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"Erm acturally thats tankie propaganda, dont you know our Good Guy Candidate™ isnt Fascist he's actually Fascist Lite™ which is totally different. Yes he's going to blindly support genocide, yes he's going to support imperialism, and no he wont do a damn thing to help the workers, but you see these silly graphs we made up say the economy is going and therefore our guy is qualified. Now blindly support the candidate and the party or I'll downvote you and call you a Tankie or a Russian bot."

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[–] GoodOleAmerika@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Democrats are center right these days.

[–] Kennystillalive@feddit.org 28 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] wpb@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't think this is correct. There was a marked post-Reagan shift to the right. Sure, they were never socialists, but decades ago they at least tried to do something for the working class.

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[–] folaht@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I'd argue them being centre-left between 1929 and 1973, from the start of the great depression up until the petrodollar agreement and Bretton Woods II, out of fear communism winning during that time.

[–] Wilco@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago

FDR was in that era and was pretty far left. Look at the tax rates he set in motion, the fuckers get mad when they get taxed over 90%. FDR gets elected four terms, has five assassination attempts and many more plots and starts the economy on the path to recovery after the Republicans decimated it with tatmriffs.

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[–] anarchiddy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 103 points 2 days ago (20 children)

You don't understand, their support of lesser fascism is necessary to avoid the greater fascism, so by opposing them you're actually supporting the greater fascism

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[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 84 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The only actual job of the DNC is to suck up all the space and oxygen that a real left needs to grow, and rubber stamp every oppressive police measure they think they have to in order to secure the profits of the rich at the expense of all other life on Earth. The best of them are self-deluding soft exterminationists at this point, and the bulk of the party has apparently dispensed with even that fig leaf and embraced a kind of haughty, blue fascist schadenfreude regarding the people it failed to browbeat into supporting genocide. It's genuinely the most disgusting thing I've ever seen in my life after the killing itself. The Democratic party is pathologically incapable of taking any responsibility for it's action, has no desire to change anything, and is actively, dangerously hostile to all living beings, first and foremost human beings outside America. Nothing better will be allowed to grow unless it is thoroughly dismantled alongside the Republican party and most of the rest of the US government.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 63 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Fuck the lesser of two evils. I choose good.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 77 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 1 day ago

"Purity politics and single issue voters are so toxic! All I said is we need to support an active genocide, fund more wars, keep kids in cages, ignore COVID, and do nothing about the cost of living going up with wages going down. Why does the left want to alienate people like me?!"

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 55 points 2 days ago (3 children)

DEMS: You have to understand we need to eat the shit. If we dont eat the shit the other guy is going to smear it on your face and the faces of your children. So, you see, eating the shit is necessary so that we dont have to smear it over more people's faces.

Me: how the fuck are the only choices shit? Why dont we just not eat the shit and not have everyone horrified of us?

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

They've somehow managed to convince a stunningly large number of gullible people, that you need to eat shit to survive, or that its harm reduction or something..

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[–] JeSuisUnHombre@lemm.ee 74 points 2 days ago

Not dividing the left, just consolidating the right

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