The United States went so hard on being anti-communist that we became anti community.
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Guy_Fieris_Hair@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You must be young. Because Republicans will vote for a criminal before they vote for “communism”. Because the Republicans attempt to destroy the educational system to keep people dumb enough to vote for them has worked. Because dispite the corporate media pandering and acting like they want Harris Because that’s what their viewers want, their billionaire owners don’t. They want the republican led centrist enabled tax breaks on their money. Harris has also brought in the progressives which have zero tolerance for the centrist mindset. She is in a situation where she has to dance a dance of trying to reel in the progressives even though they are going to throw a fit when she panders to the centrists and the corporate overlords.
The system is made and controlled by the billionaires. No hard progressive that doesn’t play the game a little is going to get elected… right now. They will destroy anyone that threatens their billions. Everytime she goes a little too hard left they throw a fit.
Welcome to end stage capitalism.
KinglyWeevil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Poor Bernie…
Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I still Bern myself, though at least Harris’s votes have aligned with Bernie’s more than any other congressman.
JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I still wonder where we would be if he won in 2016
Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s a suffering trap because we all know 1) how good it would have been, and 2) A true progressive will never be allowed the nomination as long as the DNC exists in its current form.
Better to use that time to figure out what up and coming politicians have Bernie’s heart for when the future sentiment shifts.