a weird phenomenon about Democratic voters, it seems to me, is that they are much more sensitive to the idea of nominating someone *too* liberal in the primary. Like there is a not-inconsiderate number of Dem voters who support Medicare for All, but voted for Biden specifically because they believe - ThreadSky

braak.bsky.social • 75 days ago

a weird phenomenon about Democratic voters, it seems to me, is that they are much more sensitive to the idea of nominating someone *too* liberal in the primary. Like there is a not-inconsiderate number of Dem voters who support Medicare for All, but voted for Biden specifically because they believe

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trickleupjustice.bsky.social•75 days ago

Because the party has worked for decades, hand in hand with republicans, to convince Americans that anything they label as socialism or communism is an evil that must be avoided at all costs. We’ve been hoodwinked, and it continues, it’s more clear than ever the ruling class will not help us.

trickleupjustice.bsky.social•75 days ago

We all saw how they handled Bernie, the last opportunity we had to change things peacefully. The more they shut down the civil options the closer we get to the uncivil ones. Seems more inevitable every day.

braak.bsky.social•75 days ago

that a candidate who ran on M4A -- a policy that they want and support -- would not actually be able to win the general.

puzzlemathstar.bsky.social•74 days ago

that's right, and they deliberately maintain the system to work in their favor like that. dems at the top HATE any electoral reform which would resemble real democracy more than a game of chicken

dashwallkick.bsky.social•75 days ago

Yeah, I did phone banking for Bernie and this happened a lot. Everyone liked his ideas and no one was sure he could beat Trump. It's super frustrating.

scooterbones.bsky.social•75 days ago

The response to 2016 and the wall-to-wall Russiagating radicalized Dems and made them all super deferential to media institutions (which they have a real hangover about now). When they started tooting "electability" they followed.

trickleupjustice.bsky.social•75 days ago

With the assistance of Democratic Party leadership, we can’t forget that. Russians sow division and the dems went along with it because they saw Bernie as a bigger threat to the corporation donor class than Trump or Russia was, they’ll always defer to the billionaires first, their true constituency.

scooterbones.bsky.social•75 days ago

Wait, so you're saying the Dems undermining Bernie was the intention of a Russian influence campaign? Okay, haven't heard that one.

trickleupjustice.bsky.social•75 days ago

No, I said Russians will do anything to sow division and further divide america, including getting them to vote against their own interests aka not vote for Bernie. Democrats reinforced this message because they saw Bernie as a bigger threat than any divisions Russian propaganda might create.

jiyoung213.bsky.social•74 days ago

the clintons, obama, and the dem establishment worked hard to put out that message, and it worked. they know how to destroy good things really well.

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