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   escapingthetrap (mutualist@ni.hil.ist)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 13:54:25 JST escapingthetrap

   Hot take: The Left is too "singles issue", what do I mean by this? I mean that we as leftists have the tendency to hyper focus on singular issues instead of a systemic approach to change. We saw Kamala Harris lose the election likely due to the massacre in Gaza which she refused to condemn and the Left's subsequent boycott of her: https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/us-trump-election-gaza-effect-voting-boycott-harris
   And I'm not saying not to pressure your politicians, I'm saying that it's important to look at the big picture, as long as we'll have the horrible system of corporate democracy we'll have to choose between terrible candidates. This year demonstrates how stupid the decision to boycott Kamala in 2024 was, not only is Trump offering to aid Israel perpetuate its massacre with direct American troop involvement but he's stating his will to invade US allies such as Canada, Greenland, Panama and he even said that Turkey should get to decide the fate of Syria, likely meaning the death of Rojava. If Trump's policies will be implemented and this isn't some elaborate bluff or one of his many lies the world will pay for the one track mind of the American Left.

   #praxis #leftist #discussion #activism #hottake

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     • Nathaniel Gregory

     @mutualist

     Don't victim blame the left for the election. I made the same mistake of doing this in November after the election out of frustration, and I regret it. It isn't the lefts' fault that the Democrats ran on a horrible campaign. When a person doesn't win an election, it's the candidates fault for underperforming, not the voters fault for judging them like they're supposed to.

     @Faithslayer202

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     @mutualist

     Don't victim blame the left for the election. I made the same mistake of doing this in November after the election out of frustration, and I regret it. It isn't the lefts' fault that the Democrats ran on a horrible campaign. When a person doesn't win an election, it's the candidates fault for underperforming, not the voters fault for judging them like they're supposed to.

     #Democrats #DemocraticParty