What might be a catchy hit to inspire the hearts and reinforce the identity of its majority following?

  • adarza
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    15 days ago

    trump doesn’t sell ‘policy’ or ‘vision’ or even the ‘concept’ of either.

    he sells fear and hate.

    and ~ 30-40% of the population is feasting on all he can dish up.

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      14 days ago

      Fear and hate (of Trump) was all the Dems were selling too… They literally ran (again) on a platform of “at least we’re not him” and that’s about it… But the Dems will never outsell Republicans on fear and hate, and they shouldn’t even try because the people who might vote for them aren’t looking for fear and hate

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      15 days ago

      This is the tunnel vision that causes Dems to lose. This is simply a useless analysis if your goal is to crush the election and win.

      You can be defeatist or get practical. We know Trump is beyond bad. He’s outselling. How do we win?

      • D1G17AL@lemmy.world
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        14 days ago

        By selling his option as worse. Advertise how it would affect them. Tell them how much his policies cost. Sell it.

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          14 days ago

          This is basically the only thing they tried… You’re saying they should have just tried harder at what they were already doing… In reality they needed an entirely different approach

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            14 days ago

            Well, the better approach would be to stop courting so-called “corporate” democrats and actually make a true Progressive People’s Party. No one will do it cause no one understands that in order to succeed this People’s Party would have to be a simultaneously centralized and yet de-centralized party. No one person can lay claim to leadership in this party. Too much centralized power and you have corruption.

            Essentially we need to bring back or attempt to resurrect the Workers & Poor People’s Party. The best way forward is riding on true progressive policies that at their core counter-act the effects of things like Project 2025.

            No one will do it though. Current so called “leftists” are too afraid to get their hands dirty or to fight fire with fire when it comes to actually arguing or debating the idiotic cretins that helped put Trump and his cronies into power. If every single working class voter banded together and actually supported each other. Then we could get REAL people elected and not just another dipshit with some random law school MBA as their only life experience or education.

            Real people with real experiences need to lead us.

            Anyone else is just going to take advantage in some way.

      • Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.ee
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        15 days ago

        İt z’n tu̇nėl vijėn. Ƿėt ðiſ mæn hæz f ſeıl z fılıŋ emboldened t yuz ð N-wṙd, æ Hz ſu̇poṙtṙz hæv con ripıtedlı ðeı aṙ ƿilıŋ t teıṙ ð wṙld t credz f ð tuınıiſt hit v ðæt cit.

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        It isn’t tunnel vision. What this man has for sale is feeling emboldened to use the N-word, and his supporters have shown repeatedly they are willing to tear the world to shreds for the tiniest hit of that shit.