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What are you talking about?
I can criticize the DNC, RNC, Dems, and GOP.
I can endorse the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and their DSA National Convention they just held a week or so ago in Chicago.
You see the political spectrum like this:
Dems >---------------< GOP
I see the political spectrum like this:
Left >--------< Dems >--------< GOP
The Dems get hate from both sides, so they want to collapse that by disrepresenting the Left and absorbing the Right. It will never work out for them
He's too far right to understand anything like this. His alt on piefed.world has defended racist institutions and thinks if you call out liberals doing bad policies, you're a Tankie.
He's a dumbass who thinks he knows better.
I'm supremely happy to see you pissed off tankies getting this mad. May your glorious leader someday have an aneurysm.
No leaders in anarchism, dingus.
You're not fooling anybody, you only oppose western powers.
Fuck Russia and it's imperialist invasions.
Fuck China and it's horrid practices of the Ughyers and the citizens are large.
North Korea is a failed state that makes dystopian novels look like paradise.
Stalin was a horrid person, Mao killed too many with the great leap forward, the Kim Il family dynasty is just a kingdom pretending to be socialist until they literally wrote out any pretending of socialism, yet Tankies still defend them.
I have no issue saying this because I don't idolize things that don't care about me. Can you say anything negative about the things you idolize?
You can say all of that but you're only taking specific steps to further their interests in the USA.
So even when I call them out it's not good enough, good to know.
And you didn't call out anyone when I asked you too. So you're just never going to criticize those you idolize, pot meet kettle.
When you post about volunteering for the DNC and working against the GOP I'll believe you're something other than an autboritarian, despite your history of defending Tankies and berating human rights.
When I have defended Tankies and berating human rights? I'll wait for proof.
I've literally called you out on stripping rights of people on your alt.
You think you're even worth my time? I think every witness should just scroll through your comment history if they're curious.
So that's a "I don't have proof" then, gotcha.
Edit: yep, downvote and move on, got it Blue MAGA.
The most third party senators we've ever had was 4, right before the GOP swept every chamber in 2024 and before that in 1941.
We currently have ZERO third party reps in the House. Not a single one.
If you're going to shit on dems then it is imperative that you shit on the GOP harder because if we turn people away from the DNC there is NOTHING left. We're basically splitting our vote up while the Republicans fall in line.
I agree. That's why all Democrats need to endorse current Independents so they can gain back their power, like Zohran Mamdani in New York and maybe Graham Platner in Maine.
But I've been seeing disappointing behaviors from the Dems with that lately. Not just in New York and Maine, but also in Minnesota with how the Dems revoked their endorsement of democratic socialist Omar Fateh. Pathetic.
Right so splitting the vote isn't enough you want it to split even more so that the GOP gain supermajority. Makes sense.
We need a unified front to fight the fascists in office, and parading out the establishment Dems that caused this all to happen is not a winning strategy.
We need new blood that will draw in new voters. And we need to decide who that new blood is before the end of the year so they can start primarying in January.
Oh that makes sense so I guess we need to split the progressive vote, thanks for explaining it to me. /s
Splitting the vote is the exact opposite of uniting the vote
If you demand the vote be united under a new and different banner than the one which reflects 90% of the same policy stance then you're splitting the vote.
I don't. I recognize that the Democratic party is our best bet to move in a progressive way towards the Left.
Mamdani won the Democratic nomination. He's still a Democratic Socialist of America (DSA). I don't see this any different from the Tea Party within the GOP in the late 2000's. We can have factions within the party, but in those factions we need to find unity.
Establishment Dems are a faction that don't deserve to be party of that unity. They seek to undermine material improvements for the working class while letting the billionaires get away with not paying their fair share.
100% the opposite
Lol the mods removed my apology, like they want us to fight.
Keep thinking like this and we'll have Vance 2028.