The problem with not voting - eviltoast
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    8 months ago

    If Biden wins again, that would put pressure on Republicans to reevaluate how they’ve been operating.

    That might mean doubling down, but it could also mean changing by shedding their most extreme views and candidates, and moving back towards the middle, or just eventually imploding and having another party take its place.

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      8 months ago

      Can you name a time when a party significantly shifted their platform after a loss?

      Seems like “double down” is the only option they choose, at least in my lifetime.

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      8 months ago

      If Biden wins again like this we’re going to slide further to the right and the Republicans are going to get even more extreme.

      Trump is not the final form of Fascism.

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          8 months ago

          No it means that Democrats will need to be actually progressive in 2028 to win back votes.

          Unless you buy into the same 2016 fearmongering that Trump is going to end democracy (again)

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            8 months ago

            Cool, good to hear compassion for all those who will suffer in the 4 years until 2028

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              8 months ago

              Good to hear your current compassion for Palestinians being Genocided with weapons supplied by Joe Biden.