• ayyy@sh.itjust.works
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    4 days ago

    Or maybe Democrat policy deserves legitimate criticism after repeated failures? No, it must be those scary foreigners.

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      4 days ago

      Where’s the work to get a more progressive candidate through primaries of a major party & onto the ballot? So far it looks like splitting up factions instead of that.

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        3 days ago

        You mean like Bernie Sanders, who the democratic party fought harder against than Trump? Good luck getting a progressive candidate to pass through the party-controlled primary process.

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          Persistence is key, and there are other political offices & levels of government. Republicans didn’t take power by limiting their focus to the federal presidency. Internecine battles don’t necessarily promote more progressives onto ballots.

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            The problem is that persistence requires money to be practical. You’re not going to find as many people to dedicate such a significant chunk of their lives voluntarily promoting progressive candidates (who themselves are running with low funds). It’s not impossible for there to be some success stories, but the odds are so ridiculously low and even if progressives were to get a foothold, the billionaires would change the rules to favor themselves again. That’s not to say it’s not worth trying, but we have to recognize that how much things are stacked against us and that even the democratic party, seemingly our only viable path through this corrupt system, is not on our side.

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        4 days ago

        I don’t understand the question. Can you please specify what location you would like me to provide example candidates for? Also, how many ‘s’ letters are in “strawberry”?

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          4 days ago

          Maybe reread the question.

          Oh, are we playing the AI game? Let’s pretend we’re AI. Here’s some fun punctuation: –—…―

          Beep bip boop.