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[–] icecreamtaco 41 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Anti-status quo candidates have been the winners for a while now. Obama and Trump (despite fascism etc) both got elected that way

[–] krashmo 25 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Then we went back to Joe "nothing will fundamentally change" Biden.

The worst part is that this was not a missed opportunity due to Democrats being out of touch with public sentiments. The DNC had Bernie Sanders staring them in the face while harnessing this exact energy for two straight election cycles. Still, they made a calculated effort to shut that down and rely on the same tired platform that hadn't won them an election since last century. Hell, they still don't get it even after losing to a shitgibbon like Trump two separate times.

And some wonder why voters aren't excited to turn out for Democrats. Pssh.

[–] PP_BOY_ 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The Dems spent more time and energy making sure that Bernie didn't win than Trump

[–] krashmo 4 points 1 month ago

Oh definitely. I heard it phrased pretty well the other day; they didn't nominate Joe Biden because he was the only one who could beat Donald Trump, they nominated him because he was the only one who could beat Bernie Sanders.

[–] glimse 36 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Kamala Harris should have shot a health insurance CEO in the back in October

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

When you’re famous they let you do it

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If the democratic party organises a few well placed justice killings pre election they could do ok. Don't need to be the running candidate who carries out the execution, just ride on the coat tails of the fall out

[–] glimse 2 points 1 month ago

I think she should have done it herself live on TV

[–] PP_BOY_ 24 points 1 month ago

Randomly throwing in FDR at the end is so weird to me

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago

No, no, fuck him.

People aren't there to be harvested. That kind of thinking is part of the fucking problem. We aren't a crop. We aren't a resource. These fucking shits are supposed to be working for us.

Our anger? Not your fucking property, you arrogant piece of shit.

But yeah, enough people get angry, and you damn well better believe that the two party duopoly of power will reap what it sowed, a crop of rage that they'll be forced to swallow.

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

No reason, but does anybody have a link to the jacket? I didn't know it had been figured out exactly yet.

[–] Old_Yharnam 12 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] RememberTheApollo_ 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I was hoping there would be some double entendres sneaked into the reviews regarding the reason for the jacket’s popularity.

“Great for taking a walk in NY” sort of thing.

[–] Old_Yharnam 1 points 1 month ago

Actually there was when I bought the jacket, but I guess Macy’s got rid of them.

A lot of them were really clever too

[–] Fedizen 2 points 1 month ago

the pockets have a different cut. This one is similar though.

[–] stoicmaverick 1 points 1 month ago

Got one coming tomorrow. Thanks stranger.

[–] TheBat 5 points 1 month ago

Good luck with that when half of your country doesn't even listen to what Democrats have said directly.

They get it twisted, filtered, or falsified from Fox News, Newsmax, and podcasts by chuds.