• DancingBear@midwest.social
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        Most people are not very much political or interested in politics in general.

        Most people do however support actual leftist and progressive policies.

        If any president just looked at polling and supported the implementation of policies that more than 60 percent of Americans support, or even only the issues with 70% approval (from both dems and republicans). That policians agenda would be a progressive, leftist agenda.

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          I actually agree with you. However, the right wing won, full stop unfortunately.

          Arguing “no true leftist” or “Your side” is pointless. The Right won and no amount of semantics or told you so is going to change the results.

          So when they start mass deporting or rounding up trans people we can just say “the dems didn’t run progressive enough policie for me” and wash our hands of it I guess.

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            Trump won every swing state. He lost my state and all of my states electoral college delegates are going to Harris. I could have voted for Mickey Mouse and this fact would not be different.

            Other voters in swing states had real issues with the economy, crime, and less so the genocide in Israel.

            Kamala unfortunately pivoted to the right and embraced republicans and corporate CEO’s. Why vote for republican light (Kamala) when you can just vote republican (Trump)? I assume this is what people were thinking.

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          2 hours ago

          “Your” party didn’t even show up, why would anyone listen to them?

          Edit: hey at least a couple of you learned how to vote! Maybe try doing that irl and not just on the internet!