• Ecco the dolphin@lemmy.ml
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    The Democratic party would rather lose than oust corporate candidates. That is who they are. If they put forth non-establishment candidates, they would no longer be the Democratic party.

    See: the reaction to Mamdani in New York, or how Sander’s presidential run was ratfucked.

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    This is what Parkland survivor David Hogg suggested and started to work for a few months ago, but was shut down by established democrats, for not being the traditional practice.

    Left wing Democrats need to be more active in the party, and take it over, like happened with Republican party first with Occupy Wall street, which the billionaires (Koch Brothers) hijacked and distorted completely, and paved the way for Maga which is 100% controlled by fundamental billionaires with no regard for the welfare of the general public.

    But hopefully the left can manage to stop the billionaire control of the democratic party. So instead of just being the lesser evil, it could become a force for true progress in USA again, like USA had for almost 40 years straight post WW2.

    David Hogg is a brilliant strategist, as he proved by taking down NRA, and he also managed to get this issue more on the agenda, support David Hogg, and he will support you!

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    It is the most incredible optimism to think you will vote your way out of this. I applaud and lament it.

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    I think it’s naive to believe that you’re going to have a fair election in 2028 and that a Democratic candidate has any real chance. That said if there is an election, I’ll still be voting for a leftist candidate. I just don’t really have much hope that they will actually win.

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      I mean Mamdami is crushing it in NYC, cuomos superpac can’t save him.

      The right candidate can do wonders especially under current conditions.

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      Pretty much zero.

      The Dems would need to have an actual platform other than orange man and couch fucker bad. They keep running on feelings and vibes without a concrete plan to improve things. Not that they will be able to accomplish anything of value, given the circumstances, which will not help in 2028. Then there is the 3rd parties that could form that really makes things worse.

      Without a serious effort by the Dems, we are almost certainly going to have another 4 years of Republican Whitehouse in 2028 and the best hope is a slight majority in Congress.

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    But maybe this time if we cozy up to the wealthy and get a shit ton of money like 11 gojillion dollars the voters won’t mind that we aren’t advancing policies they like.

    Harris only got over a billion but I think if we sell out a little bit harder, shift a little further to the right to make our positions more attractive to the uber wealthy, this time it’ll work.

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    Lmfao 2028. Project 2025 is not over. By the end of the year whatever is happening in Washington DC right now will be happening in every single major city in this country.

    There is not going to be a 2028

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    Ok but you all have to be active, all the time. That means finding and promoting leftist candidates to increasingly higher levels.

    You can’t just wait for a decent candidate to pop up in an election or even a primary.