A number of party leaders are frustrated that Hogg, who has a leadership position in the party, is pushing primaries against some incumbents in deep-blue seats.
    • Buffalox@lemmy.world
      5·
      8 months ago

      Democrats have been extremely good at being ineffective, and not at all getting what’s going on.
      How the fuck did they manage to lose to Trump? TWICE!!

      • CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee
        0·
        8 months ago

        Makes you wonder if it’s intentional. Older redditors might remember when Ellen Pao came in as CEO and then made a bunch of unpopular changes that everyone hated. She then fell on the sword and Huffman came back in as “the hero” to take over as she left with her golden parachute and all the unpopular changes remained. People realized this was the plan the whole time, and her role was to be the scapegoat for the garbage that the leadership wanted implemented, but they were all working together the whole time.

        We’ve been seeing the same with the DNC and RNC for nearly two decades now. Republicans get in and destroy a bunch of shit but also cut taxes for the wealthy. The Democrats then defeat them and get to act like the good guys while not fixing any of the mess but giving a lot of lip service about how unfair things are for the common person. Once things like the tax cuts are set to expire, they allow the Republicans to win again so they can extend them and the cycle repeats.

        • Buffalox@lemmy.world
          1·
          8 months ago

          Ellen Pao was OK, she just wanted to prevent hate speech, the campaign against her was completely uncalled for. I don’t think it was planned for her to fail.
          The result was that the reddit clone “Voat” was created as a non censored alternative, and of course that was toxic as hell.

          Essentially what Pao did was to keep reddit within the law and being responsible. And prevent moronic subs like one that was based on illegal revenge-porn!!
          By far the most Lemmy instances are run by similar standards to what Pao wanted. Pao was demonized for no reason.

          Pao was essentially the antithesis to what X is to Twitter.

  • Buffalox@lemmy.world
    51·
    8 months ago

    Goddam that guy is a natural force.

    I remember telling my wife after the Parkland high school shooting, that he might actually be able to hurt NRA, and that I hoped he’d go into politics after his education.
    He is insanely sharp, and back then he had zero tolerance for bullshit, and he was incredible at calling it out.

    I wish him all the luck. In these dire times, he is among the ones that could finally turn things around for the better in USA.
    Any Democrat living in the past, should take notice.