It’s an american presidential election cycle, time to show off what little you learned in the last 4 elections

  • Dolores [love/loves]@hexbear.net
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    8 months ago

    you’re not supposed to think about how capitulating voting pressure leaves exactly zero avenues for pressuring politicians they approve of

    • PKMKII [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      8 months ago

      See, there are other options on the table, they just don’t like the implication of those options. It’s about maintaining this illusion that the Democrats are a real political party built from member consensus and not a de facto official state party. Any realistic pressure path would require acknowledging the nature of the beast.