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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • You’ve already been told this ad infinitum, but for those who haven’t:

    This person (and all other willing non voters) supported the Trump campaign through inaction. There were exactly 2 possible results of the presidential election. There was no “none of the above” option, every single eligible voter steered the ship in one of two ways: towards Trump or towards Harris. This is a mathematical fact that results from having a FPTP voting system. You will never have more than 2 possible outcomes.

    The idea that “I didn’t vote so I’m not responsible! I didn’t check the ‘Trump’ box!” Is a fantasy created so they don’t have to take responsibility for their actions. They may not have supported Trump as much as a red hat voting for him, but they definitely provided Trump more electoral support than Harris and that says quite a bit.

    Maybe don’t scream “hey look everyone! I’m not an asshole!” immediately after doing some asshole shit? Have a nice day.












  • The DNC is a sunk cost. Time to move on.

    Showing up to primaries and reforming the party seems infinitely easier in a FPTP system. The parties are pretty much part of the electoral infrastructure at this point, you simply can’t “go around” them. Their form can absolutely change, as can leadership, but it will take literal generations to supplant them.

    On the other hand, if the people that usually stay home or preach that “the process is useless” showed up to primaries and threw more of the old guard on their asses we could actually have a shot at getting a party to represent working class people. It’s the exact same work, there’s just less of it because you already have a base of voters.

    People can complain about the DNC all they want, but until they show up they’re getting exactly what they’ve asked for. We have the power to clean house.


  • small group of people on the left being racist/sexist in the open making every part of “white cis straight male” as pejorative as possible

    One giant difference between the right and left here is that the right isn’t a small group of racists/sexists. They ALL are. In no way is someone pushing them towards that ideology, they’ve already chosen it and are just making excuses.