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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago (35 children)

Great. Glad to see that we're learning nothing here. If I wasn't pushed into despair by the election results, seeing progressives respond this way to the loss might push me over the edge.

We are a bigoted country, no doubt. But, our working class is struggling. People are inherently good, inherently bad, brilliant, dumb, and all sorts of combinations of those. Material conditions, messaging, and framing all work together in bringing out these different sides of ourselves both at the societal and individual level.

Responding to this loss with "the only way to win is to be racist" is basically just giving up and saying the fascists are right. If we decide to roll over and die because we're too chickenshit to fight, too cynical to have any imagination, and too self-pitying to even lift a finger, the most vulnerable of us (which includes me) will perish.

We HAVE to be better than this.

[–] Moneo 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

The response by so many people has been pathetic. Liberals are learning nothing.

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

But they picked up the coveted Cheney bloc!

[–] Moneo 2 points 1 month ago

They actually performed worse with republicans than in 2020 lol.

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