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Democratic Primaries

elias7

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4. Kind of backwards

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 06:45 AM

Mar 2020

It’s the right and the monied interests in power who care too much about winning. Unless we get out into the street for one issue after another, it is exhausting to think of how to combat a class of people who will lie, cheat, and dump billions of money into protecting their power position. Brainwashing their minions to vote against their interest, having politicians in their pocket. It’s not that we don’t care about winning, it’s just that the deck is so supremely stacked against us.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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NYT OP-ED : The Simple Reason the Left Won't Stop Losing [View all] Celerity Mar 2020 OP

A lot of it comes down to location and projection Amishman Mar 2020 #1

purity over victory Dem4Life1102 Mar 2020 #2

Their "no compromise" philosophy means no progress and that will always and preserve the status quo. NurseJackie Mar 2020 #3

Kind of backwards elias7 Mar 2020 #4

never seen Ideologues willing to "work" with others yet in my lifetime beachbumbob Mar 2020 #5

Along these lines, a DUer wrote one of the better explanations of the "progressive" left I've read. wyldwolf Mar 2020 #6