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‘Of course’ Biden should have dropped out of race sooner, Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy says (www.nbcnews.com)
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[–] LovingHippieCat@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

If Biden dropped out sooner, and we had a primary, and the candidate was someone from outside the administration who could say things that they would have done differently and had more history of passing progressive policy, maybe things would have been different. But who fucking knows. People would still have thought the candidate was constantly talking about trans people and pronouns even though they wouldn't have been, would have still wanted to punish the current people in power for inflation which could have extended to any other democratic candidate, and all the other issues the electorate punished the democrats for. Maybe, though, it would have helped democratic turnout at least.

Sadly we will never know and because some people decided to stay home and others decided to embrace fascism because of the economy, we get to deal with the ramifications.

[–] takeda@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

It is disinformation warfare. We can argue this and that should be done, but it is unlikely it would make much difference. Many people who voted for trump had believed Harris positions that were opposite from reality. People get their news from social media which is easily manipulated.

Ironically social media are no longer social, they are full of bots and AI generated content that is used to manipulate our views.

[–] twistypencil@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

If you think that would have changed things, you are going to keep losing

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 29 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

You bet your balls a real primary would have helped.

[–] takeda@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

I doubt it. We are continue to underestimate information warfare. Look at Romania. A guy sympathetic to Russia who no one heard about few months ago won the first round.

The same techniques were used this election and previous one in US and Europe and we still ignoring it.

[–] mctoasterson@reddthat.com 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I agree that what they did is ridiculous. The macro story should be that the two major parties rig their primary processes in order to sideline potential challengers to the machine apparatus.

The takeaway is you have little to no ability to influence the national candidate selection unless you're a major player in an early primary/caucus state or you're a billionaire PAC donor.

Even if they had a "real" primary the DNC would've cooked it so Kamala (or whoever the DNC elites picked) got the nod. The Obamas, Clintons, Pelosi, Bloomberg etc. already made the decision at that point and what you or I wanted was never a factor.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 4 points 2 weeks ago

I agree that a primary probably still ends up with Kamala and would probably just be the illusion of choice. The DNC would close ranks around her in the name of Biden's legacy, just like they did for Biden back in 2020 when the vote was splitting in Bernie's favor, and in 2016 when it was obvious they just wanted to coronate Hillary and move on.

That said, even with a rigged primary, putting your candidate on the debate stage to address your constituents instead of skipping directly to fellating non-existent centrists in the general would have been good.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Which "that"? That Biden should've dropped out sooner or that the Dems need to embrace a populist message?

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

No shit.

[–] whithom@discuss.online 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Just can’t let it go can they

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This shit is going in history books under the headings of either "The Background of the Second American Civil War" or "The Fall of the American Republic" so it's not going to stop until the climate completely collapses.

[–] whithom@discuss.online 2 points 2 weeks ago

Well, here’s hoping the earth kills us before we kill ourselves 🍻

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

K