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I was gonna title this "And here I sit so patiently waiting to find out what price you have to pay to get out of going through all these things twice" and then write "Stuck inside of America with the fascism blues again" here, but I'm not sure if that comes off like gloating and that's honestly the last thing I want to do this morning.

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[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 61 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

So this proves we need to rebuild or create a true opposition party. Running as a moderate party just continously pushes America politics right. Those that wanted a fully different option just stay home on election day. This isn't a both sides argument, just facts. We can't keep failing in this way when the writing is on the wall. We need to change the leadership in the dems. They all need to go! Yes race and gender played a role but Trump is projected to get 6 million less votes this time around than last time. So that means the base for dems just didn't vote. Yes that's upsetting but trying to shame and meme them into voting will never work. Give people something to vote for, not just against. Republicans get it but using fear and promising a better life for their base. (even at the expense of others they at least give that to their base.)such a sad day in America and the only thing that'll save us is to come together as a community and create a party that represents that community.

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 43 points 1 month ago

Running as a moderate party just continously pushes America politics right.

100% this

In the UK the left-wing party, Labour, very drastically moved themselves to the centre, rebranding as New Labour.

Since then, the Conservatives have increasingly adopted far-right policies and everybody just accepts it as normal.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Give people something to vote for, not just against.

Fuckin A right, buddy. The Democrats spent 90% of their campaign funds spreading a message of "we're not trump" when trump is obviously very popular. I can't even articulate how stupid that is.

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

trump is obviously very popular

He is very popular among republicans, nationally he never broke 45% favorability, and is usually <40%.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/favorability/donald-trump/

It's dumb because it's trying to win a popularity contest instead of running on how you'll immediately improve people's conditions.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Which means that by making "we're not him" the primary campaign message, you're immediately alienating everyone who may like him, even if they were thinking about voting against him. Georgia is a pretty good example of what that campaign message resulted in. There are enough Republicans to win elections and enough undecided to swing elections. Alienating 45% of the constituency is a ridiculous strategy.

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

immediately alienating everyone who may like him

People who like Trump vote Trump, and are going to vote republican anyway.

There are enough Republicans to win elections

So adopting republican policies didn't get them the wins, are you suggesting the democrats would have won if they adopted republican policy AND pretended to respect Trump?

[–] GeekySalsa@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

I think their point is that the campaign should've focused on reasons to vote for them, not just against Trump. Then maybe swing voters could've been swayed.

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think we need to reform the Democrat party or wait for the collapse of the US so a progressive change can happen.

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Reforming the democrat party isn't easy.

The DSA managed to win control of the Nevada branch. Before the handover of power, the outgoing dems spent the entire treasury and ran up a debt with their consultant buddies, and essentially burned any infrastructure could on the way out.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago

Sounds familiar

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 month ago

Last time we tried to make a new party it failed and called spoilers.

Last time we tried to do grassroots on the federal level, they pushed him out and said you're the bad guys for supporting him.

They say to push the next person to the left but when you ask "Hey why are we bombing brown people when we can help Ukraine?" you're called a Russian asset who hates Americans.

I don't think Americans want actual policies that help. Every time someone tries to help on all levels of engagement to government they're shafted, outbid, marginalized, and then blamed for when the milquetoast candidate loses. And pure evil just wins, again.

We've been fucked in 2000, the DNC should have used 2016 as a wake up call for what went wrong, and instead learned nothing.

[–] perspectiveshifting@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Does anybody know if there's groups organizing already that are trying to cause that kind of reform? Would be good to spread the word if somebody has the ball rolling already. I think a huge portion of the voter base feels disenfranchised by not having an actually progressive platform to vote for.

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Doubtful. Best case scenario is the old leadership literally dies off. Because any real progressive organization is deemed a Iranian, Russian, or communist and gets zero funding. Sad truth is, if all the progressives pooled all their none essential resources and money they still wouldn't scratch the amount of money the two major parties spend on TV ads. Honestly. A collapse of the US is more likely to bring about a progressive change than any "conventional" processes.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

What’s a TV ad?

[–] reddit_sux@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Last time we tried and succeeded in send some of the most progressive representatives to the House. They did run on a Democratic ticket but were far to the left of anything that Democrats have ever stood for. Democrats co-opted them, used them to increase their progressive credentials and then sidelined them.