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Progressives: The Democrats need to stop going high when the other side goes low. That's why they're always losing.
Democrats: We're going to prop up third party candidates to siphon Republican voters like they do to us.
Progressives: Not like that!
And the Dems dicked with RFK to get him to run independent instead of possibly getting a Democratic delegate. Both parties will do whatever necessary to make sure the two-party system is maintained and outsiders don't threaten their control. What else is new?
Yep!!
Hi friend! I appreciate your work. Keep on fighting the good fight, and maybe Trump will win this one against the duopoly. Thank you!
Would you want that piece of shit representing your party? Oh..
Never mind. lol.
Rfk is not a dem. He should never have run dem. He’s a republican or libertarian, and also a plant just like Jill to steal votes from dems. Gtfo with that both sides shit.
Then the Dems would have nothing to fear by letting him run in the primary, right? Oh wait...if he got even 1 delegate, they couldn't have just handed the nomination to Harris. There might have been a debate or a vote? The party that's "defending democracy" can't have that, I guess.
And in some instances, both sides actually do the same shit. Can you really not see that since at least Perot, if not McGovern, they've both been doing whatever possible to exclude third parties when they're a threat, or support them when it's convenient?
I bet you think professional wrestling is real too...
If you think rfk was ever a real candidate and not a prop from the right wing to disrupt the democrat turnout then I mostly just feel sorry for you.
I’m guessing you’re the kind of person that would wanna hear “both sides” on topics like was the holocaust actually a good thing or not.
Who cares who got RFK to run? Let the candidates debate, and let the citizens vote. Why are so many people scared of that concept that no one is talking about the fact that the DNC rigged three consecutive primaries?
I do believe that just about every major issue that this country/world is facing deserves a more nuanced discussion than just the (R) and (D) party platforms. Life is rarely that simple. Wouldn't you like to have had a better idea of where Harris stands on everything and maybe have been questioned and challenged a bit before the convention? Or are you just happy to have a not-Trump candidate that isn't senile?
Hi friend! I appreciate your work. Keep on fighting the good fight, and maybe Trump will win this one. Thank you!
It would be nice to have a nuanced discussion, but before that can happen going to have to convince the opposition to stop sending some crazy guy that screams lies about people eating dogs and cats to debate with.
That'll only happen if the crazy guy loses.
And what the fuck does the holocaust have to do with anything?
Yep. Only in his case, he was so obviously bonkers that he only appealed to Republicans who wanted a slightly different flavor of insanity from Trump, so pushing him was something of a foot-bullet.
Third parties in the US are almost exclusively tools for siphoning votes off the main parties.
But if you still think government runs the show you are out to lunch. Corporations have been dictating policy for a long long time in the US, and the laws are only making it easier for corporations to directly own politicians.
The only one who will change this is if a huge amount of voters organizing and demanding change. Like current levels Republican stochastic terrorism, but for things like healthcare, education, workers rights, consumer rights etc.
Corporations spend a lot of time and money taking these things away from us, and we've been generally watching the middle class disappear for decades.
It will take sustained, active, pressure, and vigilance from the people to make corporate money is not worth it and politicians make decisions based on benefitting their constituents.
Unfortunately, nowadays most constituents only care about making life difficult for others instead of better for everyone including themselves.
But we can at least start by going after Citizens United. Stochastic that shit please.
Are... you becoming self-aware?
What do you mean?
Please don't gaslight us. It's a terrible look.
Hey friend, he's just here for the articles and definitely-existant discussion. Thank you!
Was wondering the same thing. wtf is going on here? Something isn’t right.
I've got to assume they are finally understanding that they need to keep up some kind of facade for this to work. Theyve been incredibly obvious this whole time. Or maybe the handlers finally fired those other morons running the account.
Hey, friend. I don't know what that means. Thank you!
OP is well known here and has been pretty obvious that they are not here in good faith.
Friend, they're just trying to help the Satan-Jesus fight the duopoly!
Sorry friend, didn't write the comment, just posted what someone else said. Thanks!
The content they left is a common quote from them
Well fuck, huge whoosh for me. It stays as a monument to my failure.
I'M NOT VOTING FOR HER
Thank you
(They're mocking OP)
Hey friend, I'm not sure what you mean. I'm just here for discussing the articles!
Oh, I just noticed you made this account specifically for this purpose lol
Friend, I'm just here to discuss the articles. Is there a rule that says I can't make an account and then make comments afterwards? If you believe there is, take it up with the mods. Thanks!
oh my fucking god I almost got mad and then I realized
Great post, friend!
Ah, even the name. Nice.
other posters of this type post chaff for this purpose yeah
Wow, a mod just deleted that post of mine...
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This whole time, I've been seeing West on polls and assuming Kanye West was still on the ballot