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In three weeks, Donald Trump has imploded whatever positive image the United States might have had internationally.

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[–] fallowseed@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

good old lefty progressivism reduced to: "look at what trump is doing!"

if you're truly progressive or left, you have as much ire for the democratic party-- if not more.

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You're getting downvoted by the same people who got upset by calling out that Kamala and Biden were not good candidates.

If they were, they would have beat this idiot.

The DNC has no idea, nor does it care, what people really need or want. They don't represent our reality. The only Dems who do are... You guessed it: Progressive.

AOC, Bernie, Ro Khana, Cori Bush, Nina Turner... None of them are supported by the establishment wing of the Democratic Party. All of them have people in mind over reelection.

It's time for a sea change.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

If they were, they would have beat this idiot.

I love the shifting of blame. I worry we'll still have to repeat "Binary choice with one option between a 34-time felon and insurrectionist" and people will still blame the dems for not fielding Mother Theresa. A can of spiced ham should have won.

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 month ago

I think Kamala was an embarrassment that deserved to be called out, Biden is evil, and the establishment often cares more about suppressing progressives than beating Republicans, but I absolutely downvoted that dumb as shit comment.

The Democrats can be responsible for failing to defeat fascism, complicit in genocide and the backsliding of civil rights, and a problem in need of active and forceful change without saying stupid things like they're just as bad as the guy empowering Nazis, destroying the civil service, and persecuting trans people with deadly results.

That's fucking stupid online edgelord politics.

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I used to think that the Democrats were the lesser evil, now I know they are a more insidious evil with polite rhetoric.

[–] jimmy90@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

were you saying this throughout the election or only after it?

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A few months after I voted for Biden and having realized I was fooled. But the realization came into full force after the insulting response I got from my Democratic representative in November 2023.

[–] jimmy90@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

so you helped get trump elected

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

No, I helped get Gaza flattened. I never voted Republican and never will. I think the DNC helped get Trump reelected.

[–] jimmy90@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

so you think criticizing the DNC and not voting for them is the best way to keep trump out of the whitehouse?