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put all of your election posting here so it doesn't bother anyone else!

from @CoolerOpposide@hexbear.net:

For Agitprop purposes, I’m asking comrades to help aggregate any and all effortpost responses, critiques, or general thoughts that you have seen or written pertaining to yesterday’s U.S. election that you think have standalone value for discussion either online or IRL.

I made a post for that purpose here, and ideally it can be used not only for general discussion, but as a reference for well thought out responses in discussions about the election to save all of us some brainpower.

No shitposts please, as we’d like to highlight some comrades’ actual effort in constructing responses or analysis, but humor is 100% welcome to help make your point!

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[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 62 points 1 week ago (17 children)

I see a lot of people here saying they dread getting blamed for Kamala losing, but isn't that the whole point? Isn't that what we wanna do anyway? Yeah, she lost our vote by supporting genocide and it sure looks like those votes would've come in handy. If the dems want to win elections they have to deal with the left as an organized voting block that's ready to call their bluff. If it's actually the left's fault she loses, that just means we're the ones they needed to listen to. Take it in stride.

If anything, the worst outcome here is that they conclude that moderate Republicans didn't vote for Kamala in enough numbers so the next time they should try going farther to the right. Many of y'all would actually rather see the blame get put on those people without seeing that the "blame" in this situation is actually a positive thing to get, because it gives you the stage to make demands if they want your vote next time around. Now's probably the time to preempt that and say that genocide is why she didn't get our votes and our votes could've swung it in her favor.

[–] Prole_Strongman@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My brother in Christ, the democrats will self-implode before they learn from their mistakes. Your optimism is incredible.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

gramsci-heh

If they don't learn from their mistakes, the political class will drift farther and farther from the wants of the masses. The contradictions are sharpened. Either way presents more opportunities for the left.

[–] jack@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago

The contradictions are sharpened.

stabby-crab this is what it's all about

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