In my state there were literally not other options. We had a single candidate primary.

Tell me you don’t understand directionally or literal numbers without telling me…

Yeah, his model gave her less of a chance than most others and their podcast constantly, over and over, warned people that this means Trump wins three elections if you run it ten times. People who wrote 538 off because it didn’t call the election for Trump are some of the dumbest mouthbreathers you’ll run into.

Exactly. It’s very much structural. And fixable, but we won’t fix it :/

I understand, but how is it viable, from the standpoint of the opposition, to be anything other than a unified party in opposition if there’s no chance to bargain for a position in a coalition government, to form a coalition to win an election to make a new government, etc? That doesn’t make any sense, why would anyone split like that?

No, the executive is compartmentalized and voted for separately, so there’s no dissolution of parliament, negotiations over forming a government, etc. Seems like a small difference, but structurally it’s a large and impactful distinction.

Wait do other people really not get that this is sarcasm?

It’s not a hard choice, and everyone should make that easy choice this November. Still, that doesn’t make it easy to plug your nose and do it.

“I don’t understand why turnover is so high. Ever since COVID people just don’t have any work ethic. The lockdowns really destroyed our economy in irreparable ways. Wait no, don’t quit.”

A house in a remote location is insanely naïve. Rambo isn’t real life, if you want a snowball’s chance in hell of making it in that kind of a scenario you need to have group support. When the sea people came you didn’t want to be in major metros on the coast, but you also didn’t want to the the guy alone who became the lonely corpse in the countryside. There’s a happy medium where you have the best chances of survival. This is just delusional apocalypse porn.

I feel the same way about “every accusation is a confession.” It’s such over simplified, sixth grade mean girl bullshit. Buuuuuuut it hasn’t been wrong lately, which is annoying lol.

A lot of people miss that NY is a liberal state, but in the sort of “commercial liberal” way. It’s basically the embodiment of old school moderate liberalism. I’m obviously simplifying, but NY is Democratic, but not necessarily progressive.

Lol joke’s on you asshole, recently more people raised in the suburbs and country have moved to cities, and more minorities and leftists own guns. It’s not 1980 anymore, good luck.

Apparently .ml people are red/ brown colorblind. Didn’t even know that was a type of colorblindness.

Absolutely vote Democrat, but we can do that while voicing criticism of the Democrats failing to make sufficient adaptations to important issues. Admittedly that’s more important during primary time, but being critical while still intending to vote Democrat can be a useful way to continue to push the Democratic candidate in more progressive directions beyond the primaries.

So yes, vote Democrat this November and absolutely do not vote Trump or third party. But that doesn’t mean that every criticism of the GOP Lite ™️ is foreign propaganda or in bad faith. Let’s be careful without falling into a siege mentality like the right.

I had a comment removed for using a racial slur because I called them tankies lol. Poor little snowflakes. Fwiw I’m literally a socialist, I just don’t support authoritarianism and genocide and blatant human rights abuses.

What?? I feel like they were more common!

Rachel fucking Maddow probably lol

“The people doing this boycott are just anti-Rhodesia nutjobs and there aren’t even that many.” -some jackass in 1975