Late Stage Capitalism
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If the leftist vote is really that important, maybe politicians should try appealing to it sometime ๐คทโโ๏ธ
I've heard out of the same mouth hole of people that the leftist is a huge voting bloc but ultimately worthless to the Democrat party.
But the rich donors would be really upset by that and we can't be upsetting them /s.
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There wasn't anyone for a leftist to vote for so they weren't tricked into staying home. When the options are a shit stew or a turd sandwich people are going to choose neither. Its weird to expect a leftist to eat shit for the benefit of a right wing party.
The government moves right under the democrats just like it does under a republican. For example Obama was in the center and further left than genocidal Joe/Kamala who were firmly on the right.
The reason this happens is because too many people think if they just vote for the lesser evil things will finally get better, despite the fact its been happening for decades and things have only gotten worse. Lesser evils only lead people towards a greater evil.
Still, it's nice to have lesser evils to have a little more time to prepare. We really aren't in any state to win a civil war. And if we need to fight a civil war anyway, it's good propaganda to say we tried everything less extreme.
That's what primaries are for.
And if you can't get enough leftists out to vote in the primary... then are you really a meaningful political bloc, or just a bunch of loud people on the internet that are vastly outnumbered by the people in the country who are actually engaged?
Obama was right of flipping Nixon!