• bufalo1973@piefed.social
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    The problem wasn’t Harris. Was the repeated cycle of “vote for us or they will come”. It was the same with Biden and Hillary. Had the Dems go with a valid candidate and not a finger appointed glass of temperate water that only was more of the same shit, Trump wouldn’t have stand a chance.

    Every time the “vote for us or else” threat is used it loses strength, because the “vote for us” part is only “we keep the things just as they are now”. And the way to stop Trump and people like Trump is changing things so massively that they can’t retaliate with some bullshit message. Because every time someone like Trump or a little less deranged takes power steers the politic table to the right as much as possible. And the solution can’t be “let’s not move the table”. MOVE THE FUCKING TABLE TO THE LEFT! The right and far right is gonna insult you for being in power, no matter what you do. So go full throttle and do things for the people and go as far as you can.

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      I agree with the sentiment and the source of this cycle of fascism, but the solution was not to let it happen.

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        “I agree that liberals paved way to the rise of fascism, but the solution was to vote for them anyway. Then I could’ve expressed half-hearted dismay at all the dead brown children on my feed, but maintained comfort in knowing that it ultimately would not effect me.”

        You reap what you sow. Welcome to brunch.

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        Let’s say Harris had won. Who’ll be next? An even softer Democrat? Against Trump or JD Vance or Miller or …? It’s either change things or let the fascist change them.