategy of elevating Trump because they thought it would be better to run against the party's "extremist" faction.

Look how that turned out.

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@Jesse_Leg .... We didn't fight like hell. I doubt any DSA group even spent any time on this niche issue

People talked about why it doesn't make sense (it doesn't) and Dems did what they always do. Maintain the status quo

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@FTrilliams What concerns were leftists saying were divisive? Genuinely curious.

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@joewrote Move it to Georgia, where the Party is building actual political power, has two Senators (one black), and are closing in on the Governor office. SC has a relatively small population and will probably never be blue in our lifetimes

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@BreakingBrown Yes, that's the point. Go Georgia, that actually has Dem Senators (the top fundraiser in the country) and potentially a black Governor. Use the primaries to build power in Georgia. Versus SC, which will probably never be blue in my lifetime.

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@ChiefTeef8 He is a truth teller. How many Dems are willing to call Netanyahu a war criminal?

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@briebriejoy You need to get off the Internet and talk to real people. Many rallied for him because he stood on policies most establishment Dems won't. And because he was pro choice, countering Susan Collins. You're flattening voters if you thought we just liked a gruff white dude

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@JJM352588 She wasn't splitting the vote with someone who lost the Dem primary then ran as an independent. Nor was she outspent like 10 to 1.