• snooggums@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    I don’t think there are 15 Million “Gaza or bust” voters so this was just pure ignorance…

    I believe there were 15 million "oh look, Harris is besties with Liz Cheney and continuing the half assed approach that Dems keep doing so who fucking cares’ people. I totally see why her poll numbers kept dropping over the course of her campaign after a strong start.

    I still voted for her, but at that point is was just another vote against Republicans.

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      15 hours ago

      I think that takes more thought than even those who vote with us do. I think we seriously overestimate the political intelligence of the people in this country. Not to say 0% were those people, but if we’re talking millions I think we’re talking about typical ignorance.

      I think the vast majority vote D for social issues, but once their pocketbook gets hurt it’s time to sit it out or worse “punish” the party in power by voting for the opposition. :(

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        15 hours ago

        They succeeded in punishing the party. For a price. We’ll revisit later if it was worth it.

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          14 hours ago

          It would take 100 years minimum to undo the damage that will be done, so I’m going to say “not worth it”.

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            13 hours ago

            The damage to the environment will never be undone. The US will double-down on emissions and most other countries in the world will stop trying because they won’t think there’s any point anymore.

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      14 hours ago

      So they thought through what it means to associate with a Cheney, but at the same time didn’t care enough to do anything about this situation? I don’t buy it. Apathy lost this election. And democrats share blame for that obviously, but acting like voters were right to stay home isn’t the right takeaway.

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        13 hours ago

        And democrats share blame for that obviously, but acting like voters were right to stay home isn’t the right takeaway.

        Agreed, which is why I still voted despite sharing the same demotivation.