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[–] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Im just over economic growth, we don't need anymore economic growth. We make enough food housing and medicine to take care of everyone twice over. There's zero benefit to more economic growth, it's just more money for billionaires to waste labor on luxuries like insanely huge party yachts and weddings in fairy tale settings.

[–] FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Yeah and constant economic growth has huge downsides like global ecological collapse and climate change.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 45 points 4 days ago (10 children)

Here are the MAGA DINOS that just sacrificed their careers. Vote against them at every opportunity.

Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) — Co-leading the initiative

Rep. Adam Gray (D-CA) — Co-leading the initiative

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)

Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV)

Rep. Don Davis (D-NC)

Rep. Vicente Gonzalez Jr. (D-TX)

Rep. Laura Gillen (D-NY)

Rep. Janelle Bynum (D-OR)

Rep. Kristin McDonald Rivet (D-MI)

Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-NH)

Jessica Killin (candidate)

Marlene Galán Woods (candidate)

Bobby Pulido (candidate)

Those last three shouldn't win. Don't vote MAGA, vote 3rd party. If any of the rest survive their primary or elections, and the Dems take the majority, they should be shunned, and prohibited from holding any positions of authority on committees or anything else. Their careers are over.

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Small correction: The Democratic Socialists are the "DINOs".

These listed are actual party-line Democrats.

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[–] awmwrites@lemmy.cafe 78 points 4 days ago (2 children)

"Vote blue no matter who!"

People are voting for blue candidates who promise to do good things and not do bad things.

"Over my dead body they are!"

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 57 points 4 days ago (6 children)

There’s always a part of that phrase that gets left out

“Vote blue no matter who…. during the general election

Prior to that. Primary the hell out of anyone that isn’t progressive. Change the party from the bottom up. And guess what, you’re starting to see that actually happen and it scares the establishment. Let’s keep it going.

[–] stylusmobilus@aussie.zone 21 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That’s actually started in a way.

Hilarious that candidates are being endorsed by the mayor of New York.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

New York City has a population greater than all but twelve states. It's like if the governor of Virginia were a wildly popular national figure and started endorsing primary candidates.

[–] stylusmobilus@aussie.zone 9 points 4 days ago

Yeah that makes it make sense.

Anyway, it’s good, because the bloke stands for something decent and it is reps like him who will pull the country out of its problems if that’s possible.

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I know this is a hot take, but these are mostly in red states. Also, yesterday it was 15, so progress?

https://www.thepromisetoamerica.com/signatories

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 66 points 4 days ago (6 children)
  • Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) — Co-leading the initiative

  • Rep. Adam Gray (D-CA) — Co-leading the initiative

  • Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)

  • Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV)

  • Rep. Don Davis (D-NC)

  • Rep. Vicente Gonzalez Jr. (D-TX)

  • Rep. Laura Gillen (D-NY)

  • Rep. Janelle Bynum (D-OR)

  • Rep. Kristin McDonald Rivet (D-MI)

  • Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-NH)

  • Jessica Killin (candidate)

  • Marlene Galán Woods (candidate)

  • Bobby Pulido (candidate)

[–] EntheoNaut@lemmy.ml 51 points 4 days ago

Primary hit list. They all need to go.

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 37 points 4 days ago

Every single one of them supports big corporations over people

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 20 points 4 days ago

Fuck all of them. I hope they all get primaried to hell.

[–] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago

Bynum has been just a parade of milquetoast disappointment for OR5. I'm kind of surprised Gluesenkamp-Perez isn't on the list, maybe she's too conservative to count as a 'moderate dem'

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[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago

I bet they keep this pledge, they'll be like "sorry minimum wage is still 7.50 in 2030, BUT we did oppose that Mamdami guy! We promise to raise minimum wage by 2040, super swear believe it!

[–] orlyowl@piefed.ca 53 points 4 days ago
[–] DevDave@piefed.social 35 points 4 days ago (6 children)

Bill Clinton named an airport after Ronald Reagan, the guy who fired something like 10,000 FAA air traffic controllers for wanting to strike.

Biden told the rail road engineers who were almost literally begging to be treated like human beings they couldn't strike, here's more money you don't have any time to spend, and kiss my ass because "I am the pro-union" president. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_railroad_labor_dispute

Newsom pushed through a age verification law. How can that work unless it is a national login page? Reddit, imgur, lemmy/piefed, and pretty much everything else would require a digital bouncer at the door because none of this is designed to keep a tiny fraction of the countries total population from being psychologically scared like all the rest of us have been.

Establishment Democrats have been enabling the Republicans for decades.

[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Makes much more sense how we got here when you realize the Democrats haven't been that different from Republicans.

[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They push the exact same neoliberal policies, they just act slightly nicer to gay people while they do it.

Fascism with a pride sticker.

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[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

"We believe in a growing, fair, and competitive economy that rewards hard work, innovation, entrepreneurship, and ownership. Full-time work should make it possible to own a home, raise a family, afford healthcare, and retire with dignity. Economic, permitting, and tax policy should expand opportunity and lower costs for workers, families, entrepreneurs, and those striving to join the middle class, not disproportionately favor those already at the top."

Absolute garbage. They know they are not working towards a single thing on this list. At least they are not lying about being capitalists when they work with Republicans to gut Social Security and remove our ability to redress the government in the future.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 33 points 4 days ago

I love this. Give us a specific list of who to never vote for.

  • Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) — Co-leading the initiative

  • Rep. Adam Gray (D-CA) — Co-leading the initiative

  • Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)

  • Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV)

  • Rep. Don Davis (D-NC)

  • Rep. Vicente Gonzalez Jr. (D-TX)

  • Rep. Laura Gillen (D-NY)

  • Rep. Janelle Bynum (D-OR)

  • Rep. Kristin McDonald Rivet (D-MI)

  • Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-NH)

  • Jessica Killin (candidate)

  • Marlene Galán Woods (candidate)

  • Bobby Pulido (candidate)

[–] marxismtomorrow@lemmy.today 20 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Liberals will always side with fascists before they side with communists, as fascism doesn't threaten their power.

There was one time they didn't, and the rest of the libs haven't forgiven them

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[–] nanometer1625@thelemmy.club 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

We are capitalist, not socialist

It's pathetic that they didn't even read the wiki page on socialism before declaring themselves to be against it. They don't seem to be aware of market socialism and mixed economies. If they truly had the best interests of their constituents in mind, they would perform basic research before ruling out entire economic philosophies.

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[–] CoolSouthpaw@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago (3 children)

What a bunch of cunts. Why don't they fight Trump this hard?

[–] optimisticturtle@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

The Senate Dem leader Chuck Schumer kowtows to this fictional family he invented who he admits are MAGA supporters (that is when he isn't putting America behind Israel). So the voters who elected this stupid fuck come third, at best. The rest of the Dem leadership seems to be fine with this ideological cuckoldry of playing to lose. I really do wish we had a viable third party to work with and could be rid of these clowns.

[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Because he has enough policies that align with them that they don't actually hate him.

[–] TheGoldenV@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

Isn’t that just nuts? Like, boy I’m against his baby killing policy, but I sure do like moderate tax cuts.

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[–] Abyssian@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

"We promise America we will continue to make sure our donors can fuck you all as hard and rough as they want."

[–] Leviathan@fedinsfw.app 16 points 4 days ago

Yo, what the fuck? That's just straight up treason against half the country.

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

capitalists gonna capitalism

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[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

If the left did a Jan 6th then these "lesser evils" would be fighting and crawling over themselves be part of the firing squads.

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago

Remember their names when they try to beg for a vote.

[–] Dryad@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Oh look at that, they’re writing a strongly worded letter!

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 16 points 4 days ago

They should write themselves a resignation letter for failing Americans

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[–] Verdorrterpunkt@feddit.org 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

There's a long history of rich assholes who support democracy siding with rich assholes who don't support democracy over democracy supporters interested in social change.

Goes back at least to the mid-1800's

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[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The democratic party is technically more than one party all shoved into one, who knew? Just like the republican party.

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 12 points 3 days ago

Maybe Republicans 15 years ago.

Trump has cleaned out any Republican dissenters.

If you don't kiss the orange cock, he sends death threats your way.

[–] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 15 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Democratic socialists are truly the greatest threat to our glorious nation if you ignore literally everything else.

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[–] TomMasz@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago

Nothing succeeds like the old strategy that didn't succeed.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 days ago

This is frustrating but not surprising. Progressives and Democratic Socialists have been the red-haired stepchildren of the Democratic Party since Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. (Right after AOC won her primary, the DCCC changed its rules to deny support to other Democratic Socialist candidates. They were later pressured to revert the policy change.)

But we've already seen in the last decade evidence of active capture of the Democratic party and its institutions. Corporate lobbyists really prefer officials who are soulless and obedient and would rather get super wealthy than serve the public.

Sadly, it's the same neoliberal disease that infects all of the industrialized world, which factors into why authoritarianism and even fascism are gaining traction in those nations as well.

The Democrats may not be effective in taking back power, but if they do, we have to remake the entire system to address corruption, the influence of money, and to create social safety nets stronger than before. If we appease the capitalists and neoliberals even a little bit, then we'll be right back here again with some Trump-like figure in power and the Heritage Foundation wrecking the country's institutions all over again.

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