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2000 : “Fuck off economic left, we don’t need you! You’ll scare away the working class!”

2004 : “Fuck off economic left, we don’t need you! You’ll scare away the working class!”

2008 : “Well, I guess I have no choice. Yes we can!…Holy shit, we won?

2016 : “Fuck off economic left, we don’t need you! You’ll scare away the working class!”

2020 : “Fuck off economic left, we don’t need you! You’ll scare away the working class! And look, we won! I TOLD you conceding works!

2024 : “Fuck off economic left, we don’t need you! You’ll scare away the working class!”

I’m detecting a pattern here. Hey, all these megacorps are kissing Trump’s rings. Now’s the time to push an economic populist narrative.

Yeah that seat belt legislation really saved a lot of lives

That man has not paid a cent in rent in 25 years, because he's been living in libs' brains rent free the whole time.

Them: "You can't blame the Democrats for things the Republicans are doing!"
Also them: "Ralph Nader did the Brooks Brothers Riot"

Wait why do libs hate Ralph Nader? Honestly what can they even claim he did wrong? Or is this about him being a spoiler?

lolwut, are the libs doing Chaos Theory now?

"A Butterfly Ballot fucks up Al Gore's vote count in Florida, and 25 years later we have The Storm^QM^ in Washington D.C."

Thinking about how we're all here because of Eugene Debs SMDH

A guy I work with, who is a computer / math genius who can almost always explain how things work to the most minute detail possible, told me today that he hung out with a friend over the weekend who is "neither left nor right" on the political spectrum.

I asked him what he meant by that. He said "Well she's not left or right. She was one of the originators of the Occupy Wallstreet movement and she cares only about the disparity of the wealthy versus the poor."

I said "oh, you mean she's a leftist then" and he got upset because I didn't hear him tell me she wasn't a Democrat or a Republican. I told him yes, I understand that, but those are both right-wing parties, so she's more of a leftist than that. Good for her.

He looked shocked for a few seconds until it sank in and then he said "Oh, well yeah, if you want to put it that way, sure, but she's not really left or right though."

So I told him "that's not how it works though, just because the two establishment parties aren't leftist doesn't mean leftism isn't a thing, it very much is, especially in other countries." and it was like a light bulb turned on over his head.

Pretty much like he'd never considered there was something outside of Democrat vs Republican before.

It never ceases to amaze me that the technically smart people in my life have never considered there is anything beyond America and its particularly shitty politics.

If you think about it, WW2 was all Rosa's fault

I voted for him and would do it again in a heartbeat. I listen to the Ralph Nader radio hour weekly. My biggest regret was voting for Biden. Fuck that guy what a disaster of a president

i voted, which is the only thing i am capable of doing, so now i get to be pouty for 4 years while life doesnt really get worse for me because im pretty well off

god if only there was something i could do aside from vote blue every 4 years

I'm going to probably be saying this a lot: It's incredible watching a bunch of people who I thought didn't use social media anymore suddenly post a bunch about Trump like he's the next Adolf Hitler. I mean he might be, but they uttered nary a peep about the previous Adolf Hitler aka Genocide Joe. Hell, at least this Hitler brokered a temporary ceasefire to the genocide.

Same goes for people who I thought just weren't politically aware because they never said anything about Palestine.

i mean not all, but a lot woulda flown through the windshield to their death and indeed not be here.

It might not be true for everyone, but his car safety advocacy is certainly why I'm here.

shes right nader would have protected airplanes to prevent hijackings which would have prevented 9/11

we failed him and we failed ourselves

So Bush getting elected (well, doing a coup) was bad? I thought Bush was good now

Fmr FBI Special Agent, lawyer

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