Hey, if that was your first primary, fair. You might not be old enough to remember but there were primaries in 2016 and 2020 and while very good at being condescending online, progressives still didn’t show up to vote.
That’s a wildly trumpian mischaracterization of what happened.
Obviously a status quo is going to do what it can to protect its power, just like the RNC stacked the odds against trump in 2015. But we still couldn’t get enough progressives to do the actual, non whining online work of showing up and voting.
It astounds me that the group that can’t even muster enough support to go and outvote the liberal side of the electorate somehow thinks they’ll rally folks to a revolution. It’s goddamn childish. Show up, vote, win elections.
Way to assume that I’m some child because you can’t grasp how American politics works, and how rigged it is against us. I’ve voted Dem my whole life and we do have progressive candidates out in our state legislature where my voice actually gets heard (and even that is flawed and limited to two parties as well).
Anyway, did you know each of our states only gets two senators? My home state of Massachusetts gets the same number of Senators as California (which has over double the population of Ontario) and Wyoming (which has under half the population of Saskatchewan).
Well, out of the two of us, you either forgot about 2/3 of the last the last elections or chose to ignore then because you knew they disproved your point.
And yes, the Senators is a weird thing but on the other hand, imagine how powerful progressive Senators could be if only progressives voted!
Fwiw, the usual and more striking comparison for California and Canada is that California has almost as many people as all of Canada.
1/3 primaries being bunk is not the W you think it is. I don’t know why you keep thinking it makes your cause look good. It makes your horseshit liberal electoral politics even more silly
, which is actually impressive.
It’s almost like there was something wildly unusual about the last candidate… Oh right, usually a candidate doesn’t drop out right before the election.
Well, out of the two of us, you either forgot about 2/3 of the last the last elections or chose to ignore then because you knew they disproved your point.
Says you.
And yes, the Senators is a weird thing but on the other hand, imagine how powerful progressive Senators could be if only progressives voted!
I’ll rally the progressive cattle that outnumber humans in Wyoming and travel to the great Mormon state of Utah and pitch my case, post-haste! /s
Fwiw, the usual and more striking comparison for California and Canada is that California has almost as many people as all of Canada
Which is why you should really reconsider how lacking your understanding is. I’m comparing states and provinces and the whole country of Canada can’t even match. You think California runs the federal government?
??? Okay, I’m so curious, what’s the third option? You didn’t forget the other elections, you didn’t neglect to mention them because they were counter to your point but instead…?
Hey, if that was your first primary, fair. You might not be old enough to remember but there were primaries in 2016 and 2020 and while very good at being condescending online, progressives still didn’t show up to vote.
The ones the DNC admitted in court that they rigged and it’s fine because they’ve never needed to be legally honest with the public?
Those one’s?
That’s a wildly trumpian mischaracterization of what happened.
Obviously a status quo is going to do what it can to protect its power, just like the RNC stacked the odds against trump in 2015. But we still couldn’t get enough progressives to do the actual, non whining online work of showing up and voting.
It astounds me that the group that can’t even muster enough support to go and outvote the liberal side of the electorate somehow thinks they’ll rally folks to a revolution. It’s goddamn childish. Show up, vote, win elections.
Way to assume that I’m some child because you can’t grasp how American politics works, and how rigged it is against us. I’ve voted Dem my whole life and we do have progressive candidates out in our state legislature where my voice actually gets heard (and even that is flawed and limited to two parties as well).
Anyway, did you know each of our states only gets two senators? My home state of Massachusetts gets the same number of Senators as California (which has over double the population of Ontario) and Wyoming (which has under half the population of Saskatchewan).
Well, out of the two of us, you either forgot about 2/3 of the last the last elections or chose to ignore then because you knew they disproved your point.
And yes, the Senators is a weird thing but on the other hand, imagine how powerful progressive Senators could be if only progressives voted!
Fwiw, the usual and more striking comparison for California and Canada is that California has almost as many people as all of Canada.
1/3 primaries being bunk is not the W you think it is. I don’t know why you keep thinking it makes your cause look good. It makes your horseshit liberal electoral politics even more silly , which is actually impressive.
It’s almost like there was something wildly unusual about the last candidate… Oh right, usually a candidate doesn’t drop out right before the election.
Goodness gracious.
Says you.
I’ll rally the progressive cattle that outnumber humans in Wyoming and travel to the great Mormon state of Utah and pitch my case, post-haste! /s
Which is why you should really reconsider how lacking your understanding is. I’m comparing states and provinces and the whole country of Canada can’t even match. You think California runs the federal government?
??? Okay, I’m so curious, what’s the third option? You didn’t forget the other elections, you didn’t neglect to mention them because they were counter to your point but instead…?