kamala was not pro corporate.
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What the actual fuck are you on about
Bahahah
Lol, good one mate
only as much as every politician since Clinton
we actually had some monopoly busting action going which is now going to be in the shitter.
Monopoly busting is good for the other corporations. Just because a company does anti-consunmer behavior doesn't mean they aren't also get screwed by another company's anti-consumer behaviors.
yeah just like adequate tax and regulation is good for rich folks. thats the thing. not having monopolies is good for society in general.
Almost as if they are doing it on purpose and are just the more culturally liberal of the two Wall Street parties... 🤔🤔
Someone like AOC and Bernie will never be allowed anywhere near actual power. God damn money.
They don't care about winning. They care about being cool at the right DC cocktail parties,which they have achieved by extracting their own base from the party in favor of a war criminal who left office with 13% approval.
The right won. They had more votes because many who voted democrat in 2020 voted red. How does going further left change that outcome?
If voters wanted politicians that are further left then wouldn’t they have voted for the politician that is furthest left?
I think most people just voted republican because they experienced inflation under Biden and dont understand why.
This is factually false. Trump received no more vote really than he did the last 2 times. Dem voters simply stayed home.
It's not soorts teams. Going further left means reaching rural people and poor people. A lot of the working class just isn't aware of what left and right mean. If the left let's republican dictate who is taking those ppl's side this is how it's auways gonna end. Posh elitism has failed yet again
There was an election between an independent union leader and a career politician in Nebraska and the career politician won by a landslide. How do you explain that?
One example does not a rule make, and in the US electoral system money (and the party affiliations that bring it) speaks loudest of all. Maybe going further left wouldn't work, but going further right certainly hasn't. When Harris first emerged as the candidate she had such a swell of support, as she moved further right she lost it.
One example does not a rule make
Missouri voted to overturn abortion ban and voted for republicans.
Florida nearly voted for abortion ban and voted for republicans.
Americans have shown they want change but they also don't understand how that can be achieved.
Apparently Biden/Harris chose not to push 'make things better' magical button in the Oval Office so they're getting the boot and the guy who shat the bed earlier is now getting the opportunity to burn the house down.
Voters are saying it is because of inflation. Not because she didn’t go further left.
And non-voters didn't get to have an opinion or seat at the adults table because they enabled fascism.
Nebraska isn't a homestead of liberal ideals?
Neither is the entirety of America.
How does Bernie win again and again then?
He hasnt been able to win outside of Vermont. Even when he lost the primaries he it was because he didn’t have enough votes.
Well he did until the DNC scuttled his momentum with spoilers like Clinton and biden
He didn’t have enough votes before the DNC got involved.
They had more votes because many who voted democrat in 2020 voted red.
Source?