• aberrate_junior_beatnik (he/him)@midwest.social
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    9 days ago

    If we want real progress, we need to defeat the GOP and then completely dismantle and reform/replace the DNC.

    Why is this ordering necessary?

    This is so ridiculous. I won’t vote for Newsom under any circumstances. I’m so done with the blue no matter who mentality, a mentality which only applies when the candidate is basically a republican. When a progressive/moderate socialist wins the primary, the whole democrat party changes its tune to “well maybe a third party candidate is OK after all”.

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      9 days ago

      The ordering is necessary because we’ve had 9 months for some real progressive opposition to coalesce but this is the best we have to use against the orange shit stain. If you’re sick of this then put your money where your mouth is and go campaign for a real progressive or do it yourself and run in some elections. Just saying you’re above voting for blue is the same callous bullshit that got us here in the first place.

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        Just saying you’re above voting for blue is the same callous bullshit that got us here in the first place.

        Vote blue no matter who is absolutely the dominant strain of thought in the liberal left. If anything is to blame for “getting us here in the first place”, it’s decades of callously putting down people calling for something better.

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          9 days ago

          Doing nothing is also screwing us over. Go do something about it if you’ve had your fill with complaining. Canvas for a progressive, run for office yourself, vote blue, or watch the country crumble into fascism. It’s your choice.

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            9 days ago

            Sure, I’ll do all this, and I’ll continue to push back against reactionaries like Newsom. I never said people shouldn’t do anything, I never said I’d do nothing, this is just dodging the question at hand.