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It's okay, tankies love fascism, so they're not put out by the result (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world

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[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Could you give exactly one example of that ever happening?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world -2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Hey, remember when we all protest voted in 2016 and drove the Dem party SO far left?

[–] shikitohno@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago

Hey, remember when the Dems ran an unlikable centrist candidate as the lesser of two evils because anyone else wasn't "electable" enough in the DNC's view of centrist voters, and that translated into an electoral win via pinched noses in 2016? I'm really glad we got a dynastic compromise candidate that saved Democracy. That strategy worked out so well for Hillary, I can see why they'd go for it again.

[–] Shyfer@ttrpg.network 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Barely anyone protest voted lol. She got more votes from Bernie voters than Trump got from Gary Johnson voters. She lost because she didn't appeal to specific voters in specific states, and the US has a shit democracy that she didn't correctly strategize for.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Barely anyone protest voted lol.

It was the highest 3rd party vote in, what, 20 years?

She got more votes from Bernie voters than Trump got from Gary Johnson voters. She lost because she didn’t appeal to specific voters in specific states, and the US has a shit democracy that she didn’t correctly strategize for.

Those things are also correct.

My point is not "HILLARY COULD HAVE WON" it was "Pretty clearly, despite widespread discontent on the left and the resulting action of witholding votes to either not vote, write-in, or give to the Green/Libertarian Parties, the DNC did not take losing to a right-wing candidate as proof that they needed to move left in any appreciable way".