• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    That’s all I’m saying. That’s all anyone is saying.

    Take ego and hubris out of the equation. Who has the absolute best chance of beating the fascists?

    That’s it. That’s the only question that really matters right now in the context of this upcoming election, if we want to stop Trump.

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      4 months ago

      yeah except democrats were so sure it was shillary, and then REFUSED the far better candidate in Bernie Sanders. Even if they came out tomorrow with someone, told everybody it was a lock, and the entire DNC fell in behind them, I still wouldn’t trust them to get it right.

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          4 months ago

          course I would. But I’m uniquely aware of how catastrophically dangerous a second drumpf term would be. The average american may believe that we could survive a second term, much like we did the first, but that ignores the very real plans being enacted by drumpfs handlers. The US pulling out of NATO, or stopping aid to the Ukraine (which would 100% happen under drumpf) would mean WWIII, which is precisely what these right wing think tanks want. They see the expansion of US power after WWII as something worth repeating, even if it means having to go through a third world war. The rich and powerful always think they’ll be insulated from the war, which is why they aren’t as scared for it. They look at it much like the stock market, they’re trying to destroy the corporation of America so that they can buy up for cheap what’s left over.

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            4 months ago

            Well good news. You’re not the only one. Generic Democrat beats Trump by something like 8 points in polling versus Biden losing to Trump.

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              4 months ago

              It’s not the best argument; Generic Democrat has no personal baggage. I’m in favor of finding a better nominee (maybe even partially due to your advocacy), but unfortunately we can’t run Generic Democrat.

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                4 months ago

                Yeah but if we let perfect be the enemy of the good then we’re going to ride this thing into the dirt.