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Elon Musk Is Firing Up the Vote-Buying Machine Again
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Hopefully the 1/3rd of people that sat with there thumbs up there asses will turnout this time and counter it.
I'm expecting a bunch of them to just bitch about Israel and genocide and how the Democrats will be "just as bad" yet again.
Even f that shit were accurate I can't even understand why that makes it ok to throw our country to the fucking Christfascism Nazis.
"Oh Democrats will be just as bad for iSrAeL aNd PaLeStInE".
Like, maybe, probably not, but they are going to be way less bad for literally everyone else. I do not understand why so many people have this stupid fucking love boner for Israel.
These apathetic fucks will find any one topic to cling on to in order to avoid making a decision.
I'm ready to vote blue because the Democrats are almost as bad
Welcome to being a fucking adult. It sucks.
This is the way. It's not great but it's how you move the needle.
"Bitch about genocide"? Christ, have some decency.
Last June, a UN report found Israel intentionally targets children in order to extinguish the Palestinian people. Literally bombing maternity wards in order to make sure as many babies are killed as possible. Why can't you treat the subject with at least some respect? Why do you feel the need to belittle it?
Yes - bitching about genocide - because THAT'S ALL THEY DO. When given a choice to vote to improve the state of the world, even a little, they chose political irrelevancy.
He's talking about MAGAs bitching about it, not Dems.
Are you sure? Given the context I think they're talking about non-voters who wouldn't vote for the dems due to Biden and Harris' strong support for Israel.
They've got an old reliable boogeyman who hasn't come out to party for a while, so they'll dust him off, and send his creaky bones out for a turn on the dance floor - Communism. It's going to be all about Communism and the rise of the Red Menace in the Democrat Party.
What BOTH parties don't get, is that a LOT of people, especially young people, are fed up with both sides, and Socialism - a little light Communism - is sounding pretty good right now. A third of Dems already support the Democratic Socialists, which mean even more are cautiously leaning that way, too. About 50% of Democrats are listening to DemSoc candidates, in one of the most contentious elections in history.
A LOT of people, including some on the other side, are starting to think that ANYTHING would be better than this.
And they're very, very wrong. That's what got Trump elected.
They've done I his before, spent billions of dollars and lost, or didn't make much impact. It doesn't help your cause when your candidates ads are come on, the TV, and instead of being swayed by the argument, most of the viewers take note of who to vote against.
All they are doing is spending billions to promote MAGA, which everybody HATES. The money isn't going to change that hatred, it's just going to paint all candidates bright red, and make them unelectable.
And Republicans know it, which is why much of the right's campaign literature and ads you'll see this Fall won't include their party, because they know their party is toxic.