The moment the Democrats lost the election was the one when Harris was asked what she would do differently than Biden and her answer was basically "nothing". If you ever run for president and are asked that question, just pick something at random and say "Biden does not enough for X. I would make sure that X would be a priority issue!"

This level of stupidity is not the voter's (or non-voter's) fault. Dems made their bed rock and now everyone has to lie in it.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 16 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Dude listen to yourself .

Harris was literally up against a fucking emperor wannabe who already fucked the countey in incredibly short order, backed by a batshit party openly admitting they wanted to implement project 2025.

This is not a situation where you go "hmm, well she didn't quite tickle my balls enough, so I guess i'll let the fascists win". And if you do, you are complicit. You got the chance to stand up and instead you shoved your head up your own arse

[–] astropenguin5@lemmy.world 9 points 3 hours ago

You also underestimate the stupidity of the average voter/person. Most people vote on vibes, not policy, and don't pay that much actual attention to politics.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 20 points 4 hours ago

The non-voters tacitly agreed to let fascism happen. I totally get that people weren't happy about voting for Harris, I certainly wouldn't have been. But if I have choice between a carbuncle on my ass on the one hand, and AIDS, Ebola, testicle cancer and leprosy combined on the other hand, the choice is easy.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 31 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

The mistakes of the Harris campaign are not the fault of the non-voters.

The fact that voters didn't turn out to vote against literal and clearly fucking stated fascism is the fault of the non-voters.

[–] Freefall@lemmy.world 12 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Exactly. Nonvoters didn't vote against insane evil, that is fully on them no matter how they spin it.

[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

'Vote for me or you are a bad person' doesn't sell, never has. Democrats had a wakeup call 8 years ago and let it pass them by. Hopefully they take it this time and strengthen the party and candidates.