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Or was it Biden's victory and liberal's exhaustion with politics in a Trump-era world?

I can't help but wonder if the presence of a Democrat in the presidency just sort of pacifies liberal, left, and radical mass movements and mobilization.

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[-] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago

No, he's proof that there was no possibility in the first place

[-] daisy@hexbear.net 25 points 1 year ago

His primary loss in 2016 really drove home the fact that the US political establishment would never tolerate even the milquetoast of socdems achieving high office.

[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Henry Wallace and McCarthy faced this before him. Libs still act like their precious elections are the key to achieving real progress. They'll never learn.

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