i marched and everyone i talked to in person was adamant that their goal was to shift kamala left, not to shift the election toward trump. i get your anger about the election, but don't let the terminally online color what those protestors really wanted. they're also now the most organized resistance against trump. they're still working, even under threat of violence from the national guard. they're heroes, not villains

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

Yeah, fuck the terminally online twats who pushed 'both sides are the same', but anti-genocide protesters were not inherently contributors to the outcome we received. They were a voice of conscience to a nation that was still not ready to heed it. Unfortunately.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The consequences were known, and they've arrived

[–] Petter1@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

That is good to hear, USA needs an up to date constitution, like a complete refactoring

I don’t see blue nor red changing the political landscape or even a tiny bit in the constitution, so it has to be the people, I fear.

There must be a way for the people of USA to vote for a change in constitution, here in switzerland, it is called an initiative. If enough people sign to approve that initiative, there will be a nation wide vote, where the majority of the people and the majority of the cantons (states) approves this initiative.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

well, progressives did tell all the young democrats not to vote for Joe/Kamala

Bullshit. "Progressives" did no such thing. Progressives are the most loyal and reliable voting base in American politics, with even more consistency than "Bible and flag" conservatives. Progressives also make up the bulk of grassroots Democratic activism and do most of the volunteer work for Democratic candidates. That is despite being shit on constantly, just like you are doing now. Democrats don't deserve progressive votes, but they have them.

congratulations to everyone who marched on every major us city, and took over campus commons across the nation in the spring and summer of an election year...

Maybe Joe and Kamala shouldn't have been supporting a genocide in "an election year". It's funny how you baselessly blame progressives while putting no blame whatsoever on the candidates themselves! It's so incredibly fucked that Biden thought he could run again and that Kamala didn't even seek the appearance of being democratically nominated. We lost to Trump because of gross incompetence on the part of Democratic leadership.