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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

See you say all that but when you look at the actual documented results it shows that Bernie got blown out in the popular vote and was actually unduly benefited by the delegate system proportional to how many people actually voted for him.

Stop making excuses, he lost because millenials and zoomers can't be assed to even turn out at their share of the national population, let alone the easy dominating share they could take within the democratic party.

There were like 30 million ballots cast max in the 2016 primary, that is fucking nothing. The fact that Bernie didn't landslide with as few as 15 million votes for his opponent is down to the fact that his supporters are loud obnoxious do nothings who have to be dragged by their hair and locked in the booth with no internet connection to even begin considering casting the fucking ballot.

Fuck wanting to vote for someone, fuck wanting to be inspired, fuck your prayers for ~~the rapture~~ revolution to come and solve everything for you. Do your duty to those who genuinely cannot protect themselves and cast that boring milquetoast ballot while we fucking have them for you to bitch and moan about it not being exciting enough.

America's most vulnerable can't afford for you to shirk your responsibility because the party's manager didn't deliver enough pizzazz and pandering to your karen ass self.

[–] AngryCommieKender 5 points 4 months ago

You can say all that but the fact remains that there was record turnout for the 2016 primary, and we got told to sit down and shut up.

I'm gen X, btw.