• Thief_of_Crows@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    The left-ish party did the exact same thing to Teddy Roosevelt in 1916. They chose to fall on their sword and get a slavery denier in office rather than let the somewhat progressive (for the time) Roosevelt be their candidate (at the time, Roosevelt was allowed to run for a 3rd term). Liberals do not care about making things better, they care about protecting the status quo. Roosevelt would have won if not for liberal interference via their backing of Taft, just like Bernie would have.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      I remember learning from my college history professor that when Upton Sinclair ran for governor of California, the Democrats teamed up with the Republicans to ensure he did not win. They would rather lose than let a socialist run the state. Even with their meddling he very nearly won the election with 37% of the votes. That is a lesson the American people should really take to heart. The established parties have more in common with each other than they do with their constituency.

    • Wiz@midwest.social
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      11 months ago

      Liberals do not care about making things better, they care about protecting the status quo.

      Thanks for the snort-laugh.