• nifty@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Next time there should be a populist movement to write in a progressive candidate. Why couldn’t a populist candidate overrun the DNC like Trump did with the RNC?

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      5 hours ago

      Because Trump does represent a lot of the policies that Republican party support. Christian nationalism, low taxes for the rich, white supremacy.

      It was apparent when the Alaskan governor ran for VP. (I forgot her name.) It consolidated behind Trump because he was a buffoon who could be manipulated to get their main aims to be fulfilled.

      None in the DNC would want anyone other than a establishment candidate to be theirs. This was true when Hillary was nominated, when Biden was nominated and also when Harris was nominated.

      Biden would have lost too if not for the previous 4 years of Trump. With Harris promising to continue putting finger in her ears and walking the same path which might have given respite if people could have let it continue 4-8 years. But who knows if they would have lived to see those days.

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      7 hours ago

      Because it’s hard for actually intelligent people to worship a moron.

      Edit: actually you’re right… we could have had Bernie.

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      6 hours ago

      It would be relatively easy to take over the DNC (and the state and local parties), but very few people outside the establishment know how politics within the party works