• kozy138@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    The fact that Hillary was chosen as the Democratic party candidate over Bernie is criminal. Some shady shit most certainly went down.

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      10 months ago

      They made some minor changes to the primary process afterwards but, it wasn’t enough. The DNC and it’s corporate interests put their hand on the scales for neo liberal pro corporate candidates every time. It’s just insane to me that they didn’t run on repealing trumps tax cut for the rich and raising taxes on the poor and middle class. They’re more than happy to let those tax cuts for the wealthy stay in place for their donors.

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      10 months ago

      Or it means that the bulk of Democrats weren’t where he was when they voted in the primary.

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        10 months ago

        Look up how few people vote in primaries, their age and demographic distribution. Saying that the bulk of Democrats wanted Hilary is just disingenuous. They made changes to make the process less openly bias afterwards for a reason.

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          10 months ago

          So help turn people out to vote. There are established methods to turn environmentalists into regular primary voters (eg: the Environmental Voter Project)

          If you don’t do that, this kind of thing will keep on happening.

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            10 months ago

            I voted for Bernie in the primary. Even though I’m in a state he’d never win the primary in, and knew would go Republican in the general. I’m really sick of you fucks who tell me I need to spend more time getting out the vote when me and my entire friends group vote, even though it’s essentially a waste of time already.

            There’s maybe a half dozen states in the country that me getting involved would matter in. Our system is a joke. Why would I piss away my time and get harassed if I’m not in one?

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              10 months ago

              The Democratic primary isn’t winner-take-all by state, so your vote likely made a difference in how many delegates he got.