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    8 months ago

    He also ran for governor of California and had significant popular support, but was ratfucked by Hollywood.

    The United States would have been a very, very different country today if Sinclair and people like him had gotten traction.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      He also ran as a socialist, and it was the first time in history when the Republicans and Democrats banded together publicly to defeat a 3rd party candidate. They didn’t care which of them won, as long as a socialist didn’t win. He still won something like 35% of the votes.