• Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Congratulation to Melat Kiros, this just proves what I’ve so often claimed here on Lemmy.
    That the best bet for change, is to become a member of the Democratic party, and help change it from within.

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      2 months ago

      If only more young people saw this reality rather than the moronic:

      “DEMS BAD! LET DEMS LOSE TO FASCIST TO TEACH DEMS LESSON! OH WAIT, WHY ARE WE NOW COMMITTING 500 MORE GENOCIDES AND NO LONGER HAVE FAIR ELECTIONS?”

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        2 months ago

        Nobody is saying that, they’re saying to set a minimum standard to vote democrat so that candidates like this get elected. This is where they gloat and say they were right.

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        2 months ago

        Yes, and Republicans will do absolutely zero to change that, because abusing the system is one of their main strategies.
        And old school Democrats won’t change it either for some reason, despite calling themselves democrats.
        So it’s a long process of first changing the Democratic party from within, and then hopefully get the power to modernize democracy in USA.

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          2 months ago

          old school Democrats won’t change it either for some reason

          Because the ratchet effect will stop working when they’re no longer able to buy primaries and then run as the only realistic alternative to fascism.

          The current system protects the DNC from losing power to the effectively disenfranchised Left more than anything else.

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            2 months ago

            This is so sad IMO, because it’s probably true.
            Shedding a tear for the country I once admired. 😥

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            2 months ago

            The ratchet effect is non-voters doing jack shit to clean things up while the sycophants continue to get their way. Cant blame the Dems for that one.

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              2 months ago

              Why do you think you hear so many ‘Leftists’ screaming Both Sides Are The Same?

              Nonvoting always helps the Right, because those guys go to the polls every chance they get.