• theneverfox@pawb.social
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    14 hours ago

    Let them have the democratic party, they’re already on the right and they’ve captured the GOP… Trouble is, the GOP is gone - it’s now MAGA

    We just need a party to coallese on the left, and the cycle will turn. It’s happened before, it’ll happen again, because a two party system is dumb

    I’m hoping Bernie has the gas left in the tank to set it up, draw away actually progressive Democrats, and rally the public. Because I don’t know who else could do it in time

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      12 hours ago

      Bernie for all his talk does nothing except tell people to vote Democrat. If he had any intention of creating a new party he would’ve done it years ago. Now don’t get me wrong he does great work, but don’t count on him to lead American progressives to glory.

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        11 hours ago

        He doesn’t though… He’s still an independent

        On November first, 2024, what do you say? Vote blue no matter who, don’t let the fascists win.

        On November 12th, 2024, what do you say? The Democrats are dickless fucks who handed the country to a fascist to court the billionaires

        What do you think Bernie said? And when? What is he saying now?

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          6 hours ago

          He doesn’t though… He’s still an independent

          Yeah, and? He still doesn’t call for effective (or even ineffective) resistance.

          On November 12th, 2024, what do you say? The Democrats are dickless fucks who handed the country to a fascist to court the billionaires

          Did he say that? If he did that’ll improve my opinion of him somewhat.

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        12 hours ago

        You contradicted yourself there. Clearly Bernie does many things, so … can you try that opening sentence again?

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          6 hours ago

          I thought my intention was clear from context, but here goes: He does great work as a legislator, but as a politician who’s supposed to be resisting the oligarchy (say, in his rallies) he only tells people to vote for progressive (usually democrat) candidates, if even that. If you have an example of Bernie calling for direct action, organizing a protest or similar please link it.

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      14 hours ago

      Bernie’s only job is to sheepdog for the DNC to keep disenfranchised voters locked into the system. He’ll talk progressive and then ask us to vote for his good friends, the oligarchs.

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        14 hours ago

        No, Bernie is solid - he compromises, but he isn’t compromised

        He’s a progressive…a very moderate one, but he’s in between where we are and where we should be, and he has been there his entire career