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[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (13 children)

Because Trump is energizing his base with lies and propaganda designed to get them angry and motivated, while Kamala has squandered the enthusiasm her base had for her by pursuing disaffected center-right never-Trumpers. It's basically the same strategy Hillary Clinton ran in 2016 and it's terrifying to watch the Democrats gamble on it yet again.

[–] jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (4 children)

its because their corporate owners don't want to have to implement left wing economic policies for the good of the nation. unfortunately we'll continue to have fascist bogey men until people start holding dems accountable.

[–] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 9 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

It's because the media, who teach most people how to think, is mostly owned by corporations who benefit from pro-corpo status quo policies.

[–] jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

media is just an amplifier. but yes you could make such an argument; though its deeper than that.

[–] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

Obviously it's the sort of thing one could write doctoral theses about, but I reckon that much is not contentious.

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