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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

The recent election and 2016 say otherwise. When Biden said he'd follow Sanders' policies, he won the biggest margins ever in American history.

Fascism is tempting for undecideds and people scared of the future. Some dude says "hey you're hurt, I'll help you" you might not care what the costs are as long as you feel safer.

We could have built a policy of "Everyone is hurt, everyone needs a leader, I can be a leader for those Trump is targeting." She could have been a silver bullet to Trump's thick skull. She could have done so many things differently than Biden or Trump, and she played to the middle ground.

And the middle ground was still pro-border protections, fracking, not listening to the marginalized people Trump hates, and how the policies could improve America at the cost of the trolley problem of Gaza. Instead we're getting none of her promises, but Trump is getting all of his high demands for order and fascism.