• FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    He says he’s a socialist.

    Democrats say a lot of things that sound really, really good too… until they’re elected, and then we realize they’re shit-stains.

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      10 days ago

      You’re not wrong and that could totally be the case but again, he’s gotta be a really good actor to keep the socialist line when being grilled on some issues. It’s certainly possible that he is. But I think he’s leftist schtick is very different than Obama’s. Only one way to find out. Vote for him if you’re in NYC. 😁

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        10 days ago

        I badly want to be wrong, but there’s something about these supposed progressives that changes when they get into office and suddenly are confronted with the possibility that they can 100% exploit their office to give their family generational wealth.

        So while I’m cautiously optimistic, most of me is very ‘I’ll believe it when I see it’.

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      10 days ago

      I think part of that is true and part of that is that they just don’t get enough votes to actually do things.

      Especially as just a Congressperson you can’t change everything all at once. You don’t have the same influence as a president. So you pick your battles.

      People here get disappointed they didn’t get enough done fast enough and then vote red in the next election hoping for faster change.

      Well, we got faster change. Never seen change as fast as this.

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        10 days ago

        I don’t think so.

        People not voting comes down to living through the last eight years and both parties doing nothing meaningful about the fact that you’re working 100 hours a week at three jobs and all you can afford is a roach-infested studio.

        Why would you miss a badly needed day’s pay?

        As for the folks who switched to vote Trump. That was the only option for change that they had, and they knew from experience how shitty Biden/Harris were. Of course they switched.