They held a vote over if you wanted them to do something, and democrat voters stayed home while republicans showed up. We have literally no one to blame but ourselves. Vote if you get another chance, fight for that chance if you don't.
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Netanyahu started a war with Palestine to get liberals pissed off at Democrats who basically have their hands tied due to the Jewish relationship with Dems and Israel being tied to our national security.
Oh boy, now you're gonna get all the "no, it's Democrats' fault that I didn't vote!" people desperately trying to assuage the guilt they're feeling for the idiotic decision that they made in the face of countless people pleading with them not to.
This is a real "whatever you need to say to make yourself feel better". Somehow everyone is compelled to vote for politicians who are complicit in a genocide, but not to vote for anyone else - by the overwhelming argument of "it's what a lot of people voted for last time so we have to keep doing it".
And it's not the fault of the people who voted for the fascist that you're focused on - or your own fault for voting for someone who's also a fascist, but more subtle about it - no, it's only the people who didn't vote for any kind of fascist, who are at fault for the fascist being elected. I'm sure you think this logic is completely sane and not just the entire reason we have bipartisan fascism and support for genocide in the U.S., not to even get into the global empire.
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False. The democrats ran a terrible campaign. Biden refused to step down, until it was too late to primary. They forced a candidate upon the country without a democratic process. Their campaign had terrible messaging and was tone deaf to the real situation the working class faces. They were unable to convince millions of voters that showed out for them last time to show up again. The democrats are more concerned with protecting their donors than they are protecting the working class and winning. Until you and everyone else oblivious can come to grips with this, nothing will change.
And before you say anything stupid, I voted for her.
OP isn't wrong and neither are you. Democrats didn't show up, republicans did that is why Harris lost.
But Harris lost because of everything you wrote as well.
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What do you want them to do? Barricade themselves in the Oval Office and go out in a blaze of glory?
This is the only alternative you can envision? Either Biden and Harris say nothing, as they've done since the election, or they go full Rambo in the White House?
Yes
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If the US had Defensive Democracy, then maybe they could do something.
But instead, we have whoever wins (aka: gets the most rich doners) gets to become president, even if they want to violate the very oath they are about to take.
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