• finitebanjo@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      23 days ago

      We have 2 options.

      Make things better or make things worse.

      It’s really that simple, guy.

      And btw, the DNC held primaries every election. 2024, 2020, 2016. Among the candidates in 2016 and 2020 were Bernie Sanders, who consistently lost. I think more people should participate in primaries, but it’s a false claim to say they “ratfucked candidates” that people wanted. People chose Biden. People chose Clinton.

      • xye@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        22 days ago

        No, Bernie got done dirty in the primary process each time, super delegates, getting people like Buttigieg to drop out for promises of favors - but it’s convenient there wasn’t a primary in 2024 so they could just pick someone else for you openly.

      • conditional_soup@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        edit-2
        23 days ago

        See, there’s serious doubt for me in both cases that Biden and Clinton were really the people’s choice because the party either overtly or quietly kept their thumb on the scale. I can’t find the article anymore, but whoever took over after Debbie Schultz basically found that the HRC campaign was effectively in charge of the DNC during the 2016 primary. I don’t know about you, but I don’t consider that a level playing field at all. Then, in '20, I found it really, really sketchy how Biden won what, two, three states? And all the other candidates with one or two wins suddenly pulled out and pledged all of their delegates for Biden basically at the same time. Could’ve been that Biden was really that cool, but I’ve always had doubts about that.

        • finitebanjo@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          edit-2
          23 days ago

          It wasn’t exactly a close race. You’d be accusing the DNC of fabricating Millions of ballots. On Super Tuesday, Biden swept races across the nation, a lot more than one or two.

          • conditional_soup@lemm.ee
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            2
            ·
            23 days ago

            Well, no, not of fabricating ballots. I said I think they had a thumb on the scales, that neither race was fair, not that the votes were fake. So, it’s more like I’m accusing them of giving their candidate of choice significant advantages over the others, which is not something you could call a fair race.

            • finitebanjo@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              1
              ·
              edit-2
              22 days ago

              TBH they didn’t even need to include third parties on their ballots from the start. They had all the power in the world to Exclude Bernie. If they were that opposed then why would they even risk it?

              Unfair primaries are the onion, and too damn many people took a bite.

              • conditional_soup@lemm.ee
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                1
                ·
                22 days ago

                Nah, miss me with that shit. The way super delegates were set up in the ‘16 primary was total crap, I remember that the media had basically called it for Hillary on almost day 1 of the primary season because every superdelegate announced (before their state primary!) that they were going for Hillary. I think that the HRC campaign really thought they were going to fold in all of the Bernie voters’ votes, money, and energy.

                  • conditional_soup@lemm.ee
                    link
                    fedilink
                    arrow-up
                    1
                    ·
                    22 days ago

                    I mean, I don’t put too much stock in that because there’s a bandwagon effect to voting. If people perceived that Hillary or Biden is already the winner, as the media portrayed, then folks are more likely to vote for them. I think a fair election would have seen 2020’s primary looking much more like the 2016 Republican primary, where it was hardly a foregone conclusion that Trump would win.

        • finitebanjo@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          arrow-down
          2
          ·
          23 days ago

          I didn’t realize you considered 20 to 30 Million people dem elite ghouls. Clearly, you’re just a conservative.

            • finitebanjo@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              2
              arrow-down
              1
              ·
              23 days ago

              The fascists are to blame, and you’ve deluded yourself into believing the DNC are fascists despite every reason not to. When we elect Democrats we get less money in politics, we tax the rich, we expand medical coverage, we strengthen ties with allies around the world, and we actually do something about climate change.

              When the GOP wins they claw back all of it.

              I cannot see opposition to the DNC as anything other than pure malice, because it consequentially is.