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.

  • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
    272·
    2 months ago

    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.

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        2 months ago

        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.mlEnglish
          52·
          2 months ago

          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.worldEnglish
            101·
            2 months 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.worldEnglish
            31·
            2 months ago

            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.mlEnglish
              51·
              2 months ago

              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.