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[–] BluesF 58 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I agree with both you and the meme. You're right that everyone should have sucked it up and voted for Kamala anyway. The meme is right because the Dems fucked this royally at several stages. Yes, American voters have made a decision that I massively disagree with... But you also have to recognise the vast political mistakes the party have made that led to this point.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I have no skin in this game, but if the two options are that clear, you absolutely can blame the voters.

At the end of the day, this rhetoric is trying to find absolution by delegating responsibility to a higher authority. Not we, the voters, are wrong, it's the party elites, that forced us to vote fascism into power because the other offer wasn't good enough. It's not our fault, it's theirs.

No, you don't get a pass. Germany didn't get a pass, either. And rightly so.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Germany absolutely got a pass though?

[–] PugJesus 8 points 1 month ago
[–] UsernameHere 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] BluesF 7 points 1 month ago

They pushed further right to try and court republican voters who want nothing to do with them, and alienated their own base.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Well, directly funding genocide is one that SO many people have been calling out as a mistake for over a year now.

[–] UsernameHere 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Only on lemmy. I haven’t met anyone irl that has had anything to say about “funding genocide”.

According to the polls the voters were motivated by inflation and immigration the most.

[–] AngryRobot 1 points 1 month ago

Knowing the rdds' history of trying to cheat elections, I'm pretty sure that every person screaming about sitting out the election because of Gaza is a paid troll. One candidate repeatedly called for a cease-fire, and the other told Benny to end it before he takes office. Only a moron would skip the vote because of that.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah sorry. The facts are ppl voted for Trump over the fucking economy. Everyone out for themselves. The Israel/Jill Stein nonsense was a drop in the bucket.

Hope they're all happy with the results. It's gonna suck. Buckle up.