• Tja@programming.dev
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    2 days ago

    What did they do? Run against him in primaries and let people vote for the other person?

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      Super delegates come to mind. They mostly sided with Hillary. Without the Superdelegates, Bernie was never far behind Hillary in terms of delegates. And since the media reported the super delegates who had at this point only pledged to vote for Hillary as if they were obligated to vote for her as if they were normal delegates, this probably demoralized Bernie voters.

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        They rigged the primary for Hillary, an action they were later forced to admit to and defend in court.

        They also let Hillary seize campaign funds from down ballot races and screwed over half of their own candidates. It was ironically called the Clinton Victory Fund.

        Fuck ‘centrists’. They’re all fascists too.

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          It’s crazy they couldn’t see the excitement Bernie was creating. The only one who was excited for Hillary was Hillary.

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            There’s no alliance to be made with the party that’s decided it serves the enemy.

            Wall Street is the enemy. No party that takes corporate donations at all can claim not to be serving the enemy.

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                People advocating for doing the exact same thing that made Trump viable as a candidate to begin with don’t get to use Trump as a cudgel. Fuck all the way off with that nonsense.

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                  I’m sure calling centrists “fascists” will work splendidly. Enjoy, I’ll be over here, having universal Healthcare and parental leave.

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          I’ve already outlined how the superdelegates could have given Hillary an advantage in winning regular primaries.

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                1 day ago

                And of course you have proof of this, other than “trust me bro, the ref is to blame”?

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                  19 hours ago

                  I’ve shown that she had a significant unfair advantage. Proving that she’d have won if things were fair is on you.

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                    12 hours ago

                    Not really, I’m not the one complaining, not into proving a negative. She won fair and square, if you don’t like prove it was manipulated and it altered the result. Burden of proof, and all that.