• Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
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    23 hours ago

    Her messaging was “America is already great”, her policies were means-tested bullshit that anyone who’s gone their entire life not getting help understood wouldn’t apply to them. Hillary was the status quo candidate.

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        16 hours ago

        I am describing how electoral politics work. You have to promise to help the people whose votes you want and hurt their enemies. You can’t run on “well you owe me your vote because tHiS iS tHe mOsT iMpOrTaNt eLeCtiOn oF oUr liVeS”

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          13 hours ago

          No. Ideally you should win a vote by presenting a good platform and showing the candidate to be a good leader - specifically by not dividing people and talking about enemies within the country. Talk about perspectives and differences in platforms and leadership track records. Being ‘the most important’ election is a good reason to tell people to really pay attention to the options and actually get out and vote. If Americans are too stupid to understand that, they deserve the orange moron they got and the long term damage it is doing to the country.

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            13 hours ago

            There are enemies within the country; every worker’s interests are diametrically opposed to those of Jeff Bezos. A leader who pretends we’re all on the same side is siding with capital. Billionaires like Bloomberg understand that, hence why he spent hundreds of millions trying to stop the candidate who wanted workers to have healthcare.

            “The election is important election ever, for real, thats why you have to vote for a rightwing ghoul instead of a candidate who can actually win” has been going on since Nixon.