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It's Been Ten Years, It's Time To Admit Bernie Was Wrong
Matty Roseshttps://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/its-been-ten-years-its-time-to-admit
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queermunist she/herimo the DSA’s goal shouldn’t be to change the party from within, it should be to split the party and take as many people with them as they can to form a labor party from the ashes.
kroldenLol downvotes are mad bro
Maeve“Thou shalt not question the devil that appears as an angel of light.” 😋
this crybaby misdirection shit is so irritating.
“don’t effect change in the real world, try visualizing how cool it would be if everything was magically perfect instead. "
pretending that change can only occur if you make zero mistakes is counterproductive and plainly incorrect.
Do what you’ve always done. Get what you always got. 💩
Booo you suck
It’s been over seventy years since FDR left office. Look around do an honest assessment of how fascism corporatism has been working for us. Really.
FourthGirl, I am really not trying to be cover of a book and all that here… But man, combine: moderates lgbtq+ Christianity, volcel, and flexitarian (by themselves all debatable) with this absolute doo doo article…. What are you even doing over there? 🫱🌾
Do what you’ve always done. Get what you always got. 💩
radiouserInsightful rebuttal.
Do you really think anyone subscribed in here doesn’t know that lol. Why try to tie it to Sanders? Shit headline and stupid article
Saying this about the most successful third-party or independent candidate of the last twenty years is certainly a take. When was the last time that a third-party Presidential candidate did anything except lose the election for the major party they found less objectionable (Nader 2000, Perot 1992, Roosevelt 1912)?
Imagine if half the people parroting the dnc line that a third party vote is wasted actually voted third.
It’s not a DNC line is the truth while we’re in this terrible two party system with no ranked choice voting. Ironically Sanders has been pushing for ranked choice voting and fighting against the two party system.
So it’s not done. We can bit third, but if you’re in a swing state, the DMC DNC is going to make sure you can’t vote for a better candidate.
Jhexyeah, let’s pile on the one guy trying to make a difference… that’ll make you look smort
I liked Bernie, but then he rolled over to support the DNC darling, HRC. I was angry and directed that at the DNC, saying I didn’t like that he capitulated, but appreciated his graciousness, but that is he capitulated again, he is worthy of questioning and ire. And he did it again. Fact is, Sanders and AOC not only didn’t move anyone left, they’ve consistently been moving right. Denial doesn’t help addicts get clean, and it’s certainly not going to clean up the Democratic party. Look at seventy years of history.
Constantly and unsurprisingly disappointed in Caitlin Johnstone’s articles. The second you click on her substack you know the exact take she’s going to have for the issue: the same that a Russian asset who is trying to fuck up domestic stuff would have. Not saying that she necessarily is or isn’t, but just assume what a Russian asset would say and that’s what she will have for an opinion. Sometimes it’s right, no doubt, but mostly it’s just defeatist crap like this. 👎
It says so much that on July 9, 2026, the aspect of Platner she decided to highlight as problematic was…his support for Ukraine?
Do what you’ve always done. Get what you always got. 💩
Brave Little Hitachi Wand
Eh-II like to do a little trolling myself from time to time, but you’re fishing out of the lobster tank at Red Lobster. At least stop posting that stupid emoji comment and really engage with your marks.
What should we do exactly, vote Green?
Fat lot of good that’s ever done
I’m not advocating for a particular party, I’m telling you both branches of the monoparty work for the same corporate interests. Last presidential election, there was a candidate running under Workers’ Party, with a solid platform, and it’s quite interesting the liberal branch of the corporate party sued and won to keep her off the ballot, but only in swing states. The candidates D or R torpedo could be evaluated. A platform is great, but a platform with a workable plan to implement it is better.
Well, yeah. Why would the democrats want to allow a competing party to split the vote in a swing state?
If you’re under some impression that the democratic party should be boosting smaller political parties to somehow allow them to win offices and thereby dillute thier own voter base, then you’re going to be disappointed. What your’e describing only makes logical sense for a political party that actually wants to win elections.
Kinda like if I had a lemonade stand, then you tried to open one right next to me and steal my customers. Yeah I don’t think I’d be obligated to help you in that situation.
That’s not what I said.
You seemed disappointed that the democratic party sued to stop a Worker’s party candidate from getting on the ballot, right?
What I’m asking is why exactly you should expect the democratic party to not try and stop a competing party from splitting the vote?
Because their ideas are so great. Why only keep her off the ballot in swing states? Why didn’t they sue to keep libertarians or green off the ballot?
Because their ideas are so great.
What does that have to do with the democratic party wanting to win an election?
Why would the democratic party want to allow another political party to split their vote?
I mean, are you under the impression that poltics is a clean, morally upstanding affair?
Why didn’t they sue to keep libertarians or green off the ballot?
Gee, I don’t know. Think real hard about it and get back to me.
“No, you don’t get it this time is going to be different. We work from inside, we are going to dismantle the system by becoming the system. What Nazi tattoo? That’s just a game, he was a kid, we all make mistakes, stop being unreasonable.”
The US (and especially the blue-no-matter-who crowd) deserves maga and everything that comes with it.
this crybaby misdirection shit is so irritating.
“don’t effect change in the real world, try visualizing how cool it would be if everything was magically perfect instead. "
pretending that change can only occur if you make zero mistakes is counterproductive and plainly incorrect.
Do what you’ve always done. Get what you always got. 💩
Since you’re just copy and pasting this… I’ll do the same from another comment section responding to this same thing:
Constantly and unsurprisingly disappointed in Caitlin Johnstone’s articles. The second you click on her substack you know the exact take she’s going to have for the issue: the same that a Russian asset who is trying to fuck up domestic stuff would have. Not saying that she necessarily is or isn’t, but just assume what a Russian asset would say and that’s what she will have for an opinion. Sometimes it’s right, no doubt, but mostly it’s just defeatist crap like this. 👎
Girl, I am really not trying to be cover of a book and all that here… But man, combine: moderates lgbtq+ Christianity, volcel, and flexitarian (by themselves all debatable) with this absolute doo doo article…. What are you even doing over there? 🫱🌾
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