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[–] WarlockLawyer@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago

The Teamster President who spoke at the RNC even after all that Republicans have done to destroy unions? And he said this on the Tucker Carlson, a nepo baby who hates the working class?

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 32 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

That contempt for workers and adoration of corporate donors is why the democrats lost ground in almost every single demographic. The alarming part is they flatly wont admit why they lost. They learned absolutely nothing. The sheer arrogance of the DNC is astounding.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Their arrogance is the arrogance of the average liberal.

They still refuse to accept the fact that neoliberalism sows the seeds of fascism. They'll support fascism sooner than they'll support a highly regulated and tightly contained capitalism.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

OMG you guys, we definitely shouldn't vote for her now after this major snafu.

[–] DeadWorldWalking@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This unironically.

The Neoliberals have shown they are incapable of representing their voters anymore.

We need a progressive party

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works -4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

There are multiple progressive parties.

Edit: Why the downvotes? This is objectively true. We need one of our existing progressive parties to actually get votes, we don't need another new party to split votes.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world -3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

And these are the takeaways

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It may not be the last one. Or even her last one.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

For president? I highly doubt she'd try again.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Showing more and more why Harris was not liked. Suddenly all the union moves make more sense.

[–] BoobaAwooga@lemmynsfw.com -2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Only reason it comes off negative is because she’s a woman. If this were trump people would say “wow what a great business man”

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Cutting a meeting short by 20 minutes, only taking 3/17 questions and telling them to "get onboard"? No, that's presumptive and disrespectful regardless of who does it.

And sheer idiocy on her part.

[–] BoobaAwooga@lemmynsfw.com -3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Most politicians do that especially if you know they won’t endorse you or vote for you and the only ones that get shit on are dems. Another example of dems need to be perfect

[–] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So you want Dems to be judged on the same standards as the Republicans? Guess we gotta start excusing any Dems that do crimes because we can't have them be the only one to get shit on.

[–] BoobaAwooga@lemmynsfw.com -4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Wow bro way to completely blow that out of proportion

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

You've got a real "just a prank, bro" style of dialogue.

[–] BoobaAwooga@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 14 hours ago

Nice little ad hominem to finish off the conversation, I say bro one time and you base this entire comment off that 👍

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago

It comes off as negative because it's consistent with Democrats' withering contempt for people who work for a living.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Aged like RAW milk

[–] maegul@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The down votes on this is interesting …?

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 days ago

Why listen to reality when you can downvote your problems away. It's what they did in 2016 and 2024, why stop now?