When Harris was out giving speeches heavy on economic populism, polls consistently showed her in the lead.
When, at the behest of the donor class and their stooges in the DNC, she switched away from populism and to standard, vacuous neo-liberalism, that lead vanished, never to return.
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There’s an important question though. Does the DNC actually want to win?
I honestly don’t think they do. I think they’ve found a comfortable and profitable role as the controlled opposition, all of this hand-wringing is just for show, and what they’re in fact going to do is just install another bunch of neo-liberal establishment hacks and go right back to their standard tactics of condemning the republicans while making excuses for failing to actually do anything about them, and promising that if only we give them more money, they’ll surely stand up for us after the next election.
I’d love for them to prove me wrong. I would’ve loved that anyway, but it’s especially significant now, because the US is circling the bowl, and the time for meaningfully promising anything is rapidly running out. This isn’t just a moment when the DNC needs to step up to reclaim some integrity - they need to step up to do their part to save the US from the destruction the Trumpists are hellbent on bringing.
I’m with you, they seem to really like being the underdogs and it seems to work out well for them from a fundraising perspective. It definitely feels like they’re angling to just barely lose.
I hope they eventually prove me wrong too, but it does feel like when they do well enough to win it’s mostly an unfortunate accident in their eyes.
Does the DNC actually want to win? I honestly don’t think they do.
Yes. They do.
It’s not a super-duper-double-twist-psyop-gotcha-infinity-plus-one “controlled opposition”. That’s just on tv. In real life, it turns out to be really hard to get people out to the polls on election day. And the champions of evil have been working that point down to the ground for decades.
Here’s a hint:
When Harris was out giving speeches heavy on economic populism, polls consistently showed her in the lead.
When, at the behest of the donor class and their stooges in the DNC, she switched away from populism and to standard, vacuous neo-liberalism, that lead vanished, never to return.
——————————
There’s an important question though. Does the DNC actually want to win?
I honestly don’t think they do. I think they’ve found a comfortable and profitable role as the controlled opposition, all of this hand-wringing is just for show, and what they’re in fact going to do is just install another bunch of neo-liberal establishment hacks and go right back to their standard tactics of condemning the republicans while making excuses for failing to actually do anything about them, and promising that if only we give them more money, they’ll surely stand up for us after the next election.
I’d love for them to prove me wrong. I would’ve loved that anyway, but it’s especially significant now, because the US is circling the bowl, and the time for meaningfully promising anything is rapidly running out. This isn’t just a moment when the DNC needs to step up to reclaim some integrity - they need to step up to do their part to save the US from the destruction the Trumpists are hellbent on bringing.
Will they?
I’m with you, they seem to really like being the underdogs and it seems to work out well for them from a fundraising perspective. It definitely feels like they’re angling to just barely lose.
I hope they eventually prove me wrong too, but it does feel like when they do well enough to win it’s mostly an unfortunate accident in their eyes.
I too would LOVE to be proven wrong but it is seems unlikely.
Yes. They do.
It’s not a super-duper-double-twist-psyop-gotcha-infinity-plus-one “controlled opposition”. That’s just on tv. In real life, it turns out to be really hard to get people out to the polls on election day. And the champions of evil have been working that point down to the ground for decades.
Oh you sweet summer child.
This dude used to post memes claiming Biden was the most progressive canidate since FDR, you can ignore every time they praise the DNC.
When you’ve pissed away all your credibility, it is.