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Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy | "It's like there's only one person who is actually able to sidestep the demoralization and frustration" (www.commondreams.org)
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[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 5 points 23 minutes ago (1 children)

What's crazy and I feel very shortsighted of the Democrats is that they aren't doing this more often. There is a large population that will/would respond to this type of politicking from the "opposition". They would generate tons of energy for more protests and put more pressure on the republicans to oppose shit.

instead we get:

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) has garnered scorn for meeting with Silicon Valley executives to "mend fences" with the powerful tech sector—where numerous CEOs have signaled support for Trump during his second term.

Ken Martin, the newly elected chair of the Democratic National Committee, said last month that the party should continue to take money from "good billionaires."

[–] deadtom@lemmy.world 2 points 15 minutes ago

Democrats are the controlled opposition. It's why they would never give Sanders a fair shake. He would upset them "good billionaires" because going further right is preferable than a single step left for the wealthy.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 57 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

The fact that it still has to be Bernie doing this is nothing short of a failure on the part of the American people.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

He's one of precious few in office who have any credibility on the issue.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I mean yes, and that's what I'm calling a failure on the part of the American people.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 4 points 56 minutes ago

Or a success on the part of the two party hegemony.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 24 points 4 hours ago

The DNC could have let him win instead of cheating him out of the primary in 2016, we should have had a green new deal by now.

[–] stopdropandprole@lemmy.world 61 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

a singular politician. he's going to die on the job, in the middle of an impassioned speech on behalf of the working class. indefatigable. not even Lincoln or Kennedy had a fraction of the perseverance and consistency this man has demonstrated. a true public servant.

[–] robbinhood@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago

Eh, I don't know. Lincoln was well aware that he was walking into a massively complex situation with nothing short of the future of the country 100% on the line. He knew he was doing it at great personal risk, and I am sure on some level he knew it could (and ultimately, would) cost him his life.

Lincoln's life was cut short so ultimately we never got to see what the next phase of his life would look like, but he persevered in the face of the greatest struggle this nation has ever faced.

Trump and friends may well create as dangerous of a scenario as the civil war, especially if Thiel, Vance, and the other tech authoritarians achieve their goal of radically overhauling if not outright destroying the country.

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 26 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

Three words:

A

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  • Signed, a very hopeful Canadian.
[–] NotLemming@lemm.ee 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

In an ideal world, but haven't we learned that she's too female and probably not white enough for America? *I don't agree, but I'm being pragmatic

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

In an ideal world, but haven’t we learned that she’s too female and probably not white enough for America?

The entire point behind "Kamala lost because she's a woman of color, not because she wouldn't differ from her unpopular predecessor except to move to his right" is to shut out AOC in particular. The party is willing to hold back all women in order to stifle one person, and it's gross.

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 hours ago

Also signed a slightly hopeful American

[–] WagyuSneakers@lemmy.world -5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Or Dems could run a serious candidate this time. That would be a refreshing change.

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

No... Voters need to vote left. Voting left in primaries will yield better candidates.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

If only Democrats would run fair primaries. Or primaries at all.

[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 61 points 8 hours ago

This is the man that should be the U.S. president. Not the fucking fascist rapist felon who’s all cozied up to Russian Putin scum.

[–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 20 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

I've felt that Bernie should be president since 2015, but he never stood a chance in the US. You have a 0% chance of being elected president in this country once the label of "socialist" has been applied to you.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

They called Obama a socialist.

[–] NotLemming@lemm.ee 3 points 2 hours ago

True. People need to learn what socialist actually means. Much of Europe is socialist.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 22 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

You say that but articles like this don't fit that narrative. There are Republican voters who like Bernie and they have been showing up to his rallies for years. I know several Trump voters who have said they would have voted for Sanders if they got the chance. The idea that progressives don't appeal to conservatives is neoliberal propaganda. Progressives hit on alot of the same problems as conservative politicians they just have different solutions (and a lot less bullshit). Neoliberalism just pretends that the status quo is fine. Despite the name conservatives are largely unhappy with the status quo. That's how we got Trump.

[–] BadmanDan@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Brother, who the hell says they’re a fan of Sanders and then willingly votes for Trump other than chaos agents or racist who want to bury social issues?

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 22 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

More than you think. Trump is a fascist piece of shit but he's not wrong when he says the system is rigged and drastic change is needed. Replace Trump's Nazi rhetoric and egoism with workable ideas and genuine empathy and in simplistic terms you have Sanders.

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago

Yeah, a not-insignificant portion of Trump's voters are people who have been shafted by the system and are desperate for change, any change. Two out of three times, Trump was the candidate offering change. That he's destroying stuff is, to them, secondary at best because they think their lives can't get much worse anyway.

[–] otto@sh.itjust.works 39 points 9 hours ago

Just imagine if he had been elected president in 2016 like he should’ve been

[–] Xempathy@lemmy.world 35 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Watched it live. Glad there are still come politicians fighting back.

[–] Banana@sh.itjust.works 38 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

And he's always been fighting back. Dudes been an activist for what, the last 50 years or so?

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 44 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Get your families to go to this.

[–] misterdoctor@lemmy.world 15 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

I haven’t had any luck so I’m hijacking this comment to ask: does anyone know where we can find dates for his speaking tour? I want to bring my family to hear him but I don’t know when he’ll be in our neck of the woods.

[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 1 points 28 minutes ago

They maybe advertising the dates on social media like bluesky and x? I'm on neither but probably a good place to look.

I'd love to get a few videos from his speeches to share with people to hopefully build more energy around this.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

This is a good question. I honestly don't see any announcements anywhere about next stops. Maybe they're not advertising it...for obvious reasons.

[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 32 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I got my mittens and knitted hat still....

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 hours ago

I still have my official shirt from 2016

[–] Fandangalo@lemmy.world 22 points 10 hours ago

Hell yeah. One of the few good ones.