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"It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them. First, it was the white working class, and now it is Latino and Black workers as well. While the Democratic leadership defend the status quo, the American people are angry and want change. And they're right.

Today, while the very rich are doing phenomenally well, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck and we have more income and wealth inequality than ever before. Unbelievably, real, inflation-accounted-for weekly wages for the average American worker are actually lower now than they were 50 years ago.

Today, despite an explosion in technology and worker productivity, many young people will have a worse standard of living than their parents. And many of them worry that Artificial Intelligence and robotics will make a bad situation even worse.

Today, despite spending far more per capita than other countries, we remain the only wealthy nation not to guarantee health care to all as a human right and we pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. We, alone among major countries, cannot even guarantee paid family and medical leave.

Today, despite strong opposition from a majority or Americans, we continue to spend billions funding the extremist Netanyahu government's all out war against the Palestinian people which has led to the horrific humanitarian disaster of mass malnutrition and the starvation of thousands of children.

While the big money interests and well paid consultants who control the Democratic Party learn any real lessons from this disastrous campaign? Will they understand the pain and political alienation that tens of millions of Americans are experiencing? Do they have any ideas as to how we can take on the increasingly powerful Oligarchy which has so much political power? Probably not.

In the coming weeks and months those of us concerned about grassroots democracy and economic justice need to have some very serious political discussions.

Stay tuned."

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[–] FortifiedAttack@hexbear.net 5 points 5 hours ago

Awww, they let the doggie off his leash!

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 77 points 12 hours ago (7 children)

There needs to be a purge within the Party. These corporate freaks and consultants and their pet politicians must be expelled from the Party. Democrats can't allow them to call the shots anymore.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 43 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

No. The Democratic party deserves extinction. Can't say who or what would replace them, but they're dead.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 27 points 12 hours ago (5 children)

Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle.

-Vladimir Lenin

The Dems are failures, plain and simple, but there is a path forward that doesn't involve them. It is the number 1 duty of leftists to get organized, and read theory. I can provide an intro list to Marxism if you want, but Blackshirts and Reds is an excellent primer. It helps us understand what fascism is, who it serves, where it comes from, and how we can banish it forever.

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[–] DefinitelyNotAPhone@hexbear.net 23 points 10 hours ago

How do you purge 95% of a party and all of its power brokers and backers without just building a new party? It's not like the capitalists came in and hijacked it, they were always one half of the American single-party state.

[–] pudcollar@hexbear.net 21 points 10 hours ago

That's like reforming the Nazi party, by the time you've fixed the Democratic party you'll have changed everything about it.

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[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 54 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Well the Democratic Party learn their lesson? No.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 43 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

They need to be abandoned in order for us to move forward.

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[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 15 points 11 hours ago

Narrator voice record scratch ...... They didn't learn.

The xenophobic finger-pointing continues.

[–] micnd90@hexbear.net 43 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

all out war against the Palestinian people

flattened-bernie

Say the 'g' word - genocide, you king cuck coward

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[–] VernetheJules@hexbear.net 30 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Populism clearly wins elections, which is why the Democrats would shun a platform like this

[–] FishLake@lemmygrad.ml 34 points 12 hours ago

Why win elections when you can lose elections and have your policies implemented anyway?

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 30 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Where was this months ago!?!?

[–] ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works 11 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

He was too busy endorsing Harris..

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 32 points 9 hours ago

As he does - support the best option that has a realistic chance of happening even if that's just because it's a lesser evil. He did it with Hillary too even after the DNC stabbed him in the back, and for the same reason: he saw the disastrous potential of a Trump presidency.

That ship has sailed and sunk, so now it's time for aggressive introspection in the hopes that we can make a better ship next time that actually does its job.

...assuming there's a next time.

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 30 points 12 hours ago

Oh fuck right off Bernie. You solidified yourself as one of their satellites when you went down without a fight after super tuesday 2020. I remember you standing side by side with them lying to us about Gaza just fucking weeks ago. Retire. All the good that could come out of you is tapped.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 21 points 10 hours ago

They didn't learn when Hillary did it, they squeaked by with Biden because nobody could stomach another 4 years of orange man, and they shit the bed in entirely the same way with Harris. They'll keep the same quislings in control, propping up the Republican monarchists and throw a bunch more elections to make sure there's a supermajority the next go around to get some real work done for the fascists. This is the way.

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 21 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

This might be the last chance if even there is one. No centrist Democrat should ever be looked at again until this is corrected.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 18 points 12 hours ago

The Democrats are incapable of moving left, they draw their resources and legitimacy from their donors.

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 19 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Unfortunately, I don't think any of this bothers them. As long as politics is controlled by money, this is the ultimate destination for any major political party.

If Bernie Sanders and Jon Stewart run in 2028, we might have a chance to install people that would actually attempt to remove blatant bribery from politics. Otherwise, this is it.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 33 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Bernie's gonna be in his 90s by then. He won't run and I won't blame him.

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 38 points 12 hours ago

Dude litterally spent his entire life trying to help us. We consistently turned him down. He did all he could, the blame is not with him.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 10 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle.

-Vladimir Lenin

Bernie and Jon Stewart will be too old by then. More than that, ceding defeat without fighting to begin with is the height of foolishness. It is the number 1 duty of leftists to get organized, and read theory. I can provide an intro list to Marxism if you want, but Blackshirts and Reds is an excellent primer. It helps us understand what fascism is, who it serves, where it comes from, and how we can banish it forever.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Jon Stewart is not that old. He's only 61.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 9 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

That's still above retirement age, he shouldn't have to run, nor am I in the mindset that he would be enough to course correct.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 7 points 11 hours ago

Obviously he shouldn't have to run, but he's not remotely too old. He's sharp, has experience dealing with the political system (and succeeding), is extremely knowledgeable and insightful about the state of society, etc.

He doesn't want to be a politician, though, so it's a moot point.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 15 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

No, fuck no. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory is like, their whole deal.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 13 points 12 hours ago

Marx and Lenin are vindicated every time the dems fumble what was supposed to be an easy election.

[–] take_five_seconds@hexbear.net 15 points 12 hours ago

no no they will not

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 13 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

In the coming weeks and months those of us concerned about grassroots democracy and economic justice need to have some very serious political discussions.

Fucking tell them Bernie. Too many people are still in denial about the truth of that happened in this election. Hint: It's not Americans hating women. It's not Americans hating black people. It's not Harris being handed an impossible situation. It's not whatever excuse you came up with or heard (seriously why do people feel the need to make excuses for political candidates' failure).

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 12 points 12 hours ago

They always will fail, they serve the same donors and bourgeois powers as the republicans. That's why they threw away their voterbase and catered with Liz Cheney. Marx and Lenin are vindicated by the passage of time. They were not clairvoyant, they just accurately analyzed the systems around them and saw what necessarily follows from their directions.

Everyone, get organized, read theory, learn self-defense and self-sufficiency. A good primer is Blackshirts and Reds. Defend yourselves and protect each other. I can provide an intro list to Marxism if anyone wants to read up on theory.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 10 points 7 hours ago

Bernie is the modern day version of Bernstein. Bernie's emphasis on gradual reform and cooperation with the bourgeoisie is essentially an abandonment of the fight for socialism. Much like Bernstein did in hist time, Bernie prioritizes short-term gains for workers within the capitalist system instead of striving for its overthrow. He built a country wide movement that inspired millions of people, and then he made it all about the election. Once he lost the whole movement just fizzled overnight.

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 9 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Bernie starting a labor party?

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[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 12 points 11 hours ago

We need a revolution, the democrats are a failure.

[–] dontgooglefinderscult@lemmings.world 7 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Where the fuck was this version of Sanders for the last 8 fucking years.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 27 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Present and speaking similarly.

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 15 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

Was gonna say. Standing up for folks, yelling at the same empty room he's been yelling at for 40 years. Dude is nothing if not consistent. If anything Bernie has moved to the right in the last 4 decades, and he's still the left most politician we have

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 8 points 12 hours ago

Honestly kudos to the man for standing up for his beliefs in the face of overwhelming American stupidity for this long. I'd have definitely folded.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 7 points 12 hours ago

There's C-Span videos online of him doing interviews before he became a US senator, and it's interesting how the problems then are still relatable now. We've gotten better at kicking cans down roads and blaming each other instead of tackling the issues head on.

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[–] would_be_appreciated@lemmy.ml 7 points 11 hours ago

Too true. Listening to Sanders from the 80s is the same as listening to him today. It's shocking how little his views and rhetoric have changed while being absolutely correct from the beginning.

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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

Betteridge's Law says they won't

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