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[–] spankmonkey 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I don’t think there are 15 Million “Gaza or bust” voters so this was just pure ignorance…

I believe there were 15 million "oh look, Harris is besties with Liz Cheney and continuing the half assed approach that Dems keep doing so who fucking cares' people. I totally see why her poll numbers kept dropping over the course of her campaign after a strong start.

I still voted for her, but at that point is was just another vote against Republicans.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I think that takes more thought than even those who vote with us do. I think we seriously overestimate the political intelligence of the people in this country. Not to say 0% were those people, but if we're talking millions I think we're talking about typical ignorance.

I think the vast majority vote D for social issues, but once their pocketbook gets hurt it's time to sit it out or worse "punish" the party in power by voting for the opposition. :(

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They succeeded in punishing the party. For a price. We'll revisit later if it was worth it.

[–] TrickDacy 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It would take 100 years minimum to undo the damage that will be done, so I'm going to say "not worth it".

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The damage to the environment will never be undone. The US will double-down on emissions and most other countries in the world will stop trying because they won't think there's any point anymore.

[–] TrickDacy 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh it will recover alright. About a million years after we go extinct. So in about 1.00005 million years.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Extinction is going to take more than fifty years

[–] Fedizen 3 points 1 month ago

Probably. I think nukes could do it in 20 years, but ecological collapse will be a brutal 200 years

[–] Fedizen 4 points 1 month ago

if you listen to interviews of non voters they're not even online. Ever. Like we need more people reaching out to real humans in the real world. they don't listen to news they arent online. I don't think democrats were ever going to win this one, too many voters are entirely unreachable.

[–] TrickDacy 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

So they thought through what it means to associate with a Cheney, but at the same time didn't care enough to do anything about this situation? I don't buy it. Apathy lost this election. And democrats share blame for that obviously, but acting like voters were right to stay home isn't the right takeaway.

[–] spankmonkey 9 points 1 month ago

And democrats share blame for that obviously, but acting like voters were right to stay home isn’t the right takeaway.

Agreed, which is why I still voted despite sharing the same demotivation.

[–] Ensign_Crab -3 points 1 month ago

You will never admit that moving to the right has failed.

[–] kreskin -2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

All these people on these threads blaming it on the voters when Harris had it in her power to run a different campaign is just lazy. Harris not only had a brake she could pull to stop the "trolley", she had a damned steering wheel to steer completely away from running people over, and she made a choice not to. Dont blame the peasants for shit leadership.

Every single swing state lost. Both congress and the house lost. Thats a badly out of touch party, not stupid voters.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I call them ignorant voters, even the really stupid ones. They are a product of decades of GOP manipulation. But why can't it be both them and a party that is totally clueless of what needs to change to reach people. The combination is exactly what you get, people who aren't aware of reality and are just going towards the only party that is saying exactly what they want to hear (true or not).

[–] kreskin 4 points 1 month ago

that I can absolutely agree with. Its refreshing to hear someone put forth multiple reasons-- everyone wants to zero in on just 1, which is human nature, I guess.