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[–] Lasherz12@lemmy.world 81 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This is definitely a liberal take. I don't agree with those who didn't vote for Kamala, but removing responsibility from people running her campaign when there are obvious glaring issues such as retracting all populist messaging and appealing to non-existent right wingers voting against Trump was a real stinker to say the least. It's okay to blame politicians who didn't win for not winning.

[–] i_ben_fine@lemmy.one 16 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

God, this is the take I want to see. I'll take criticism of my voting habits, but it should be proportional to my power. Democrats have more culpability.

[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

proportional to my power

This is the thing that always kills me. My vote was 100% worthless. Completely performative, just throwing paper to the wind. My state was one of the few that actually went for Harris, my state governor is one of the few actually fighting against Trump, my city has so far done an excellent job fighting back against him, and none of the races were even really close. I'm sure there are many other people, in the other firm blue states just like mine, who couldn't stomach voting for genocide when they know their vote is just a gesture.

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 17 hours ago

Yep, I live in California. Local ballots are more important for my state than anything federal level, and I still voted for Harris.

I live in the worst part of California where its rural so Republicans win 60% of the vote, and state-wide Democrats win 60% of the vote. Props and city level are the only places I have a meaningful change, especially since my "city" has 5000 people.

So if I vote aginast the Republicans running for the House, my one vote didn't change much there as the redneck hillbillies who think California is communist are a voting bloc that can't be swayed, and they never need ot worry about re-election. I still vote for the Democrat, but last elections had two Republicans for the seat, one was backed by Trump, one was backed by Trump's aids and cabinet officials.

[–] holdstrong@lemm.ee 1 points 16 hours ago

You got a fascist elected. Hope your moral purity was worth it