She was never polling to win, by every matrices Bernie was projected to win, but the oligarchy couldn’t have a populist candidate win and preserve the status quo so they kneecapped him to shove Biden into the spotlight

How do you know?

Believe it or not, I share your anger toward the Democratic Party. I’m not registered Dem for that reason. I just don’t care to limit my blame to one individual and say “oh well, that’s the problem”. Because the problem is way way bigger than that.

Sanders was never going to win against the establishment candidate. No progressive candidate will, possibly not in our lifetimes and so saying things like “the democrats don’t give a fuck about fighting fascism. It’s all theatre to them” is, quite honestly, pointless and not constructive. For one, we know that’s not universally true. For another, what are you going to do about it, in practical terms?

Let’s say that everything you state is true. What practical steps can you or I take to dislodge the DNC and put forth truly progressive candidates?

The answer to this question is precisely why, while I understand and share the anger, I don’t feel shouting into the void and laying blame is a good use of time. Because ultimately there is no revolution. There is no wholesale transformation of the system that happens in a short period of time, no matter how much we want to shake our fists and protest.

The only way to loosen the grip of the establishment parties is frustratingly slow, very incremental change. And that means blaming the DNC or anyone in the DNC and saying “well fuck them, I’m never voting for a Dem again” is counter-productive.

I’m claiming that people employ binary thinking and lay blame where the answer is just a wee bit more complex. Saying “Her selfishness is a direct cause of Biden being elected.” is flat-out ludicrous for all kinds of reasons, mainly that no one knows what would have happened if Bernie had been the candidate. Nobody’s even putting numbers on what “split the vote” even means. FFS.

And look, I voted for Bernie. I even wrote him in in 2020 (I’m in CA).

But the main reason I’m saying all this is that she had the right to run. It just comes across as incredibly shitty - AND exactly the same thinking that made HRC the candidate - to say “oh no, you there, you can’t run because it might split the vote”.

You can pretty much lay blame on anyone or anything because there’s absolutely no way to prove it one way or another. You might as well be saying Biden got elected because of the phase of the moon.

You need to work on your writing skills. Nanner nanner or something

"Form your own party. "

Good luck with getting ballot access.

But no need to start from scratch - here’s a list of political parties in the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_the_United_States

I’m sorry but this is how I read your comment:

“How dare she run for President instead of letting the man take it.”

Interesting.

I 100% put the communication issue on the leadership.

The difference is that when you lead a team your team does not elect you. You are in a position of power and accountable for their failures.

Our representatives are not our leaders, they are elected by us to represent our interests. Very different power dynamic and the distinction, at least ot me, is critical. We have to make informed choices about who they are and if they will adequately act on our behalf. In order to do that we need to put effort into understanding them, their background, and their choices. It’s a bit like when you choose to purchase something or even, say, commit to living in a particular city. It’s not up to the city to adequately communicate to you why you should live there, although that certainly doesn’t hurt. It’s mainly up to you to establish whether that place is right for you.

All I can see is that this is why Democrats are going to keep losing because instead of coming down to talk to the people and not over them and dismissing with reports and numbers and can’t accept the fact that they have a lot of blame along with these low info voters who also have a lot to be desired.

I agree with the sentiment, at least in principle. Democrats need to reject neo-liberal (or is it really neo-con?) policies and start meeting regular working people where they are at. To my mind both AOC and Sanders have articulated this extremely well.

But… this is a two-way street. A lot of voters are low-information because they simply don’t prioritize voting and elections. There may be decent reasons for this but not voting or just voting for whoever says things that make you feel good in the moment is not taking responsibility as a citizen and it certainly isn’t voting for your own interests. Things don’t get better that way. We need to fight.

I know I know… chicken meet egg.

She should have been saying, yeah I know inflation sucked balls but we’re going to go after the assholes who price gouged you.

Funnily enough, she did!

But ok, you keep on ranting. Good rant!

I couldn’t find any podcast with her, so I barely knew who she actually was.

LOL. I can see how this might be a problem for you. Do you make major life decisions this way too?

“I couldn’t find a podcast detailing the make and model of car I was interested in, so I really couldn’t make a decision and decided I would just have to stay home. I was PARALYZED I tell you!”

“I was trying to decide between two job offers but no podcast was available so I just stayed unemployed”

People type in “Kamala Harris policies”, yet, you could barely find anything

You mean like the very first result here: https://kamalaharris.com/issues/

I grant, it requires you actually READ. How troubling.

AOC doesn’t need to be under anybody’s wing.

“Kamala is part of the Biden administration, which most people, in my opinion, found to be awful.”

Define “awful”. I’ll help: you’re about to find out.

"We couldn’t grasp who she was and what policies she wanted. "

It helps a lot of if you pay attention and listen to the candidate. Maybe look up her past voting record and background.

"Essentially, the average person wouldn’t know what she wanted or who she is unless she actually did an interview on a podcast that they could watch on YouTube. "

Please tell me you are joking. That you really truly believe that because she didn’t go on a specific podcast, she lost? Like seriously people are so fucking lazy they couldn’t search “Kamala Harris interview” or “Kamala Harris policies”.

Fucking sheep.

That don’t indicate shit

Exactly. This headline is inaccurate garbage. It should be something like “Trump blames Iran” + preferably “without evidence”

How very charitable of you.

^ perfect answer, IMO.

I get your frustration. “Why won’t they accept our help dammit” is a common refrain. But it’s one that assumes that (a) homelessness is a simple matter of not being housed and (b) housed people understand the appropriate solutions. In fact not being housed is mostly a symptom and the issues at play are much more complex, ranging from lack of opportunity and generational poverty to substance and mental health issues.

And it’s also a cause… of shame, guilt, more mental health issues, more substance abuse. Often these mix in with the preconditions that come with offers of “help” to make it impossible to say yes.

I have refused housing because I didn’t think I could live up to the obligations it came with. I’ve refused housing because it was clearly unsafe. And I’ve refused housing simply because I was suffering from severe untreated depression and couldn’t handle being around people or even just accepting help.

So the truth is that yes, no one wakes up and chooses homelessness… but it’s important to understand that the lack of housing is only one component of homelessness. I didn’t choose to be born trans & gay and have to deal with all the mental health and societal issues that came with that. But I choose to not being housed at times because that was the only way I could even attempt to heal and deal with it safely and on my terms.

“And now, for our next trick, we will proceed to criminalizing poverty!”

“The proof is that there isn’t any proof”

Sums it up beautifully. I am so stealing this. Thank you!