• disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Trump wins if Democrats abstain. That’s how elections work. Republicans have understood this for decades. It’s time Democrats catch up.

      Abstaining isn’t voting for Trump, but it’s refusing to stand in his way.

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        4 months ago

        I’m not abstaining. But “we finally beat Medicare” has legs. If you can’t see that, you don’t remember Howard Dean.

        Progressives aren’t making threats. We’ve been here before and we see what’s happening. We know what’s at stake and we know that centrists are so fucking pigheaded that they’ll keep making a massive mistake and then blame everyone who tried to fucking warn them.

        You would rather lose and have someone to blame than admit you’re wrong and win.