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[–] hernanca@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

As I said in another comment, I don't even think the Palestinian genocide is something the American people cares enough about. I can't see how this single issue in isolation could have cost Harris the election, especially by such a margin. BUT, it informs how they think. And it shows. The Dems apparently thought that they could win the election by being as far right as they could get away with. It's their failure for campaigning cowardly and saying always the safe thing that does well in focus groups. Every election they lose is a chance for the Overton Window to move to the right. They tried to capture votes from people from the right of them MUCH harder than from the left of them on almost every issue.

If a voter is already right leaning, especially in the USA, they won't vote for Fascism Light, they will vote for Fascism Plus.

you’re under the belief that reaction to a single issue should matter

This is certainly not true. I understand the need for compromise but I also understand that there's stuff one should not compromise about. Otherwise, what makes us different from the fascists if we're willing to help kill an entire nation "on the other side of the globe" (as if distance makes their lives less valuable) if it serves us here?

I agree with you that voters have not engaged in the process and many failed to do the most basic of civil duties. But when it happens at such a scale something else is afoot. It was Harris' election to lose and she did.

You seem to have made many false assumptions about me but still, genuinely, thanks for the reply.

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

You seem to have made many false assumptions about me but still, genuinely, thanks for the reply.

Oh yeah sorry, I should have been clear about this: I wasn't talking specifically about you, english is not my primary language and it sometimes becomes easier to write that way and I do it automatically. Thank you for not being offended by it. >.<