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[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 27 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (2 children)

It truly is amazingly gratifying to see such genuine people as Mamdani & "The Squad" successfully stepping up to make a difference, and enough people actually voting for them to win. It's honestly the only hope I have left in this shithole.

[–] manxu@piefed.social 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Fully with you there. A lot of people on the left are rapping on Schumer and Jeffries for being too moderate, and rightfully so. But I think there is a part of their extreme caution (or fecklessness) that comes from having seen more leftist candidates go down in flames in the past.

Having people like Mamdani, AOC, and others win elections decisively makes a huge difference. They are not perfect, but they move the needle in the right (left) direction.

It's like the progression from Bush to Trump in reverse.

[–] bearboiblake@pawb.social 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

my god, you'll make up any number of excuses to avoid the fact that democrat politicians are not on your side. they are on the side of the ruling class. wake up.

[–] CannonFodder@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Are we feeling bad about not voting effectively against trump and lashing out defensively again?

[–] bearboiblake@pawb.social 0 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

i don't know what you're doing, but I didn't vote for any genocidal or fascist candidates in any election, and I never will

democrats make fascism inevitable

[–] CannonFodder@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Aha! I was bang on.

Enjoy the speed run to fascism you helped cause.

[–] bearboiblake@pawb.social 0 points 6 hours ago

i'm not american, but ok, glad you care more about winning than about people fucking dying.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Hate to burst your bubble, but some 'progressive' posters are playing the Both Sides Are The Same Card because Mamdani and AOC haven't called for the US to nuke Israel

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 3 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

That's nice. Every group has their extremists that lack a grounded perspective on achieving their goals & thus want to go too far, too fast (or who go out on their own and actually do so, which only serves to drag down the entire group in the end).

While I agree we need to at the very least force a regime change in Israel, the reality is there's little point in calling for "nuking" them now when there's simply no way it's going to happen. It would only serve to put off more people from Progressives than keeping their current stance of opposition to Israel's actions clear, yet not actually calling them "enemies" worthy of nuking will. When Progressives actually have a prayer of accomplishing something and/or see that even the more "center" constituents have finally had enough of Israel - that's the time to stick their neck out & risk turning off some of their "moderate" supporters on the edge.

At least that's my best guess as to their thinking, as I'm not even vaguely the type to be good at playing politics.