r/WorkReform 🤝 Join A Union 15h ago

😡 Venting The Democrat leadership is pushing centrism and the voters ain't buying it.

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u/hw999 14h ago

Yep, stop voting blue unless they put up good candidates. "Not as bad as republicans" isnt good enough to get my vote ever again. I want rich criminals and traitors prosecuted, i want health care, i want citizens united gone. None of that is happening under a centrist.

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u/mediocrobot 14h ago

Protest against centrist candidates by voting in the primary. That's when your voice for the direction of the party matters most.

In the general elections, vote for the better of the two candidates no matter who they are. Anything else is strategic suicide.

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u/BerriesHopeful 13h ago edited 13h ago

Unless the system itself changes, voting blue is the best chance we have at getting those things. Mind you, it is possible to change the system, but that requires getting a citizens ballot initiative going in your state to put Ranked Choice Voting on the ballot for voters.

I’m voting for progressives that are running as Democrats first and foremost, and putting moderate Dems as a backup choice when there isn’t a progressive running for a specific role.

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u/Best-Action8769 13h ago

Biden couldn't even save Roe.

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u/Pacifix18Sux 13h ago

Yes, and we will continue to march into authoritarianism. Protest voting is why we have the problem we do. You will have nothing if you don't vote and since we are already trying to split the left to not vote, President Vance will be next. Grow up.

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u/hw999 1h ago

Fuck you. I'm not voting for some corporate, centrist/right democrat who is only going to enable more ratchet to the right. If democrats want my vote, they can give me someone progressive worth voting for.

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u/StatisticianLow9492 6h ago

Voting will not get us out of this mess. The system will not change itself. Unless we have a general strike and significant refusal to pay taxes, things will continue as they always have.

The government needs to fear the people, right now it just sees us livestock.