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Look, if you’re not even going to try to respond to what I’ve explained to you about our system and why voting matters no matter how “complicit with fascists” you think the Dems are, I don’t know what to tell you. But it’s a pretty bad faith way to engage with someone, even some random online.
November 30, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Look, if you’re not even going to try to respond to what I’ve explained to you about our system and why voting matters no matter how “complicit with fascists” you think the Dems are, I don’t know what to tell you. But it’s a pretty bad faith way to engage with someone, even some random online.
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I’m not pretending anything. But the Nazis didn’t become “more popular,” they lost vote share in ‘32 and never had a Reichstag majority before the Enabling Act gave Hitler dictatorial power. Even the ‘33 election, marked by violent suppression by Nazi thugs, didn’t give Nazis an outright majority.
November 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I’m not pretending anything. But the Nazis didn’t become “more popular,” they lost vote share in ‘32 and never had a Reichstag majority before the Enabling Act gave Hitler dictatorial power. Even the ‘33 election, marked by violent suppression by Nazi thugs, didn’t give Nazis an outright majority.
Looks like Trump found his next National Security Advisor.
November 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Looks like Trump found his next National Security Advisor.
Let’s not overstate Nazi popularity. Nazis never won a majority in a free election. Hitler became chancellor with a mere plurality (~33%) and immediately began consolidating power. Once you violently suppress and ban opposition parties and imprison your opponents, election results become propaganda.
November 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Let’s not overstate Nazi popularity. Nazis never won a majority in a free election. Hitler became chancellor with a mere plurality (~33%) and immediately began consolidating power. Once you violently suppress and ban opposition parties and imprison your opponents, election results become propaganda.
Yes. In a representative democracy, the people share responsibility for the actions of our leaders, even those we opposed in elections. Which is also why it’s our obligation to protest when our leaders do terrible things in our names. Complacency is complicity.
November 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Yes. In a representative democracy, the people share responsibility for the actions of our leaders, even those we opposed in elections. Which is also why it’s our obligation to protest when our leaders do terrible things in our names. Complacency is complicity.
Which is why I said “from people like me.” As I said, he doesn’t know me. He doesn’t care about me individually. He cares about “me” as a type of reliable democratic voter. And that analysis isn’t based on inflated sense of self, it’s based on experience working and volunteering in politics.
November 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Which is why I said “from people like me.” As I said, he doesn’t know me. He doesn’t care about me individually. He cares about “me” as a type of reliable democratic voter. And that analysis isn’t based on inflated sense of self, it’s based on experience working and volunteering in politics.
Sure, but let’s not pretend Trump is interested in what the Venezuelan people want. He wants a compliant state that will let US industry exploit Venezuela’s natural resources. If he succeeds in toppling Maduro, I’d expect him to install industry-friendly right-wing elites to run the place.
November 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Sure, but let’s not pretend Trump is interested in what the Venezuelan people want. He wants a compliant state that will let US industry exploit Venezuela’s natural resources. If he succeeds in toppling Maduro, I’d expect him to install industry-friendly right-wing elites to run the place.
Yup. Although in the same way Putin wants to take Ukraine and eliminate Ukrainians, their language and their culture, I suspect Trump would be happy to take Venezuela if he could get rid of the Venezuelans.
November 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Yup. Although in the same way Putin wants to take Ukraine and eliminate Ukrainians, their language and their culture, I suspect Trump would be happy to take Venezuela if he could get rid of the Venezuelans.
Or maybe she knew she lost? A key feature of MAGA is claiming elections are “rigged” unless they win. Which “obviously rigged” states did Harris win that would have put her over 270 electoral college votes? PA, MI, WI and AZ all had Dem governors. Did they rig the election for Trump? How?
November 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Or maybe she knew she lost? A key feature of MAGA is claiming elections are “rigged” unless they win. Which “obviously rigged” states did Harris win that would have put her over 270 electoral college votes? PA, MI, WI and AZ all had Dem governors. Did they rig the election for Trump? How?
Exactly. The prior poster and I were both being sarcastic. Because if it happens, we’ll be no better than the thug in Moscow and his “Special Military Operation” that was supposed to capture Kyiv in three days, with Russian troops greeted as saviors. And how’d that work out?
November 30, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Exactly. The prior poster and I were both being sarcastic. Because if it happens, we’ll be no better than the thug in Moscow and his “Special Military Operation” that was supposed to capture Kyiv in three days, with Russian troops greeted as saviors. And how’d that work out?
Industry can’t afford the effects of global warming and industry in the Americas can’t afford to be left behind in the green technology revolution by global competitors in Asia and Europe.
November 30, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Industry can’t afford the effects of global warming and industry in the Americas can’t afford to be left behind in the green technology revolution by global competitors in Asia and Europe.
US troops will be hailed as heroes when we take Caracas in three days. . . 🫠🇺🇸😭
November 30, 2025 at 12:31 AM
US troops will be hailed as heroes when we take Caracas in three days. . . 🫠🇺🇸😭
Yeah, sure, that’s exactly what I said.
November 30, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Yeah, sure, that’s exactly what I said.
You keep confusing having the right to do something with that thing being an advisable or practical thing to do. Yes. It’s exasperating.
November 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
You keep confusing having the right to do something with that thing being an advisable or practical thing to do. Yes. It’s exasperating.
Except they have changed substantially over the course of my 50 years. They change to win reliable voters, as I explained in my thread below. Too slow? Yes. But at least it’s not going backwards.
I’m not a political scientist. It was my major 30ys ago, I worked in Congress, worked full time on one campaign and volunteered for many others. I learned that in a system like ours with low voter engagement and turnout, politicians chase reliable voters.
November 30, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Except they have changed substantially over the course of my 50 years. They change to win reliable voters, as I explained in my thread below. Too slow? Yes. But at least it’s not going backwards.
Voters decide. So it’s also on people who encourage others to vote in ways that help Republicans. I’m tired of explaining this over and over. Here’s my multi-post take - it’s pretty fucking simple.
I’m not a political scientist. It was my major 30ys ago, I worked in Congress, worked full time on one campaign and volunteered for many others. I learned that in a system like ours with low voter engagement and turnout, politicians chase reliable voters.
November 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Voters decide. So it’s also on people who encourage others to vote in ways that help Republicans. I’m tired of explaining this over and over. Here’s my multi-post take - it’s pretty fucking simple.
My interests align more with Democrats than with Republicans, and it’s not close. That doesn’t mean I don’t want Dems to change, it means I understand our system and I know politicians don’t pursue unreliable voters, so they won’t change for people who stay home or vote for guaranteed losers.
November 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
My interests align more with Democrats than with Republicans, and it’s not close. That doesn’t mean I don’t want Dems to change, it means I understand our system and I know politicians don’t pursue unreliable voters, so they won’t change for people who stay home or vote for guaranteed losers.
No one here is arguing that people don’t have the right to vote for Jill Stein or stay at home. We’re arguing that to do so helps the people aligned against their interests. Having the right to do something does not mean it’s advisable to do it. I have the right to vote for Trump, but I don’t do it.
November 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
No one here is arguing that people don’t have the right to vote for Jill Stein or stay at home. We’re arguing that to do so helps the people aligned against their interests. Having the right to do something does not mean it’s advisable to do it. I have the right to vote for Trump, but I don’t do it.
Yes. And I’ll continue he to do so until another party more aligned with my interests actually has a chance of winning. To do otherwise is to make yourself irrelevant and hand power to those who do vote.
November 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Yes. And I’ll continue he to do so until another party more aligned with my interests actually has a chance of winning. To do otherwise is to make yourself irrelevant and hand power to those who do vote.
So why are you out here encouraging other people to ruin the next election by priming them to make their votes irrelevant and help the fascists win?
November 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
So why are you out here encouraging other people to ruin the next election by priming them to make their votes irrelevant and help the fascists win?
Because people like you put us there. Sincerely, someone who learned this lesson 40yrs ago in fucking grade school and is sick of grown ass people helping kill our country and our world by imagining they can further their interests by sitting out elections or voting for grifters guaranteed to lose.
November 29, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Because people like you put us there. Sincerely, someone who learned this lesson 40yrs ago in fucking grade school and is sick of grown ass people helping kill our country and our world by imagining they can further their interests by sitting out elections or voting for grifters guaranteed to lose.