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[–] m_f@midwest.social 19 points 1 hour ago (3 children)

Local opinion piece:

https://www.startribune.com/brehm-democrats-have-themselves-to-blame-for-trumps-election/601176736

I read it because of the title, but it's just some shithead that wants them to move further right:

This red wave wasn’t as much about embracing Donald Trump as it was repudiating far-left progressivism.

[...], and then foisted upon us an equally unqualified and unpalatable hard left alternative.

They are already creating the groundwork for sucking more corporate dick.

[–] jlou@mastodon.social 7 points 23 minutes ago

How can this be a rejection of the far left when Harris campaigned as a moderate (e.g. Cheney)? If republican voters are going to think Democrats are communist regardless of how moderate the Democrats are, maybe moderating isn't a good strategy. If the only choice is between right-wing and lite right-wing, right-wing voters will choose the real thing. Even then, Trumpists will still call democrats communists.

Many left polices are popular when they aren't labelled as left

@theonion

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 10 points 53 minutes ago* (last edited 49 minutes ago)

Reminds me of that joke about how there are only two races: White, and political. It's disheartening to see folks (some here on Lemmy) confusing listening to the concerns of brown-skinned people with leftism. The Arab-Americans in Michigan, for a relevant example, are just people with a range of political opinions like the rest of us.

[–] Loonesota@lemmy.world 3 points 28 minutes ago

Hardly surprising coming from the Star Trib these days... I knew it was bad when they refused to even endorse a candidate.

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 29 points 2 hours ago

Oh they learned their lessons:

  1. blame minorities
  2. shift further right
[–] RangerJosie@lemmy.world 19 points 2 hours ago

Oh they know how to win. They just don't want to. The policy decisions that would lock in Dem control for generations to come run counter to the goals of DNC Services Corp. Because they're a corp.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 hour ago

This is unironically true, unfortunately.

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