Liberal voters joined the chorus of their representatives appealing to the right-wing constituents and still lost.

Liberal voters joined the chorus of their representatives appealing to the right-wing constituents and still lost.

  • YoureHotCupCake@lemmy.world
    67·
    3 days ago

    There wasn’t anyone for a leftist to vote for so they weren’t tricked into staying home. When the options are a shit stew or a turd sandwich people are going to choose neither. Its weird to expect a leftist to eat shit for the benefit of a right wing party.

    The government moves right under the democrats just like it does under a republican. For example Obama was in the center and further left than genocidal Joe/Kamala who were firmly on the right.

    The reason this happens is because too many people think if they just vote for the lesser evil things will finally get better, despite the fact its been happening for decades and things have only gotten worse. Lesser evils only lead people towards a greater evil.

    • GraniteM@lemmy.world
      71·
      3 days ago

      There wasn’t anyone for a leftist to vote for

      That’s what primaries are for.

      And if you can’t get enough leftists out to vote in the primary… then are you really a meaningful political bloc, or just a bunch of loud people on the internet that are vastly outnumbered by the people in the country who are actually engaged?

    • Tiresia@slrpnk.net
      7·
      3 days ago

      Still, it’s nice to have lesser evils to have a little more time to prepare. We really aren’t in any state to win a civil war. And if we need to fight a civil war anyway, it’s good propaganda to say we tried everything less extreme.