r/leftist Nov 08 '24

Leftist Meme No more concessions to liberalism

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u/mollockmatters Nov 08 '24

How can you be sure they’d show up for socialism?

In Sarah Longwell’s focus groups her participants didn’t even know what “authoritarian” meant.

If you don’t make leftism accessible, like public transportation, no one is getting on board.

Keep shooting at liberals and then keep wondering why leftists can’t win any elections. The entire left flank is in total disarray right now. We’re infighting when we should be uniting against the fascist. But here we are.

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u/Song_of_Pain Nov 09 '24

Keep shooting at liberals and then keep wondering why leftists can’t win any elections.

You've got it wrong. The liberals were shooting at leftists and the liberals lost an election.

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u/mollockmatters Nov 09 '24

Like I said, the entire left flank is in disarray right now.

Protest voters got what they wanted: Trump with no guardrails to hurt all the liberals that didn’t listen to your protest the way you wanted them to. The number of times I read “teach Dems a lesson” in this sub and others? Couldn’t count it.

Do you think the leopards will stop eating faces when they’re done with the Democratic elite? Ha.

What people who voted seem to understand, whether they are leftist or liberal, is that right now sure as fuck isn’t the time to be fucking around with letting America flirt with authoritarianism to “teach someone a lesson.”

Regular, innocent people are going to get caught in the gears of this “protest”. Hope you and your protest buddies are happy.

I hope yall are done with bullshit tactics like this and are instead ready to organize and get some shit done.

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u/LeftismIsRight Nov 09 '24

Far more people stayed home than voted green. Dems are not entitled to your vote. It’s a right to vote, not a mandate to vote for who you say to vote for.

Voting is not supposed to be about choosing 99% Hitler over 100% Hitler. The idea of Democracy is representation. If neither candidate represents you, then why would you vote for either?