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Democrats in denial over Trump defeat, voters say: ‘Haven’t learned the lessons’
(www.theguardian.com)
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The small concession is that Trump is almost undoubtedly going to trip over his dick, so we'll probably end up with a blue wave of some sort in 2028. Nothing will change for the DNC and no lessons will be learned, so 2032 looks bleak as shit.
We need to understand that Dems are not going to fight for anyone besides their donors. They'd rather lose than take pointers from someone like Bernie
I've been hearing blue wave since 2016, it's almost 10 years now. Where is this blue wave, democrats barely got majorities, but hardly what I would call a wave. It's not going to happen in the next midterms, just another razor thin majority where some of the supposed Democrats vote alongside republicams to fuck over the people.
tbf, the majorities might have been thin but don't sniff at the fact that the Dems toppled an incumbent president AND got the house AND got the senate in 2020.
That is pretty unusual for American politics
Lol @ the people who think they can vote themselves back out of this mess. Trump made it quite clear that "You won't have to vote anymore" after this term. I for one believe him. Even if he dies you'll just get saddled with one of his sons, daughter, son-in-law, ...
Don't worry, that will get fucked up, too. A bunch of blue dogs who the DNC supports will win and they'll claim that it's a evidence that progressives can't win.
I've been through this bullshit enough times to have learned the pattern
Started paying attenion since 2012, could vote in 2016. I know the pattern too well, the gaslighting doesn't work anymore.
I had political awareness starting in 1990 and it's been the same ever since then.
I wasn't born until 97, so you reasonably had a head start. I only noticed I was a minority group once I reached sexual maturity, and then more things to make me "othered" later in life.
Ah. Yes. It is my fault and I'll be the one fucking us as if I have any say in the DNC's policy since they listened to the concerns of people like me except not at all. At this point the democrats are the enemy too, dingus
I'm just editorilizing and am along for the shitty ride, homey. I don't have control of the train and there are no brakes even if I did...